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Ask the taxgirl: independent contractor and employee in the same year?

14 April 2008

Taxpayer asks: I left my job as an editor at a media company, but continue to do some freelance work for them. When I submitted an invoice, I was told that for tax purposes I couldn’t be paid by them as an independent contractor in the same year that I was an employee. This means [...]

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We Don’t Care if You Kill Anybody, Just Don’t Cheat on Your Taxes

23 October 2007

While folks in Washington have seemingly come to terms with the idea that Blackwater might have killed some folks when they shouldn’t have, they are drawing the line where it hits Americans the hardest: cheating on taxes. Rep. Henry Waxman (D – CA) has made public a letter from IRS to Blackwater from March (yes, [...]

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I’ll See Your 1099 and I’ll Call… My Lawyer

20 October 2007

You’ve always known that you’re supposed to report your gambling winnings on your taxes, right? Well, the IRS is making it a little easier (for them) to make sure that happens. Beginning March 4, 2008, casinos and other sponsors of poker tournaments will be required to report most winnings to winners and the Internal Revenue [...]

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Ask the Taxgirl: Withholding

12 January 2007

Taxpayer asks:  I just changed jobs and I don’t know how many exemptions to claim for withholding.  Help! Taxgirl answers:  This is one of those questions that is really fact specific:  it depends on your individual circumstances.  That said, since I’m getting a fair number of questions about withholding, I’ll attempt to pass some general [...]

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