Category Archives: Taxes

Financial Challenge – Day 12

Posted on February 6, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

Welcome to another week and Day 12 of the Financial Challenges. With W-2 forms arriving in the mail you should be getting ready to do your taxes soon if you haven’t started them already. The IRS Free File tax network … Continue reading →

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Financial Challenge – Day 6

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

In the last challenge we talked about contributing to your 401(k) plan to get the matching funds. Unfortunately, some people don’t have access to a 401(k) fund or their company doesn’t match any contributions to the 401(k) fund. If this … Continue reading →

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IRS Tax Info For Hurricane Victims

Posted on January 24, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

For those who were affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, the IRS has released a new publication – Publication 4492 (Information for Taxpayers Affected by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma) – which is now available on the IRS website. … Continue reading →

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IRS Tax Free File Now Available

Posted on January 20, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

Free File is a program going on its fourth year where a number of the top tax software companies offer their software for free to those filing taxes through the Internal Revenue Service’s website. Basically what happened was that the … Continue reading →

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Analyzing Promotions

Posted on January 14, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

One important aspect in getting your personal finances in order is being able to critically analyze offers that come to you to see whether or not they are a good deal. The offer come-ons often make it sound like there’s … Continue reading →

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Electronic Tax Filing Begins Today

Posted on January 13, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

Electronic IRS Debuts Today Beginning today, taxpayers may file their 2005 tax returns electronically. This marks the 20th anniversary of being able to file taxes electronically. Electronic filing began as a pilot project in three cities: Cincinnati, Ohio, Phoenix, Ariz., … Continue reading →

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Giving Money – 2006 Tax Changes Part 1

Posted on January 9, 2006 by Jeffrey Strain

I’m going to go through a number of tax changes that have taken place for 2006 over the next week and this will be part 1 in that series. The Gift of Money The amount that you are allowed to … Continue reading →

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Done! (finally)

Posted on December 14, 2005 by Jeffrey Strain

I finally finished the latest of the sat sites: Hybrid Car Tax Deduction. This is another one of those that is a big question mark on how it’s going to perform. I’m hoping that it gets a lot of traffic … Continue reading →

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Year End Tax Moves

Posted on November 28, 2005 by Jeffrey Strain

The last month of the year is almost here and along with all the other stuff that needs to get done, December 31 is also the deadline for a few tax relates issues. You can see a list of them … Continue reading →

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Possible Tax Changes On The Horizon

Posted on October 18, 2005 by Jeffrey Strain

President Bush has asked for a simpler tax process and set up a panel to make recommendations. While the report is not final, the recommendations that the panel is considering have been reported and the panel’s final report will be … Continue reading →

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