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Standard Deduction 2011 and 2011 Tax Brackets

Finance Gourmet on January 12th, 2011

The IRS has announced new 2011 tax numbers regarding the standard deduction for single filers and for those married filing jointly, as well as the 2011 value of the personal and dependent deduction. By law, these standard tax numbers are adjusted for inflation each year. As a result, these tax deductions can increase or decrease [...]

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Finance Gourmet on October 9th, 2010

The questions have started coming in regarding the 2011 income limits for Roth IRA contributions. Planning ahead for taxes is always a good idea. However, sometimes, you can get out a little bit too far. The IRS publishes various numbers, tax brackets, and the like for the next tax year during the fall of the [...]

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Finance Gourmet on April 22nd, 2010

Small business tax deductions are important in order to offset high business taxes levied against small business owners and entrepreneurs. This is especially true for work from home entrepreneurs who file as sole proprietors, or as a Limited Liability Company aka LLC, with sole proprietor tax status. Small business owners can get hit with high [...]

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Finance Gourmet on April 15th, 2010

Whether you waited until the last minute or filed months ago, there is one last 2009 tax tips and tricks that you need to follow. Print out a copy of your tax return from your TurboTax software or print out your taxes from your TaxCut software, or whatever other tax software program you used to [...]

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Finance Gourmet on March 24th, 2010

Here comes tax time for that huge group of Americans who wait until the proverbial last minute to file their income taxes. For them, crunch time is approaching and they need to find all of those tax receipts and records that they will need in order to file Federal Income Taxes. Fortunately, one of the [...]

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Finance Gourmet on January 21st, 2010

Property taxes can be an important tax deduction for many home owners. Real estate taxes, in particular, can be a significant tax deduction.

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Finance Gourmet on January 19th, 2010

There is an unfortunate amount of confusion surrounding the concept of the Federal Tax Identification Number. It is ironic, because the whole Tax ID, FEIN, and EIN thing is actually very simple, mostly because they are generally all the same thing. However, it isn’t surprising that this concept confused many personal finance students because when [...]

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