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May 9, 2013When I get a letter from the IRS — and yes, it’s happened — I get a chill. Am I in trouble? Did I miss a deadline or overlook...
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May 9, 2013Just when you may have thought that federal tax policy was set - that January's "fiscal cliff" deal meant you could go about your financial life with multi-year certainty - Washington is again talking of comprehensive tax reform.
Both key...
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April 25, 2013Are you happy and relieved that April 15 has come and gone? I am! I love tax day, but that wasn’t always true for me. Tax day is a...
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April 19, 2013Every year during tax season, we would get urgent calls from clients who are about to go meet their accountants or who are already sitting at their accountant’s office with missing paperwork.
I’m sure this is a scenario that all of us have...
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April 10, 2013NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Call it the best of times and the worst of times.
“It” is tax season, racing to a close as April 15 draws a bead on the millions of taxpayers who haven’t filed...
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April 9, 2013Doing your taxes feels as fun as a trip to the emergency ward. So, you waited. And waited.
And here you are.
There are two main reasons people wait until the last minute to file taxes: either they owe the government money or...
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April 9, 2013Tax day this year falls on a Monday, making it all the more enticing for procrastinators to attempt to cram in all their accounting on the weekend prior.
If this is your plan, you have a little bit of an excuse: The tax season started...
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April 7, 2013SAN DIEGO (MainStreet) — When sending personal information to the Internal Revenue Service, which method feels safer to you: traditional snail mail or electronic submission?
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April 7, 2013NEW YORK (MainStreet) — The clock is ticking for millions of U.S. taxpayers working toward the IRS deadline for filing their taxes, April 15.
Why...
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April 7, 2013You can file for an extension on any ground you like. All it takes is filling in Form 4868 to extend the deadline to Oct. 15....