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As Deficit Soars, Congress Suggests New Tax On Text Messages

1 April 2013

Tweet (Note: Now that this post is a few days old, not everyone gets the joke. I don’t want to spoil the surprise at the end but, er, read with a grain of salt. And don’t stop midway!) With sequestration in full swing, Congress has been searching for new ways to raise revenue for the [...]

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All I Needed To Know About Taxes I Learned From My Kids

26 March 2013

Tweet My kids are on spring break this week which means we are spending a lot of time together. A lot. In the space of a few days, I’ve learned some invaluable information. The best car ever made? An Audi R8, according to my six year old. A love of coleslaw? Not hereditary (I’m still [...]

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Oh, The Tax Forms You’ll Know (In The Style of Dr. Seuss)

2 March 2013

Tweet It’s Dr. Seuss’ birthday! Theodor Seuss Geisel, or Dr. Seuss as he is better known, was born on March 2, 1904. If he were still alive, he’d be 109 years old. Dr. Seuss is known for a number of books and poems. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! first appeared in print in 1990, making [...]

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Tax Trivia Giveaway #4: Sequestration Edition

1 March 2013

Tweet (Updated: We have our winner! See the comments below.) Our next tax trivia question is: The term “budget sequestration” was first used to describe a section of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Act of 1985 (GRHDRA). The GRHDRA was named after three Senators who sponsored the bill. What three states did the Senators represent? For more [...]

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Tax Trivia Giveaway #3: Form 1040EZ

21 February 2013

Tweet (Update: We have our winner. See comments below.) Our next tax trivia question is: We all know that the Tax Code is becoming more unmanageable for most taxpayers. These days, the “easiest” individual tax form is the form 1040EZ. The instructions, however, make it seem like it’s not so simple after all. Including the [...]

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Man Quits Job Over “Mark of the Beast” On His Tax Form

15 February 2013

Tweet Opening your form W-2 can be traumatic for many folks but for one Tennessee man, it was enough to make him quit his job. Walter Slonopas, a maintenance worker at Contech Casting LLC in Clarksville, Tennessee wasn’t upset with the dollar figures on the form but rather the control numbers. The form W-2 he [...]

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Eleven Tax-Favored Valentine’s Day Gifts For 2013

14 February 2013

“Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.” – Judith Viorst, children’s author and tax activist

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Fun With Tax Haiku: Win Free Tax Software

30 January 2013

Tweet (Update: The contest is closed. I’m sorting through entries on Facebook and Twitter and I’ll announce the winners shortly.) Tax Day is finally here. And to celebrate, I’m announcing my mostly annual taxgirl® Tax Haiku offering. Last year, it was wildly popular and I received more than 100 entries. As last year, the good [...]

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Tax Season Kicks Off January 30th: Here’s What’s On Tap

29 January 2013

Tweet (Update: The contest is now closed. I have the winners! They are: BrynMawr Girl, csom97, Davis C. Burroughs, IV, David Moore and Scott Coyle. Thanks to all for playing!) Tax season officially opens tomorrow (*squee!*). To celebrate, I’ll be rolling out a number of giveaways (who doesn’t want free stuff?) as well as answering [...]

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Tax Code Hits Nearly 4 Million Words, Taxpayer Advocate Calls It Too Complicated

10 January 2013

Tweet What could you do with six billion hours? Think hard. That’s the equivalent of 8,758 lifetimes. Yes, lifetimes. It’s also how much time taxpayers spend every year trying to comply with tax filing requirements. That, according to the 2012 annual report as prepared by the National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson. The report was [...]

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