Snow Storms Put Strain On Many Tax Preparers

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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 […]

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Do The Unthinkable: Start Now To Prepare For Next Tax Season

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Taxes.  For me they rank up there with colonoscopies and root canals.  At least those two don’t happen every year.  So I wait until the last moment, usually around March, and reluctantly rummage through kitchen drawers, my wallet, under the car seat,  and unmarked folders for all my receipts and records and documents to send […]

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Tax Day Freebies

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Tax Day is tomorrow (Thursday), and you know what that means?  Freebies for everyone!  Feeling nickeled and dimed and dollared to death?  Restaurants and retailers are offering free stuff and discounts, from cupcakes and pancakes to coffee and dinner.  Here are a few of the offers: Starbucks is giving a free brewed coffee if you bring […]

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Hate Tax Day? Maybe This Will Change Your Mind

We’re less than a week away from Tax Day. Hate April 15th? I do, and I used to think most, if not all, people did.  But this might give you a different viewpoint.  For nearly half of U.S. households Tax Day is simply somebody else’s problem. This week I read an AP report that about […]

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Can’t Pay Your Taxes? IRS Offers Help

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The tax deadline is less than a month away. Are you pulling out your hair, worried you won’t be able to pay what you owe the government? With unemployment up, there could be quite a few people facing that situation this year. Uncle Sam is offering some help. But keep in mind you still have […]

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Tax Refund Deadline

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Last week I told you how to track down your tax refund.  Forget about this year’s refund for a minute.  Let’s focus on a past refund you may have coming to you. The IRS wants to give you money.  How’s that for a headline?.  If you didn’t file a 2006 tax return, even though you […]

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Where’s My Tax Refund?

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Many of you are on the ball with your taxes.  You filed early.   You’re getting a refund.     Now you’re wondering, or soon will be, “Where’s my money?”. Quick bugging the mail carrier. The Internal Revenue Service has a better way to track down your refund, either by phone or computer. The IRS […]

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Overcoming Tax Fears

I saw the trailer for the latest psycho horror film, “The Crazies”, and it got me thinking of tax season.  In short, a small town taken over by zombies (for a competent review don’t rely on me, ask a professional).  The clips I saw had lots of screaming, scary looking people (those would be the […]

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Odds&ends

Not the 1st anniversary of his inauguration that President Obama had expected or hoped for.   The senate loss by democrats in Massachusetts is both shocking and, according to many, humiliating to Obama and his party.  By the way, I was in Colorado last week and look who I came across.   Give me a […]

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