Taxpayer asks: I am serving in the military in Hawaii. My wife is not a US citizen and she has an ITIN number. I’ve read on the internet, including on your blog, that I will not qualify for the stimulus check because she is not a citizen. But my CO says I will. Who is…
A few weeks ago, at BlogHer in San Francisco , I sat in during a political debate between reps from the McCain and Obama camps. It was perhaps one of the best sessions at BlogHer – they tackled some of the issues that were on our collective minds. I had lots of thoughts about the…
Taxpayer asks: I had my accountant prepare my mom’s tax return this year. She only filed in order to get her stimulus check. She is old and can’t do anything for herself. When she gets it, can I cash it for her? Taxgirl says: It depends – do you have Power of Attorney for your…
Just before BlogHer, Chris went out and bought me a new laptop. This was a fairly important purchase since my last laptop had more or less lost its portability – kind of an important part of a laptop. My new laptop is a MacBook, just a more modern version of my prior laptop (only this…
Taxpayer asks: question, filed jointly with my wife, got a joint return, but at the time i got the stimulus, we’re separated and shes halfway across the country, the check has both our names on it, mine first, and i was the “main” filer or whatnot, ie, they used my social, so the problem is,…
Taxpayer asks: My father my grandmother and (unofficially) I, are administers of a simple (non trust) estate for my recently deceased Uncle. the estate has hired an attorney, a funeral home, a grave tending service, and a guy to help clean the house he lived alone in, and sell personal property contained in the house….
Taxpayer asks: I work for an accounting firm and my boss mentioned she had heard on TV (gotta love the media) that because the first round of stimulus checks didn’t stimulate the economy as they thought ( I loved your – who really did profit from the stimulus checks), that the IRS was considering another…
Here’s more about iPods and taxes… from a Canadian perspective… also from a puppet. Funky format to be sure. But really interesting points. Check it out!
Taxpayer asks: My mother in law has lost about 7000 in the past year with her stocks and bonds. She is thinking about taking them all out and paying off her mortgage. What kind of penalty will she pay and is there any additional IRS penalties that she is not aware of? Is there any…
It’s that time of year! I’m cleaning out my inbox – there are a lot of “ask the taxgirl” questions and I’ve been busy reporting tax news, as well as speaking engagements (whew). Look for a slew of “ask the taxgirl” posts this week. And if you have questions that you haven’t yet asked, don’t…