You”ve got until Tuesday, April 18th to file your taxes, if you live in Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, or the District of Columbia. Everyone else, your taxes were due yesterday.
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HOWTO: Extend Your Tax Deadline
By 4.14.06
You can’t dodge the tax reaper but you can at least cast a field from the fourth dimension around his shoes. As any topologist knows, in the fourth dimension, no knot can stay tied, thereby causing the reaper’s laces to unravel and make him trip and slow down to retie his shoes.
Poll: How You’re Doing Taxes
By 4.14.06
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U.S. Seeks to Silence Tax Evasion Prophet
By 4.14.06
In a blatant maneuver to put the “scur” into tax evaders, the Justice Department is seeking a court order against a Michigan couple promoting what the government says is the number one tax dodge scheme in America.
Tax Man Tells How to Best Him
By 4.13.06
Andrew works for the IRS and he writes us about The Taxpayer Advocate, a handy, free service to help you with the arcane and seemingly hopeless tax troubles.
No-Name Tax Site Superior to H&R Block
By 4.13.06
John writes that he followed one of those free e-file links on the IRS website and clicked on H&R Block, because it was the only name he knew. After his mother’s passing, he had a little death benefits from IRAs and such.
Avoid H&R Block, Jackson Hewitt, Says Accountant
By 4.13.06
If you haven’t done your taxes, don’t go to H&R Block or Jackson Hewitt. That’s the advice we receive from Peter, a professional accountant. He says they will rip you off. And if they mess up, they’re not liable.
UPDATE: H&R Block Gets Citizen in Tax Trouble, Doesn’t Care
By 4.12.06
Last month, Farkle Barkle wrote in about how H&R Block totally messed up Farkle’s tax return.
I.R.S. Demands PayPal Records
By 4.12.06
Would-be Count of Monte Cristo’s beware, the IRS has won approval from a federal court to get Paypal to turn over records about people who may be dodging the taxman by stashing dough in foreign lands.
H&R Cock Blocked
By 4.10.06
Last week Intuit, makers of Turbo Tax, sued H&R Block for mimicking its advertising campaign. Block’s ad “copies the physical appearance, dress and mannerisms of the characters in the TurboTax ad, as well as the set, staging and pace of the advertisement,” said Intuit in a statement.
Costlier Tax Preparers Encourage More Fraudulent Returns
By 4.4.06
NBC sent an undercover intern to different tax preparers. It looks like the big names in tax prep may charge higher fees, but that’s more than made up for by their ability to help you commit tax fraud.
Best Charities for your Tax Deductions
By 3.27.06
It’s tax season, a time for reflection, pauses, teeth-grinding and good times with our good pals, as Jenny writes:
Elliot Spitzer Sues H&R Block for Tricking Customers
By 3.16.06
New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer sued H&R Block today for fraudulent IRA marketing.
Utility Taxes Go to Company Pockets and not Feds
By 3.15.06
On the bottom of the electrical bill they’re there like uninvited guests finishing all the spirits: State taxes. Local taxes. Federal taxes. Incontinental Transfer taxes. Candle taxes. Watching too much Taxi reruns taxes. But a new report by the New York Times reveals that in many cases those taxes earmarked for corporate income tax are staying in the companies treasury, to the tune of billions and billions of dollars.
NYC eSmoke Shoppers Burn City, Bloomberg Seeks Back-taxes
By 3.8.06
Thousands of New York City consumers who purchased cigarettes from eSmokes.com will be forced to collectively cough up $33 million in unpaid taxes.
