You know whats worse than doing a 22 state tax return with lots of foreign income? Figuring out what states you need to file an extension for!! They makes the directions so confusing - NY sounds like you don't need to do anything for an automatic 6 month extension if you file for a federal extension, but then if you read closely, they want you to send in either the federal or NY form before the original due date, so you might as well just do the NY extension also... In MA, I think you're supposed to call for an extension? Michigan requires that you send in an extension, so when you're filling out form 4, it tells you not to use the form if you don't owe any taxes - I guess you're just supposed to send them a copy of your federal.

Somehow I end up doing the tax return every year and it's hard every year because of the foreign company the guy owns... They go on tour last year and the return is enough to make me cry - it's so complicated!

So, that pretty much sums up my weekend. We're done with tax season (until Oct. 15th when all the returns we filed extensions for are due).