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Weekly Favorites: Irrational About Tax Refunds, Claim Natural Disaster Loss, Tax Audit Red Flags, Credit Card Tax Payments Bad Idea

Weekly Favorites: March 22, 2013 - TaxACT

Weekly Favorites: March 22, 2013 Why We’re So Irrational When It Comes to Tax Refunds via Time; Business & Money A tax refund is just that — a refund of your own hard-earned money. It’s not a gift or a stroke of good fortune. The problem is that most people don’t look at tax refunds [...]

Weekly Favorites: Moving Expenses Tax Deduction, What Is Sequestration, $917 Million Unclaimed Taxes, Capital Gains Tax

Weekly Favorites: March 15, 2013 - TaxACT

Weekly Favorites: March 15, 2013 Moving Expenses Tax Deduction: What’s Deductible and Nondeductible? via Sally Herigstad In this tough economy, many Americans are moving to find work. They can offset some of the expense of packing up for greener pastures by taking a tax deduction for moving expenses. Continue reading… What Is Sequestration – Definition [...]

Weekly Favorites: Tax Moves in March, Surprising Childhood Expenses, Understand How Student Loans Work, plus more

TaxACT Weekly Favorites - March 8, 2013

Weekly Favorites: March 8, 2013 Tax moves to make in March 2013 via Kay Bell March madness has arrived and I’m not talking college hoops. It’s March tax madness, that that crazed time of the year when millions have filed their tax returns and are anxiously awaiting refunds and millions are still working on their [...]

Weekly Favorites: Bump Your Take-Home Pay Up, Ways to Make Money From Home, IRS Accepting More Forms Next Week

Weekly Favorites March, 1 2013 - TaxACT

Weekly Favorites: March 1, 2013 Payroll Tax Cut: How to Bump Your Take-Home Pay Back Up by Sally Herigstad When the temporary payroll tax deduction ended in December, our social security tax deductions went back up to 6.2% of our gross pay.2% more of your pay may not seem like a huge amount. But on [...]

Weekly Favorites: How to Amend Federal Return, 11 Ways to Slash College Bills, Tax Time is ID Theft Time

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Weekly Favorites: February 15, 2013 How to Amend Your Federal Return [Video] via TaxACT Completing Form 1040X, the form required to amend your federal return, is a simple four-step process. Continue and watch the video… 11 Opportunities to Slash College Bills [Infographic] by Eric U. College costs are continually on the rise making student loan [...]

Weekly Favorites: Paid Off $90k in Debt, Tax Savings for Parents, Standard or Itemized Deductions, Changes to W-2 Form

Weeklyk Favorites: February 8, 2013 by TaxACt

Weekly Favorites: February 8, 2013 I Paid Off $90,000 of Debt in Just Three Years via LearnVest It’s funny how you can do all of the right things–go to college, get a job–and then one day wake up with crushing debt. It took a lot of hard work–and some serious creativity–but three years later, I’m [...]

Weekly Favorites: 5 Tips for First Time Filers, Steps to Become Debt Free, Organize Tax Records Now

Weekly Favorites: February 1, 2013 by TaxACT

Weekly Favorites: February 1, 2013 5 Tips for Filing Your Taxes for the First Time by TaxACT Are you feeling a bit overwhelmed about the whole process? Filing a tax return for the first time can be intimidating. Here are 5 tips to help you through the process. Continue reading… 10 Steps to Become Debt [...]