Rather than try to answer some interesting tax questions on my own, what I’d like to do is direct you to some great tax articles from around the web:
What Do I Need to Bring When I Get My Taxes Done?
- Good Financial Cents let us know the answer to What You Need to Bring to Your Tax Accountant to File Your Taxes and says “The following is checklist of items that your tax preparer will most likely request for you to bring to the appointment to make sure the meeting is as effective as possible.”
What Health Care Costs Can I Deduct?
- Over at AllBusiness, Miranda Marquit lets us know Health Care Costs You Can Deduct and adds “You can deduct medical expenses not covered by your health insurance company (including co-pays).”
What Is The IRA Contribution Deadline?
- Consumer Boomer tells us Don’t Miss the Roth or Traditional IRA Deadline including “Make sure you make your 2009 IRA contribution before April 15! With stocks performing so well these days, fully funding your IRA for 2009 (and 2010) could mean a tremendous boost toward saving for retirement.”
How Do I Choose An IRS Payment Plan If I Can’t Pay My Taxes?
- Personal Dividends gives information on Selecting IRS Payment Plan If You Owe Tax and Cannot Pay in Full and remarks “If you owe tax or will owe the IRS taxes you should consider an IRS payment plan. Understand different payment plans available and which one is best for you.”
What Tax Deductions Are Available For Rental Property Owners?
- Real Estate Pro Articles talks about The Many Tax Deductions Available for Rental Property Owners and informs us: “Take advantage of all the deductions available to rental property owners. Long distance travel can also be deducted. At any rate, the single biggest deductible expense for a landlord is often interest. Good record keeping is a must if you are going to be taking deductions.”
Should I Be Happy About A Big Tax Refund?
- Canadian Finance Blog responds Tax Refunds Are A Bad Thing, adding “While many people get excited about large tax refunds, all it really means is that you lent the government money throughout the year, interest free.”
What If I Need To File An Income Tax Extension?
- Moolanomy answers this with How to File a Federal Tax Extension and invites us to “Learn more about filing a income tax extension in case you need more time to file your taxes.”
Can I Get Any Tax Savings When Traveling Overseas?
- MoneyNing tells us about Value Added Tax Refund (VAT) for Vacation Shopping and “What VAT is and how you can make a claim.”
Is An Accountant Better Than A Tax Program Like Turbo Tax?
- My Wife Quit Her Job experiences this in Does Hiring An Accountant To Do Your Taxes Make A Difference Versus Turbo Tax? and says “This year, we are using an accountant to file our taxes as well as Turbo Tax to determine whether the accountant is able to save us more on taxes.”
How Do I File The First Time Homebuyer Credit?
- Bible Money Matters answers this with What Documentation Do I Need To Claim The First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit and adds “Lots of people are going to be claiming the first time homebuyer tax credit, but few realize what documentation they’ll need to have. Here’s a look at what docs they’ll need.”
What If I Miss The April 15th File Date?
- Some great advice from PT Money What If I Cannot File My Tax Return by April 15th? advising “How to make the best of a bad situation. Follow these steps if you can’t pay your taxes this year. Something is better than nothing.”
What Are The Tax Preparation Options For Income Taxes?
- I have an article about this in Options for Your Tax Return and it goes into the different types of tax preparation there are and what might be best for you.
In all honesty, we could sit here for weeks at least going over various tax questions. But hopefully these articles answer some common, and not so common questions you may have had!
(As I’m not a tax pro please consult a tax professional before acting on any of the information in these articles)
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Wow…I’m really looking forward to the results of My Wife Quit Her Job’s experiment…
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Thank you. There are some really good articles here. Most of them I have read but some I have not.
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That is quite an extensive list of help there. It might not do me so much good now that I already filed, but I am sure getting acquainted with such topics will make things better for next year.
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There are so many different laws there’s no way one person can know them all. But by keeping your eyes and ears open you can learn what might help you for the next year.
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