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Twitter Tax Tips #10

ByKelly Phillips Erb March 11, 2009May 16, 2020

If you file MFS and your spouse opts to itemize, you must also itemize your deductions. #TwitterTaxTip

(For more on twitter tax tips, see my prior explanatory post.)

Kelly Phillips Erb

Kelly Phillips Erb, known as Taxgirl, is a tax attorney, writer, and speaker who explains taxes, IRS news, financial crime, scams, and the law in plain English.

Individual

IRS Takes Another Look At Transgender Surgeries
ByKelly Phillips Erb July 25, 2007June 24, 2020

Rhiannon O’Donnabhain is challenging a decision not to allow the $25,000 cost of her 2001 sex-change and breast augmentation surgeries as a tax deduction. According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), both surgeries were elective and cosmetic, and therefore not deductible as medical expenses. 63-year old O’Donnabhain argued in Tax Court that the procedures were…

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Individual | Supreme Court

SCOTUS Rules Same Sex Marriage Legal In All States
ByKelly Phillips Erb June 28, 2015October 6, 2020

This morning, people in coffee houses and churches across the land will no doubt be talking about the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, making same sex marriages legal in all states. Background Procedurally, the case got its start when a same sex couple from Ohio filed a lawsuit in United States District…

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Ask the Taxgirl | Individual

Ask The Taxgirl: Working From Home During COVID-19
ByKelly Phillips Erb March 25, 2020

Taxpayer asks: Just read your article on Forbes “Working From Home? Your Home Offices Expenses Are Probably Not Tax-Deductible.“ Now, it is as my understanding that an employee could still deduct home office if they are REQUIRED by their employer to work from home. My employer shut the doors early in March and required all…

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Ask the Taxgirl | Technology

Sunday Mailbag: The Edition Where I Pretend to Know About Tech Stuff
ByKelly Phillips Erb July 17, 2011May 23, 2020

I opened up my calendar this morning and had to switch from the month view to the week view because all of my appointments were overlapping into some kind of freaky Ven diagram. My summer (which I thought would be slow) has been a whirlwind of activity, from client meetings to chauffeuring to and from…

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Individual

All You Need To Know To File Your Tax Return In 2019
ByKelly Phillips Erb April 13, 2019October 11, 2020

If you’re planning on filing your federal income tax return in the next few days, you’re not alone: the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) says some 50 million taxpayers have yet to file (as of April 12, 2019). No matter how close to the wire you get, as long as your return is postmarked by April 15, the…

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Contests and Events | Individual

How Long Should You Hold Onto Records After Tax Day?
ByKelly Phillips Erb April 19, 2013May 20, 2020

(Update: We have a winner! It’s tucscongirl!) My kids are little hoarders. I swear one of these days, A&E is going to launch a “Hoarders: Kids Edition” and you’ll see my kids on the show, with their various rock, leaf and *other* collections stashed in shoeboxes. They hate to throw anything out. I have several…

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