Consumerist
• Still Missing A W-2? Call The IRS
"...here's the step by step process for notifying the IRS when nicely phoning the office manager hasn't worked."
• How To File A Federal Tax Extension
"...how to submit for a federal tax filing extension if you're still waiting for some forms or you just don't think you can get it together in time."
• Tax Panic: What to Do If You Can't Pay
"...what to do if Uncle Sam comes calling and you're too broke..."
• How To File Taxes If You're Self-Employed
"This moderately difficult tutorial walks the self-employed through the steps of filing taxes."
• 10 Phat Tax Breaks
"CNN Money has got ten "secret" deductions to use this year. Yeah, that phone tax rebate that everyone won't shut up about is there, but there's also..."
• The 13 Most Overlooked Tax Deductions
"1. State sales taxes....3. College tuition. 4. Student loan interest paid by mom and dad...."
• Claim The Home Office Deduction
"This assumes that you first, have a dedicated home office. Sitting with a laptop on a couch doesn't qualify. It needs to be a designated area. Having a separate room is best."
• Avoid Tax Refund Anticipation Loans
"New figures reveal that RALs drained about $960 million in loan fees, plus over $100 million in other fees, from the wallets of nearly 9.6 million American taxpayers in 2005."
• IRS Free File Open Now
"e-File your federal taxes for free with Free File from the IRS."
Even more tax-related posts here!
Comments
I heard this one today at work:
Cashier:"Hey, did you know that our work clothes are tax deductible?"
Me:"Actually, I thought about this last year, but found out they're not. Because we wear plain button-up shirts and black pants, we can't claim them on our taxes because technically we can wear them outside of work. If our shirts read '*company name*' across the chest or the back and we had to pay for them out-of-pocket, then you could deduct them because you wouldn't be expected to wear them off-the-clock."
Cashier: "Oh, well that sucks."
Me: "Yeah, sorry. Think of the possible audits."
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