Five Tax Tips For The Divorced

By Cheryl A. Morse After years of tax practice, I've concluded that the first "custody" decision in any pending divorce should...

Last Minute Tax Tips for 2010

1 Going Green With much fanfare, the government created several green tax initiatives last year. Consumers who installed new doors, windows ...

Tax Tips For People Paying Or Receiving Alimony

If you were recently divorced and are paying or receiving alimony under a divorce decree or agreement, you need to consider the tax implicat...

Intuit Sees Sales Increase in TurboTax This Season

Intuit reported 11 percent growth in total units sold of its TurboTax federal tax software as of Feb. 13, compared to last year. Much of the...

When are you not liable for your spouse's taxes?

Each year, many married taxpayers are surprised to see that an expected refund check is a bit smaller than anticipated. This is often the re...

Itemize vs standard deduction 1040 vs 1040a – Filing your 2009 federal income taxes to get max refund check

The big question this tax season is: Should I itemize my deductions or just take the standard deduction. The answer to this question will va...

Top Income Tax Myths

Quick: If your teenager works a part time job, do they need to file taxes? Here's another: If you made $1,000 on eBay last year, is that...

How To Survive An IRS Tax Audit`

You’ve just received the one notification everyone dreads: the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has decided to audit your tax returns. Don’t p...

Tax tables or brackets for 2009 federal income tax e-filing – IRS Tax rate schedule for filing married or single

You may be getting ready to file your personal income tax returns and would like to know where in the tax tables you stand. The tax tables ...

Tax Deadline Approaches

April 15 is right around the corner. If a chill just went down your spine, chances are you haven’t yet organized your income tax paperwork, ...

IRS Audits, By The Numbers

Amid the IRS' much-discussed focus on closing the so-called tax gap (now estimated at approximately $350 billion per year), a quick look...

IRS Debunks Tax Myths

Now that we're well into another tax-filing season, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is engaging in one of its annual rituals -- debun...

Lost money? Score a whopping tax refund

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Sick of sending big checks to the IRS? For some business owners, this tax season will bring a rare reversal: A st...

Top 10 Tax Tips

f you haven't started pulling your taxes together yet, you've come to the right place. FOX23 News has some tips for you about deduct...

Five Tricks to Getting a Fast Tax Refund

If you get money back in the form of a tax refund every year or if you expect to have a check coming your way this year from the IRS, you’re...

Why you should hate your tax refund

If you are feeling proud of the tax refund you snared after a weekend of working on taxes, I have some bad news for you. You might have blow...

Act soon: Tax credit deadline is April 30

Question: We are looking to buy a bigger home and we have heard that there is now a tax credit program for move-up homebuyers in addition to...

Credits boost tax refund checks

With the income tax deadline two months away, 1.1 million Georgians and 611,000 South Carolinians have already filed their tax returns elect...

Let your income-tax return guide your moves in 2010

Let your income-tax return guide your moves in 2010 The future is now. Use your 2009 tax return as a line-by-line blueprint for constructing...

IRS offers hope of larger refunds

The Internal Revenue Service is hoping to give Utahns nearly $70 million this year, if taxpayers will only claim it. Each year thousands of ...

A Side-by-Side Look at Tax Software

TAXES can make people do silly things, like investing in chinchilla and ostrich ranches or, over the last several years, buying a second hom...

The good and bad of 2009 tax law changes

There are several boons and one bummer in tax law changes for 2009. Congress was in a generous mood last year, lightening the tax load on th...

Federal income tax myths - and the truth

The U.S. tax code is massive and complicated -- the perfect fodder for mythmaking. Perhaps the most well-worn fallacy -- shot down by many c...

More tax breaks for homeowners

It's Valentine's weekend, and much of the country is under snow. But tax season is here. This year, many of the tax breaks offered h...