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Last-Minute Income Tax Tips For Individuals, Families & Small Businesses
The key to lowering your tax liability is to reduce your adjusted income to its lowest possible amount. Here are some ways to do that, plus great last-minute tax tips for all you procrastinators!
Tax Tips For The Self-Employed Who Work At Home: What You Can Deduct & What You Can't
Whether you work at home running your own home-based business or you telecommute as part of your job for another employer, you should know that there are certain tax deductions that you can take. And some that you can't. Here's what you need to know...
Get Ready For Next Year's Taxes... NOW!
Now that Tax Season is over and you have (hopefully) completed your tax returns and put them behind you, here are some things you can do to make the next tax season even easier. Things to do WAY before April 15th...
Watch Out... They Are Out To Get Your Tax Rebate Check!
Marketers are seeing dollar signs, and they are pulling no punches with ideas on how you can spend your government stimulus check. Here's what to watch for, so you don't get taken by someone telling you how to spend your tax rebate check.
Is The Bad Economy Making You Stingy?
With Americans rallying to save more and spend less, charities and religious organizations are actually suffering. Charities need goods and money in order to help people in the community. But what can we do? Especially when we are just treading water ourselves. Here are some ideas...
What Are You Going To Do With Your Tax Rebate Check... Stimulate The Economy Or Pay Off Debt?
Tax rebate checks -- also known as Economic Stimulus Payments -- will be sent out in May of 2008 to 130 million families. Their purpose is to stimulate the economy. I can't help but think they'll simply be used to pay of debts. How does that stimulate the economy?
How The President's Economic Stimulus Package Affects You And Your Taxes
Don't file a tax extension this year... it may cause you to lose out on your piece of the pie from the President's Economic Stimulus Package. That's right, you might not get your refund if you don't file your taxes on time.
Alternative Minimum Tax - Not This Year!
After debating for months on how to fix the alternative minimum tax, Congress recently issued a tax reprieve which postpones the use of the alternative minimum tax for one year. As this tax is becoming more and more common among middle-income taxpayers, its important to understand the basics as it will likely be back in future years.
