Taxpayer asks: I’ve been trying to get my parents to make a Will. I’m now there only living child. My parents have told me everything
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Ask The Taxgirl: “Buying” The Family Home At A Discount
Taxpayer asks: My father wants to sell me his house (approx. value of $300,000) for what he owes on it ($54,000). I know, a pretty
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: Forms 1099 & Estates
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
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: Income Tax & Inheritance Tax
Taxpayer asks: I recently inherited a substantial (for me) amount of money. I used it to buy a home and to pay off some bills.
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: Paying Someone Else’s Health Care Expenses
Taxpayer asks: Hi TaxGirl. I’ve searched all over the Internet and the IRS.gov website and I can’t find an answer to my question, so I’m
Read MoreHas Obama Changed The Race?
If you had asked me, before today, what the single most important issue would be in the upcoming presidential election, I would have said the
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: Anniversary Presents
Taxpayer asks: This year, I will have been married for 25 years. To celebrate, I bought my wife a very nice piece of jewelry; I
Read MoreDog Inherits $12 Million From Leona Helmsley
There’s Trouble in New York. And he’s rich. Trouble, the beloved Maltese belonging to Leona Helmsley, is the beneficiary of a $12 million trust fund,
Read MoreAsk The Taxgirl: Educational Expenses
Taxpayer asks: My son’s grandmother has offered to pay his tuition for graduate school this year. Can she get a tax deduction for this? Does
Read MoreStranger Things Have Happened
But not many… in the Ways and Means Committee. The Business Journal of Phoenix (how’s that for a source?) is reporting that U.S. Rep. Harry
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