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Taxes from A to Z: S is for Statutory Employees

21 March 2011

If you’ve ever taken a good look at your form W-2, you’ve probably found yourself wondering about who qualifies as a “statutory employee.” It’s listed right there on your form, with a checkbox at box 13 next to the fairly well known box for retirement plans. But it’s rare that you see it checked, so… [...]

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Does the Payroll Tax Holiday Apply to the Self-Employed?

3 January 2011

I have received a number of questions about the Payroll Tax Holiday and how it applies to those who are self-employed. I wasn’t sure, initially, so I did what I always do (and what I recommend that you do) and I went straight to the source. The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Work-Related Education

28 February 2010

Taxpayer asks: Hi Taxgirl, This is related to a previous question your answered. I am searching all over the place for the answer to this question, and I can’t seem to find it. I know that my work-related education is tax deductible and that I have to include it on my Schedule C form. However, [...]

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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: Unpaid Internships

13 September 2009

Taxpayer asks: Hi Kelly, I had a tax question about unpaid internships and being able to deduct the expenses of that internship on your taxes. From all of the research I did I was unable to find anything that would allow for such a thing. It seems that without a 1099 or w-2 from the [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Where to Report Charitable Contributions

9 January 2009

Taxpayer asks: Hello there and thank you for answering my question. I am self employed and contributed nearly $8,000 in cash/non cash donations this past year (goodwill, church, habitat for humanity). When my friend did my taxes on her computer program it did not reflect a deduction upon entering in the charitable donation information. I [...]

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IRS Seeks Feedback

8 December 2008

The IRS is seeking feedback. Hey, it happens… If you’re a tax practitioner who prepares federal form 1040 returns with a schedule C, the IRS would like for you to answer a completely anonymous survey for compliance purposes. If you fit the bill and you have interest, click away.

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Fix The Tax Code Friday: Standard Deduction for Self-Employed

28 September 2007

On Problogger yesterday, a few folks commented that the list of potential deductions for bloggers (one of many groups of self-employed persons) was too long or too complicated. Which made me think. It also leads me to today’s Fix the Tax Code Friday question: Should there be a separate Standard Deduction alternative for self-employed persons? [...]

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