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Tax Trivia Giveaways

30 January 2012

Yep, it’s that time of year: free tax software! I have 20 access codes for free CompleteTax online tax prep software to give away to taxgirl readers, thanks to the good folks at CCH. Each code is good for online tax preparation and filing for one 2011 federal and one 2011 state tax return using [...]

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Ask the taxgirl LIVE

20 January 2012

Tax season has started which means two things: 1, You have questions; and 2, The IRS is only going to answer 70% of them. So I’m going to take a stab at answering some of your questions LIVE. We’ll give it a whirl via CoverItLive on the blog on January 20, 2012, at 1:00 pm. [...]

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Taxgirl Goes Dark for SOPA

18 January 2012

Quick, close your eyes. Now open them. You know, cause you can’t read the blog with your eyes closed. But remember how it looked. It was dark, right? Unfortunately, due to technical issues, I can’t actually make the site go dark for SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act). But I want you to get the [...]

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9 Things to Keep in Mind Before You Ask the Taxgirl

11 January 2012

With just a few days to go before the IRS starts accept e-filed returns, my inbox is chock full of ask the taxgirl® emails. Here are some things to remember: I get a lot of emails and I read every single one. I’m not ignoring you but you’re also not the only email I’ll get today. [...]

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Taxgirl Gets Nod from ABA Journal

10 December 2011

Whew, it’s nearly mid-December already. How did this happen? The month has flown by so quickly that I haven’t had time to thank the editors of the ABA Journal for selecting taxgirl as one of the Blawg 100, the top 100 best law blogs by lawyers. The ABA said, about my blog: [entity display="Kelly Phillips [...]

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Taxgirl Gets Nod from LexisNexis

19 November 2011

Aww shucks (*blushing*). The nice folks at LexisNexis have advised that my blog at taxgirl.com has been selected as one of the LexisNexis Top 20 Tax [entity id="section_84" style="padding: 1px; color: #fff; background: #336699;" class="forbes_entity" active="true" item_id="section_84" key="/law" display="Law" natural_id="channel_5section_84" type="section" active="false"]Law[/entity] Blogs of 2011. The voting for the top blog begins now. You can [...]

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Is the Flat Tax a Good Idea?

3 November 2011

I was asked to write an Op-Ed piece for US News & World Report that answered the question: Is the Flat Tax a Good Idea? Many of you have emailed me to ask similar questions so I thought I’d pass along the link for your perusal. You can check out the story here. Enjoy. And [...]

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Comment for the Cure: Breast Cancer Awareness and Tax

20 October 2011

If you read the blog regularly, you probably already know a little bit about my maternal grandmother. If you don’t, let me fill you in… She made the best vegetable soup in the world. She raised eight children, including an invalid son whom she refused to institutionalize even though everyone told her different. She dyed [...]

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Housekeeping: Back to School Week Extended

10 September 2011

So whew. This past week was supposed to be dedicated to Back to School. But life happened. Amazon made a deal (new post upcoming). Hurricane Lee blew through the eastern US, hot on the heels of Irene. The IRS extended their OVDI deadline. And Obama made a little jobs speech. I still have tax content [...]

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The Great Taxgirl Experiment

4 September 2011

I need a favor. I’m working on an upcoming post and I need some data to play with in order to make it work. That’s where you come in handy. I am looking for a list of the top companies that consumers and taxpayers rely on most often. Since companies sometimes have layers and layers [...]

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