Already Filed Your Taxes? Five Things To Do Right Now for Next Year Before You Forget
Tax time a long-lost memory already? Here are five things you can do right now to make the process easier next year. Full story
Articles from: April 2011
Taxes Done? Time for a Financial Tuneup
By now you probably have your taxes done and you’ve tackled that annual duty with… Full story
5 Smart Ways to Blow Your Tax Refund
The average tax refund this year nearly three thousand dollars and unless you do some careful planning, you can easily blow through that sum on things you won’t even notice. Full story
Use Part of Your Tax Refund for Summer Day Trips with Your Kids
Ahh, how delightful is spring — the long days of summer are almost here, and your tax refund has finally arrived. Here’s an idea for family fun this summer – take a bit of your refund and set it aside to pay for little trips with the kids. Full story
Tax Cheats: The Most Common Ways People Cheat On Their Taxes
With a weak economy, this filing season has seen an astonishing increase in the amount of people cutting corners, attempting to collect the largest refund possible. In a recent article, CNN stated, “The IRS identified 335,341 tax returns claiming $1.9 billion in fraudulent refunds as of March 4, 2011, according to the findings of an audit conducted by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Full story
MORE Last-Minute Tax Filing Tips
Are you telling me you still haven’t filed your tax return? What are you waiting for? An article on last-minute filing tips? Here’s what to do in the final hour before 4/18. Full story
How to Get a Tax Break for Summer Child Care
Even though the tax day is still on it’s way, it is never too early to begin planning out your summer vacation! Easy if you are a kid, that is. Summer child care can get expensive. Fortunately, Uncle Sam is there to help, through flexible spending accounts and dependent care credits. Full story
Tax Free Friday: How to Spend Your Time Without Taxes Wisely
April 15 is the unbudging, non-negotiable tax filing deadline – except for this year. In observance of Emancipation Day (Abraham Lincoln’s freeing of slaves in the District of Columbia) on April 15, 2011′s tax filing deadline has been moved to Monday, April 18. So yes, you could procrastinate and file sometime over that weekend – but why not use the time to your benefit? Consider all that you could instead do by finishing your taxes early. Full story
A Wave Of Corporate Tax Collections
Since 1999, a number of states have generated unprecedented income from corporate income taxes. While 2009′s revenue increased over $13 billion from 1999′s revenue, 2007 saw the highest overall corporate tax collection of the last ten years–87.5% greater than 2009′s, to be exact. Here, we explore a decade of corporate tax collection–and see which states have managed to stay afloat, as well as which are generating less revenue than they were before. Full story
Tax Moves to Make Now
Where did the (tax) year go? This past year really did fly by, and we… Full story
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