IRS Finally Announces Start Date To 2014 Tax Filing Season
The IRS has finally announced the start date to the 2014 tax filing season. It’s late – but not as bad as previously feared.
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12 Days Of Charitable Giving 2013: Helping Hands Center For Special Needs
It’s the fifth day of our 12 Days of Charitable Giving. Our featured charity, Helping Hands Center for Special Needs, offers educational and therapeutic support for children with autism and other developmental disabilities.
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12 Days Of Charitable Giving 2013: Sow Much Good
It’s the fourth day of our 12 Days of Charitable Giving! In December, I’ll be focusing on twelve charitable organizations that my readers have nominated as most deserving of your charitable donation. You have a couple more weeks to squeeze in your charitable deduction for tax purposes in 2013 – so why not consider one…
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12 Days Of Charitable Giving 2013: Children Of Fallen Patriots
It’s day three of the 12 Days of Charitable Giving! Today we feature Children of Fallen Patriots, which provides college scholarships and educational counseling to military children who have lost a parent in the line of duty.
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12 Days Of Charitable Giving 2013: Flashes Of Hope
It’s the second day of our 12 Days of Charitable Giving! Today we feature Flashes of Hope, an organization which provides families of children with cancer with portraits – along with a cool photo shoot. The organization touches the lives of about half of all children with cancer in the country.
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Budget Faces Challenge From Senators Wary Of Spending, User Fees To Taxpayers
The House has passed a budget deal – and convincingly so. But it will pass muster in the Senate? There are challenges, including concerns about increased spending and those pesky user fees. Are we in for another filibuster?
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12 Days of Charitable Giving 2013: Kids Making It
It’s day one of the 12 Days of Charitable Giving! Kicking it off? Kids Making It.
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State Takes Measures To Combat ‘Obama Phone’ Abuse As FCC Ramps Up Fines
‘Obama Phones’ are making news again but this time at the state level. One state, fed up with abuse, is taking the issue head on by imposing a new fee on beneficiaries of the program.
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You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch: Christmas Tree Tax Proposal Returns
The Grinch is coming early this year. The much-maligned Christmas tree tax has reappeared. The provision, which would add a tax onto the sale of Christmas trees, had been killed off by the Obama administration in 2011 but has found its way back courtesy of the farm bill. Will this one stick?
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Tax Scammers Continue To Dial-Up Trouble For America’s Seniors
Phone ringing off the hook? It could be scammers.