Tax day and Tax Freedom Day® are two days that we’ll be glad to be past … Allow me to be the 73rd person this year to remind you that tax day is just around the corner. I’m thankful to have more than enough income that the government wants its fair share of my earnings, … Read more
Financial statements in electronic form are now the norm. But that doesn’t mean that your bank will keep them around for long … Our credit union’s website just got a long-overdue face-lift. This was a very good thing. “Hey, 2001 just called and they want their website back.” The back-end of the website had been a … Read more
Though getting a big tax refund may seem great, it isn’t all that. Find out what a big tax refund really means … The first months of the new year are a great time for new starts, new possibilities, new goals. It’s also the time for a new tax season!!! (Don’t all cheer at once.) As … Read more
This week (and probably part of this weekend) I’ll be wrapping up my Tax Year 2014 activities. As always, there will be much celebration afterwards. Since 2009 I’ve used H&R Block® Online Tax Software every year I’ve been able. In tax years 2012 and 2013, I had an investment vehicle unusual enough that the interview … Read more
One of my friends in college purportedly had racked up dozens of parking tickets courtesy of the campus police. He graduated, so either he took care of them before he left, or he never had to worry about them in the first place. A woman in Pennsylvania, however, lost her home over an amount less … Read more
Tax time. It’s just around the corner. Yay. But there’s a bright spot in figuring taxes for most of us: deductions. Those subtractions that pare down the adjusted gross income (AGI) that is the primary benchmark that determines your tax rate, and ultimately your tax. There are a number of kinds of deductions. One kind … Read more
My mother-in-law was very happy today. Four popped collars happy. So happy, in fact, she gave me not one, but two high-fives. Her taxes were finished. Practically signed, sealed, and delivered. Just waiting on one form from an investment firm that was overdue, but otherwise, done and done! She didn’t have a simple return, either. … Read more
I met Kay Bell a little over a year ago in Chicago. She’s kept Don’t Mess With Taxes as true to topic as any personal finance blogger I know: all taxes, all the time on her blog. (As you’d expect from a tax blog, no?) Recently she’s come through with nine end-of-year tax games with … Read more