Taxpayer asks: I would like some help to finding a web site that could help me find amount that your can use for charitable items such as clothes and household items. We sold our house this year and really down sized to what we are taking. For example I gave 42 shirts to a nonprofit…
That’s right, it’s that time of year: tax time! As a result, your questions for "ask the taxgirl" are coming fast and furious. I had been answering about one per week but I’m getting quite the queue, so I’m going to bump it up to two per week. If you don’t see your answer immediately,…
As previously reported, the IRS will be watching Hollywood’s award season this year almost as much as we are… The Grammys are no different. The 2006 Grammy gift bag was valued at $68,434 and included: a two-week lease of a Cadillac complimentary LASIK Eye Surgery Chadsworth Haig bathrobes Solstice sunglasses Escada ski jackets Casio digital…
Nothing says “pay your taxes” like a little animated government propaganda… This is a really interesting collaboration from the WW2 era between the US government and Disney to promote paying your taxes. My favorite part is the end where the announcer reminds us that “taxes will defeat the axis.” To put it in context, apparently…
New Jersey is one of the first states in the country to pass a fairly comprehensive Domestic Partnership Act that would allow couples who register as domestic partners to receive the same benefits as a married couple under state law (not federal law). This applies to taxation, too. Married couples are allowed to file tax…
Just hours after the news of Anna Nicole Smith’s suspicious death broke, there were already questions about the status of her deceased husband’s estate. The main query was whether the case could proceed. The short answer is yes, that absolutely it can proceed. In fact, the executor of her estate (who many people assume will…
It’s always interesting to receive information directly from the source when it comes to tax cases and tax policy in the news. With this in mind, I contacted Ed and Elaine Brown for a statement about their case. The Browns had this to say: Dear Kelly, As we have been asking for twelve years, “Show…
Taxpayer asks: I hope you can suggest a course of action for what I believe is a 1098-T form error. The college is a public college. The 1098 provided does include the following items: Tuition, Activity Fee, Technology Fee, and College Fee. I have read IRS Pub 970 several times and in particular pages 34…
The IRS is finding that there are already problems with returns involving the telephone excise tax refund. The most common mistakes seem to involve the form 1040EZ-T. Mistakes include not filling out the form completely or filing the form and your regular 1040 or 1040EZ (it’s one or the other, folks). It may also be…
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