Taxpayer asks: I want to ask if scans of receipts are acceptable as proof for the IRS. I’ve got receipts that are only one year
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Fore! Golfer Hit With Tax Evasion Charges
Pro golfer Jim Thorpe is facing a new challenge these days: allegations that he did not pay $1.6 million in federal taxes. Thorpe is accused
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I’m A Giver (And I Mean It)
Maybe I’m just heady from the smell of pen ink drying on checks made out to the Treasury, maybe it’s the smell of freshly made
Read MoreGet Organized (For Free) Before Tax Time
One of the biggest challenges that small businesses and solos face come tax time is getting organized. If you’re like me – and I don’t
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Schwarzenegger To GOP Governors: We’ll Take Your Money
A number of Republican governors have indicated that they will turn down federal money offered to states as part of the stimulus package. The Republican
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Tax & Online Sales: A Conversation With Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO
I am not a shoe girl. This horrifies my colleagues who, I’m pretty sure, wish I could find other than black clogs and tennis shoes
Read MoreNo April Fool’s: Adjusted Withholding For Stimulus Package To Begin April 1
President Obama has issued a target date for the adjusted withholding to begin as part of the stimulus package: April 1. Obama mentioned the date
Read MoreFix The Tax Code Friday: Jail Time For Tax Evaders?
It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! Since I posted about Marion Barry’s tax woes earlier today, I thought it would be great fodder for Fix
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Not a Crack Answer: Barry Pleads Kidneys Kept Him From Filing Taxes
Forget “late filing syndrome” – that’s so 2008. For 2009, try the new and improved “I had too many other things going on” defense… it
Read MoreFree Aid Is Just A Click Away
In response to a few of my posts where readers expressed concern about the cost of legal services, one of the kind folks on twitter*
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