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Paying Taxes

Top Options for E-Filing Your Tax Return

Roughly one in three Americans files their own taxes online, rather than using a professional tax preparer. If you're going to file electronically, there are…


Tax Tips for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Learn How the New Health Care Law Impacts Your Taxes   Beginning in 2014, the Individual Shared Responsibility provision of the Affordable Care Act takes…


Tax Extension

Spring has arrived and April 15 will be here before we know it, but many of us won’t be ready to file our tax returns…


IRAs and Your Taxes

Tax Information for Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs) Saving for your retirement through individual retirement accounts (IRAs) can have a significant impact on your taxes. IRAs…


IRS Tax Form W-4

Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate   The Federal income tax is a “pay-as-you-go” tax. This means that you are expected to make tax payments throughout the…


The Foreign Tax Credit

There is a tax credit or deduction available for those who have paid taxes on foreign earned income if they also paid U.S. taxes in…


The American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC)

Offset the Costs of Higher Education by Reducing Your Income Tax The American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) was originally introduced for tax years 2009 and…


Married Filing Jointly

Tax Considerations for Newly Married Couples you’re getting married, taxes are probably the last thing you want to think about. However, it is still important…