I have spent days maybe weeks worth of hours of researching and trying to contact the IRS and my taxes are so simple... I made hardly anything, but between trying to figure out how to fill it in, and being told by the IRS number the answer is on the website but it's not, and the differences between the way the papers here are and there... it's difficult.
I've gone years without doing my taxes, every year I spent hours/days trying to figure it out and every year I rage quit. I'm trying to get them squared away now again... any advice is appreciated. I'm using Turbo tax...
Thank you.
EDIT: One more question. You know how usually you get a job from April 1 to March 31, but you get your 源泉徴収票 from your employer for January 1 - December 31. I have changed jobs a few times over the 8 years I've lived here. From April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020 I had a job, but only got (I think I have to check) a 源泉徴収票 for 2019. What about those 3 months from January 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020 since I didn't have another job after that during that year. I was on unemployment for 5 months... which is another can of worms I don't understand for taxes abroad.
EDIT 2: As for the Unemployment taxes. Turbo tax asks for a 1099-G, then asks for "Payer's federal ID number" which it says is "You can find your payer's federal ID number (or Payer's TIN) on your Form 1099-G, usually near your payer's contact information."
My sheet doesn't have such a number, and the number that looks like it might be is too long for it. It knows I live in Japan, so why is it asking me for some number which seems to be for the U.S.?
It's just so disheartening... I really hate it...
I've gone years without doing my taxes, every year I spent hours/days trying to figure it out and every year I rage quit. I'm trying to get them squared away now again... any advice is appreciated. I'm using Turbo tax...
Thank you.
EDIT: One more question. You know how usually you get a job from April 1 to March 31, but you get your 源泉徴収票 from your employer for January 1 - December 31. I have changed jobs a few times over the 8 years I've lived here. From April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020 I had a job, but only got (I think I have to check) a 源泉徴収票 for 2019. What about those 3 months from January 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020 since I didn't have another job after that during that year. I was on unemployment for 5 months... which is another can of worms I don't understand for taxes abroad.
EDIT 2: As for the Unemployment taxes. Turbo tax asks for a 1099-G, then asks for "Payer's federal ID number" which it says is "You can find your payer's federal ID number (or Payer's TIN) on your Form 1099-G, usually near your payer's contact information."
My sheet doesn't have such a number, and the number that looks like it might be is too long for it. It knows I live in Japan, so why is it asking me for some number which seems to be for the U.S.?
It's just so disheartening... I really hate it...