Taxes
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Not Every 1099 Raises Your Tax Bill
If you're a traditional employee, every year you receive a W-2 form from your employer that records your earnings for the year and the amoun...
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Is Your W-2 Tax Form Less Than Your Salary?
Every direct employee of a company should receive a W-2 form in January. The W-2 is the base document that defines your tax obligations, so ...
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Top 7 Tax Benefits Of Parenthood
Congratulations! You have just been handed your first little bundle of joy in the hospital and have embarked on the long journey of parentho...
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What are Deductions, Credits, and Exemptions?
It is easy to lump deductions, credits, and exemptions into the same basket of tax-saving mechanisms, but they are distinctly different. One...
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11 Popular Tax Credits
While many deductions were cut or modified with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017, most tax credits were retained. Tax credits are...
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How To Avoid Being A Tax-Scam Victim
To paraphrase the old adage, there are only three absolutes in life: death, taxes, and the rise of scams during tax season.
A major tax s...
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Top 13 Ways To Cut Your Taxes
Are you ready to cut your tax bill as much as possible? Consider these thirteen ways to keep your contributions to Uncle Sam as low as po...
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Itemize Or Take The Standard Deduction On Your Federal Income Tax?
Should you itemize deductions or take the standard deduction for tax year 2020 (the taxes you will file in early 2021)? Tax legislation in t...
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20 Most Popular Tax Deductions For 2021
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) limited itemized deductions and doubled the standard deduction to entice more taxpayers to skip itemizin...
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Prevent Identity Theft From Affecting Your Taxes
When your identity is stolen, you have so many potential issues to deal with — changing passwords, closing accounts, dealing with fraudulent...
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