Dear Family, The morning is just zipping along. I keep checking to see if the government has come to a budget agreement yet. But, we just wrapped up the WSJ Digital Tax Show without an agreement in sight. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean you have extra time to file your tax return. Nope. You’re still going […]
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Dear Family, An odd thing happened earlier this morning when I was goofing around on Pogo.com, playing one of the solitaire games. I learned something. They have a chat function, alongside the game, which I usually ignore. This morning, it was very busy. Turns out, this woman’s husband had broken a lightbulb, while it was […]
In this year’s annual report to Congress from Nina E. Olsen, the Taxpayers Advocate, she touches upon areas that have been troubling TaxMama for quite some time. In particular, the fact that millions of taxpayers will be facing potential cancellation of debt issues, hardships paying last year’s taxes, and unregulated tax professionals. IRS Commissioner Doug […]
We’re about to get that Stimulus package – and Andrea Coombes is right on the ball with an excellent overview of what’s coming your way – and when. Jennifer Openshaw suggest five ways to spend your rebate so you have some permanent benefit from the money. Marshall Loeb reminds us that IRS is holding millions […]
Those of you who were incensed and insulted with the wastefulness of the new rebates, you’re not alone. You’ll find Jennifer Waters’ article “Take your stimulus rebate and shove it, many readers say” Andrea Coombes gives you “Five valuable tax perks you don’t want to miss when you file” I learned some amazing things about […]