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Steve Jobs Is NOT Giving You Tax Advice (But If He Did…)

12 November 2010

We are a Mac household. And a Mac family. Before you judge, rest assured that it wasn’t that cute Justin Long that influenced our decision. We were all-Mac before it was cool. My husband was a Drexel grad back in the 1980s when Drexel standardized on the Apple and has been addicted obsessed hooked a [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Defending My Blog

10 February 2010

Taxpayer asks: Hi taxgirl, I have a strange question. I write a food blog. I create and cook all of my own recipes and post them online. Two years ago, I found out that someone was stealing my recipes and some of my photos and using them on another site. I ended up hiring a [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Blogging for Fun (but not for profit)

10 February 2010

Taxpayer asks: Thanks for taking my question! I wanted to say that I appreciate your blog, I find it easy to read and understand. I also like how you talk about your children as though they’re a real part of your life instead of accessories. That’s very refreshing to see online. That brings me to [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Deductibility of Booze

3 June 2009

Taxpayer asks: Thanks for taking the time to consider my question. I travel extensively for my job. When I travel, I have an expense account for meals and hotels. My company recently moved to a “no alcohol” policy on expense accounts. We cannot put any alcohol on our expense accounts and we cannot apply for [...]

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State Tax Primer from A to W: California

20 April 2009

Welcome to my fifth in a series on state taxes! For information about what I’m trying to do, read my introductory bit. Next on the agenda, the state that we’ve all heard a lot about this year when it comes to taxes: California! CALIFORNIA Population: 36,756,666 (1st) Capital: Sacramento Largest City: Los Angeles Gross Domestic [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: More cell phone questions

14 April 2008

Taxpayer asks: I have a quick question regarding tax deductions. My husband and I are both military. I am National Guard and he is active duty National Guard. It was brought to my attention that we can deduct internet service & cell phone service as a deduction under unreimbursed employee expenses. The justification is that [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Cell Phone Plan

14 April 2008

Taxpayer asks: The reader who asked the question (regarding your Feb 28 cell phone deduction post) seemed to presume she’d deduct the cost of the “extra line” (which is usually a minimal cost), but let’s say she was just getting her phones set up from scratch. Could she have given her brother the primary line [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Childcare Providers and TIN

14 April 2008

Taxpayer asks: My childcare provider says that she doesn’t know her TIN? but she has her state G.E. tax license number. She doesn’t want to give me her social security number, which is understandable, but I do want credit for this expense. What can I, or should I, do? When I plugged in the number [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Subcontractor billing/payment

14 February 2008

Taxpayer asks: I do side work occasionally during the year. It is in the construction industry. I pay people to help me do this work and it is usually under $600.00. I am the one who gets 1099′d and would like to know if I can deduct what I pay these people. I have cancelled [...]

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Back to School.

7 September 2007

Monday marks the official “back to school” date of many schools here in the US. My oldest daughter started last Tuesday and my youngest daughter starts on Monday. It is a busy time. Around this time, there are a lot of questions that come up about tax deductions for tuition, 529 plans, teacher expenses, education [...]

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