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Katharina Reekmans
Katharina Reekmans

Katharina Reekmans

Katharina Reekmans is an Enrolled Agent and a contributor to the TurboTax Blog team. Katharina has years of experience in tax preparation and representation before the IRS. Her passions surround financial literary and tax law interpretation. She has a strong commitment to using all resources and knowledge to best serve the interest of clients. Katharina has worked as a senior tax accountant, operations manager, and controller. Katharina prides herself on unraveling tax laws so that the average person can understand them.

5 Ways to Strengthen Your Financial Foundation 

The End of Pennies: Understanding the Financial Shifts Ahead

Values-Based Investing: How to Get Started with ESG

Georgia State Surplus Tax Refund: Everything You Need to Know About the Rebate

To Rent or to Own: The Ultimate House Debate

Smart Shopping This Summer: Saving on Goods and Cars

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Arkansas Champions NIL State Tax Exemptions: What This Means for Student-Athletes and Schools 

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March Madness Tax Tips: How Student-Athletes Can Score Big with NIL Deals and Deductions

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States with Extended Tax Deadlines in 2025

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Tax Benefits of Real Estate Investing

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What Is Deferred Compensation & How Is It Taxed?

How to Report Self-Employment Income When You Have Multiple Side Gigs (411 x 600 px)

How to Report Self-Employment Income When You Have Multiple Side Gigs

Tax Year 2023: Does Your State Have an Extended Deadline?

A Parent’s Guide to NIL (411 × 600 px)

Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Tax Implications for Student-Athletes

Should Married Couples File Jointly or Separately (411 × 600 px)

Married Filing Jointly vs Separately: Which Should I Choose?

Here's Tax Deductions And Credits You Can't Claim On Your Tax Return (411 × 600 px)

Tax Deductions And Credits You Can’t Claim On Your Tax Return

Tax Credits for Hybrid Cars and Electric Vehicles (411 x 600 px)

Tax Credits for Hybrid Cars and Electric Vehicles: Maximize Your Savings

IRS Announces Tax Relief for Hawaii Wildfire Victims

Can I Take the Home Office Deduction?

Can You Deduct 401K Savings From Your Taxes (411 × 600 px)

Can You Deduct 401(k) Contributions from Your Taxes?

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Taxes Done? Find Out Which Tax Records You Should Keep

Top Fun #TaxFacts You Need to Know (411 × 600 px)

Top Fun #TaxFacts You Need to Know

IRS Grants Penalty Relief for 5 Million Tax Returns from 2020-2021

IRS Announced Significant Inflation Adjustments for Tax Year 2023 (411 × 600 px)

IRS Inflation Adjustments for Tax Year 2024: What This Means for You and Your Taxes

1099-K Myths: Venmo & Paypal Payments

1099-K Form Reporting Threshold Guidance Announced For Tax Year 2024 and Beyond

IRS Announces Tax Extension for California Filers

IRS Issues Extensions For Tax Year 2022 (411 × 600 px)

Does Your State Have a Deadline Extension This Tax Season?

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Tax Rules for Reselling Concert or Sport Tickets

Everything You Need to Know About Property Taxes

Everything You Need to Know About Property Taxes

High Seas Understanding the Tax Implications of Superyacht Tips (411 x 600 px)

Understanding the Tax Implications of Superyacht Tips

TurboTax Goes Behind-the-Scenes at the #NIL Summit

What is the Form 1099-NEC (411 x 600 px)

What is the Form 1099-NEC?

Exploring the Tax Implications of Ozempic and Wegovy What You Should Consider (411 × 600 px)

The Tax Implications of Ozempic and Wegovy

How Builders of Energy Efficient Homes Are Rewarded with Expanded Credit (411 × 600 px)

How Builders of Energy-Efficient Homes Are Rewarded with Expanded Credit

IRS Extends Tax Deadline for Storm Victims in Florida

IRS Announces Tax Relief for Indiana Storm Victims

INFLCR x TurboTax Roundtable Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) & Taxes (411 × 600 px)

INFLCR x TurboTax Roundtable: Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) & Taxes

IRS Offers Tax Relief for Tennessee Storm Victims

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IRS Issues Tax Extension for Storm Victims in Arkansas

IRS Provides Tax Relief for Mississippi Storm Victims

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IRS Extends Tax Deadline for Disaster Victims in New York

Can I Make Spousal IRA Contributions for Retirement (411 × 600 px)

Can I Make Spousal IRA Contributions for Retirement?

Why is My Tax Refund Not What I Expected

Why Is My Tax Refund Lower Than Expected?

Your Guide to Filing Taxes in 2022 (411 × 600 px)

Your Guide to Filing Taxes in 2023

IRS Provides Tax Relief for Georgia and Alabama Storm Victims

IRS Provides Tax Relief for Victims of Hurricane Ian (300 × 534 px)

IRS Provides Tax Relief for Victims of Hurricane Ian  

IRS Provides COVID Penalty Relief for Late Filed 2019 and 2020 Tax Returns (411 × 600 px)

IRS Provides COVID Penalty Relief for Late 2019 and 2020 Tax Returns

So You’re Thinking About Retiring One Day?

So You’re Thinking About Retiring One Day?

Friends with Tax Benefits: So You’re Crossing State Lines?

So You’re Crossing State Lines?

Friends with Tax Benefits: So You’re Buying a Car?

Listen Now: So You’re Buying a Car?

Friends with Tax Benefits: So you want to be rich?

Listen now: So you want to be rich?

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Listen now: So you’re buying a home?

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So You’re Living Together?

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Let’s Have A Real Money Talk

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So You’re Thinking About Investing?

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So You Work from Home?

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Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana Tornadoes: Find Out if Tax Relief is Available

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So You’ve Got a Side Hustle?

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So You Made Money On Social Media?

Friends with Tax Benefits: Listen Now

TurboTax Launching Friends with Tax Benefits Podcast

Friends with Tax Benefits

Listen Now: Friends with Tax Benefits

IRS Letters 6419 and 6475 for the Advance Child Tax Credit and Third Stimulus What You Need to Know

IRS Letters 6419 and 6475 for the Advance Child Tax Credit and Third Stimulus: What You Need to Know When Preparing Your 2021 Income Tax Return

IRS Provides Tax Relief for Tornado Victims in Parts of Illinois, Tennessee, and Kentucky

IRS Provides Tax Relief for Tornado Victims in Parts of Illinois, Tennessee, and Kentucky

What is the Expanded Child and Dependent Care Credit

What is the Child and Dependent Care Credit?

Hurricane Ida Tax Relief

IRS Provides Tax Relief for Victims of Hurricane Ida

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Who Should Opt Out of the Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments?

When Will the 2021 Child Tax Credit Payments Start Under Stimulus Relief (411 × 600 px)

When Will the 2021 Child Tax Credit Payments Start Under Stimulus Relief?

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IRS Extends Tax Deadline for Disaster Victims in Tennessee, Alabama, and Kentucky

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Unemployment Stimulus: Am I Eligible for the New Unemployment Income Relief?

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IRS Announced Federal Tax Filing and Payment Deadline Extension

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Does My Stimulus Check Affect My Taxes?

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Is PPE like Face Masks and Hand Sanitizer Tax Deductible as a Medical Expense?

Where’s my third stimulus check?

Where’s My Third Stimulus Check?

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Extension and Tax Relief for Texas Winter Storm Victims

Understand what the second coronavirus relief bill means for the unemployed

What Does the Second Coronavirus Relief Bill Mean for the Unemployed?

Learn what a recovery rebate tax credit is

What Is the 2021 IRS Recovery Rebate Tax Credit?