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Tax Tips for Students with a Summer Job
Is your child a student with a summer job? Here's what you should know about the income your child earns over the summer. All taxpayers fill out a W-4 when starting a new job. This form is used by employers to determine the amount of tax that will be withheld from...
Tax Tips for Students with a Summer Job
Is your child a student with a summer job? Here's what you should know about the income your child earns over the summer. All taxpayers fill out a W-4 when starting a new job. This form is used by employers to determine the amount of tax that will be withheld from...
What to do if you get a Letter from the IRS
Each year, the IRS mails millions of notices and letters to taxpayers for a variety of reasons. If you receive correspondence from the IRS here's what to do: Don't panic. You can usually deal with a notice simply by responding to it. Most IRS notices are about federal...
Tax Tips for the Sharing Economy
If taxpayers use one of the many online platforms to rent a spare bedroom, provide car rides or a number of other goods or services, they may be part of what is called the sharing economy. Here are several key points taxpayers should know about the sharing economy: 1....
Planning For Retirement: Withdrawals
Are you thinking of retiring soon, or changing jobs? You may face a major financial decision: what to do about the funds in your retirement plan. Note: As you will see, the rules on retirement withdrawals are quite complex. They are offered here only for your general...
Deducting Travel and Entertainment Expenses
Tax law allows you to deduct two types of travel expenses related to your business, local and what the IRS calls "away from home." First, local travel expenses. You can deduct local transportation expenses incurred for business purposes such as the cost of getting...
Five Things to know before Starting a Business
Starting a new business is an exciting, but busy time with so much to be done and so little time to do it in. And, if you expect to have employees, there are a variety of federal and state forms and applications that will need to be completed to get your business up...
Tax Planning for Small Business Owners
Tax planning is the process of looking at various tax options to determine when, whether, and how to conduct business and personal transactions to reduce or eliminate tax liability. Many small business owners ignore tax planning and don't even think about their taxes...
Filing an Amended Return
What should you do if you already filed your federal tax return and then discover a mistake? First of all, don't worry. In most cases, all you have to do is file an amended tax return. But before you do that, here is what you should be aware of when filing an amended...
Tax Rules for Children With Investment Income
Children who receive investment income are subject to special tax rules that affect how parents must report a child's investment income. Some parents can include their child's investment income on their tax return, while other children may have to file their own tax...
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