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Most of us are working on our 2011 tax return. I spent the day collecting and organizing documents and numbers for my CPA. Once again, my cat wanted to help out. “Butters” loves calculators and papers. Anything that makes noise. I thought I was a little behind in getting my taxes out this year, […]
Tax day is a month behind us, and you may have promised yourself to do things differently next time (like keeping your cat away from all your receipts and documents spread out on the kitchen table). Well, here’s your chance. I realize taxes are probably the last thing you want to think about, but you […]
Are you expecting a tax refund? Good luck. You’ll get it, but it could be coming later this year. And you can blame the bickering children politicians in Washington. How does that make you feel? The check’s NOT in the mail You may have heard that there’s a good possibility of a government shutdown beginning […]
Tax day is less than two weeks away. And while you’re spending time preparing your tax return, scam artists are figuring out ways to steal your money and identity. This year, for the first time ever, the number one target for scam-artists is your tax refund. ID thieves are especially interested in your return because […]
Do you ever feel like you’re working harder, and longer hours, just to hand over your money to Uncle Sam? Well, you are. The Tax Foundation says Americans will spend an average of 28% of their income to pay federal, state and local taxes this year. Tax Freedom Day is three days later this year […]
I’m getting a late start on my taxes. And I’m being punished for that. By my cat. Every year I lay all my receipts, tax papers and documents into neat piles on top of the kitchen table. They were neat, that is, until my cat wanted to play. So what do I tell my CPA […]
Many of you are on the ball with your taxes. You filed early. You’re getting a refund. So now you’re wondering, or soon will be,“Where’s my money”? Don’t bug the mail carrier. The Internal Revenue Service has a better way to track down your refund… either by phone or online. The IRS has an online […]
Help! I’m buried in taxes! Is that you? We’re into another tax season now, and you’re probably getting your taxes ready to send into the IRS. You may also wonder how long you should hang onto those old tax-related papers and documents that are spilling out of the file cabinet or stuffed into old shoe boxes […]
Chalk up another victim to Tulsa’s historic winter weather… our taxes. I had every intention of getting to my taxes early this year. Then the storms hit. I’ve been more worried about finding bread, milk and eggs, than w-2s and 1040s. That’s my excuse, and it may have put your taxes on the back burner […]
I realize we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves (most of us haven’t even filed our taxes yet), but the IRS has a new way to check the status of your tax refund. Yep, there’s an app for that, too. The IRS is out with a new phone app called IRS2GO. It’s free and can […]
