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Weekly Favorites: May 3, 2013 Homeowner Tax Breaks Seem Safe via Bankrate Homeownership is one of the best, and biggest, tax breaks out there. You can deduct mortgage interest, property taxes, even make changes to your home that could help reduce … [Continue reading]
How do you continue your education? Online classes, college, books? The value of education is stressed upon us from an early age – starting with our teachers pushing us to achieve higher grades, to our parents’ desire for us to continue on to … [Continue reading]
Is it possible to make cake when your savings and investments take a beating? When I was a young mom and my husband was on deployment with his military unit, there was always something “new” popping up in our house. On this occasion, I was … [Continue reading]
Weekly Favorites: April 26, 2013 How To Survive A Tax Audit via CNN Money Tax season has finally wrapped up, but audit season is just about to begin. The chances of being dealt an audit are low -- about one in 100. But if you happen to be … [Continue reading]
Do you head into a purchase with a budget but end up spending far more than that amount? Here’s a theory... The gap between what you can afford and what you want can be measured by how well aspirational marketing works on you. If aspirational … [Continue reading]
It happens. Just when you think tax season is over and you can forget it, you discover a mistake or omission on your income tax return. You probably need to fix it by filing an amended return with the IRS. When to file an amended return You … [Continue reading]
Yay - you've filed your tax return! Now what? Follow these tax tips: Keep track of the status of your return You are responsible for making sure your return is accepted if you file electronically. You can have TaxACT send you an email … [Continue reading]
