Archive for the ‘Tax’ Category
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How many people make more than $250,000 per year?
[The following is an article from Kosmo at The Soap Boxers. The site has a variety of content covering many topics. He has previously analyzed tax return data leading to articles such as How Many People Don't Pay Taxes and What Percent of Taxes are Paid by the Rich.] The short answer: based on information [...]
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Most Common Tax Filing Mistakes
I wasn’t going to write a post about the tax deadline this year. Then a couple of other bloggers pointed out that my personal finance blogger union contract requires me to write on certain days of the year. (This is why you’ll see me still writing about Black Friday, even though I haven’t participated in [...]
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Tax Strategies and Tips from Certified Tax Coach Dominique Molina
The following is a guest post from NerdWallet.com, a website that helps educate consumers about credit and find money-saving deals on credit cards. With April 15th 18th looming, tax strategies are on the minds of many Americans. I recently had the chance to chat with Dominique Molina, co-founder of Certified Tax Coach regarding tips and [...]
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TurboTax Online 2010 Reviewed
For a number of years, I have used TurboTax Online to do my taxes. When I had a typical full-time career with a few mutual funds and a home it was cheap and easy. However, when I got married things got complicated. My wife is in the military and gets a few tax breaks. She [...]
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Score with Tax Day Freebies
If you are anything like me, this whole week has been a pile of stress. I suppose that’s the nature of the game when you have 20 different 1099s from a website that has advertisingm, two rental properties, and the special tax rules around my wife’s military income. Businesses everywhere are trying to win your [...]
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Filing Tips for the Last Minute Filer
[The following guest blog post was provided by Manuel Davis, a tax accountant at Back Taxes Help, who has helped thousdands of taxpayers file IRS back taxes and setup IRS Payment Plans.] In the remaining few days before the 2009 income tax deadline, millions of taxpayers will be rushing to finish their tax returns. If [...]
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McDonald’s Eat-In Tax
Last week McDonald’s had a special promotion for their new McSkillet Burrito. On Thursday and Friday, they were giving away a free burrito. The commercial promoting it didn’t seem to have any fine print. I’ve never been one to turn down a burrito or a bargain, so there was little doubt that I would be [...]
