Archives for Taxes - Page 5
Digits: Because there’s more to life than taxes.
Giveaway alert: read this entire post for the chance to win! Digits is the newly launched site from H&R Block created to extend the tax office experience and offer a…
Tax Tidbit #9: File a Tax Return to Receive Your Economic Stimulus Payment
By now you've probably heard of the Economic Stimulus Act, a $152 billion package to provide aid to the economy, signed into law last month. The new law provides for…
Filing an Amended Tax Return: Obnoxious!
There's only one activity I enjoy more than the slow, tooth-pulling agony of preparing my taxes: Preparing my taxes twice. Lucky me! I just found out that I need to…
Tax Tidbit #8: Benefits of Electronic Filing (e-file)
This week's Tax Tidbit is about electronic filing, or e-filing. There are many reasons and benefits to filing electronically. A Google search will pull hundreds of sites singing the praises…
Tax Tidbit #7: Double Check The Mailing Address Of Your Paper Return
Many taxpayers file their returns the old fashioned way, paper copies via the mail. In fact, 43% of people choose this route. While there are other options, something just feels…
The Future is Uncertain, and So Are Taxes
Back in the bad old days, when I was freelancing in college and didn't know what the heck I was doing, I got burned badly one year when tax time…
Tax Tidbit #6: Deduct Un-reimbursed Business Expenses
Last weeks Tax Tidbit prompted a great question. Nina asked if there were any tax tips for those of us with un-reimbursed business expenses. If you spend your personal money…
Getting a tax refund: mental ploy with forced savings
'œNext to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund. '“ Raymond It's refund time which happens to be my favorite money…
Why I Hate Federal Taxes
The other day on Sirius satellite radio, Howard Stern was complaining about the fact that the merger between XM and Sirius has not yet been approved by US government regulators.…
Tax Tidbit #5: Deductible Business Travel Expenses
My Aunt and Uncle are in town for a business trip and we just spent a lovely day on the California coast. In the course of our conversations, I reminded…