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Category Archives: Tax Tips
Key Tax Dates – February 2012
Here are some key tax dates for your diary. February 2012 10th – Employees need to report to their employer tips earned in January of more than $20 15th – File a new W-4 with your employer if you claimed … Continue reading
Form 8938 Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets
If you have significant foreign financial assets you may have to file with your income tax return, form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets. This is a new form starting with the 2011 tax year and is part of … Continue reading
Useful Arizona Tax Credits
As you get ready for this year’s tax preparation here is a reminder about three useful Arizona tax credits you maybe able to claim on your Arizona state income tax return. If you have any of the transactions discussed below … Continue reading
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Green Card Holders and US Income Tax Returns
If you have recently received a Green Card through marriage you have some extra issues to consider with the first US income tax return you prepare after receiving the Green Card. This is a complex area of the US Tax … Continue reading
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Education Credits and Deductions
Education credits and deductions can be surprisingly complicated. Not only are there up to four different ways of claiming a deduction or credit for education expenses on your income tax return, you also have to consider who will claim the … Continue reading
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Wages, Salaries & Tips
As your tax preparer starts the preparation of your income tax return you probably think that wages and salaries are some of the easier items to enter on the tax return. However, even the basic W-2 can offer some surprises. … Continue reading
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Earned Income Credit
If you satisfy certain conditions you may qualify for a beneficial tax credit called Earned Income Credit (EIC). In this article we give an outline of the credit so that you have a better understanding of why your tax preparer … Continue reading
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Getting Ready For Your Tax Preparer
Your income tax documents will soon be arriving and it will be time for your tax preparation to start. Here are some tips to make the process of preparing your income tax return easier and to get the best value … Continue reading
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2011 Income Tax Return – What’s New
So the 2011 tax year filing season has started. As you are getting the information and documents together to prepare your individual income tax return we will have a look at some of the tax changes for this year’s tax … Continue reading
Year End Tax Planning Part 2 – Deductions
In the first part of this article we discussed tax planning for income. In this second part we consider some tax planning ideas for deductions. Bear in mind that most of these planning ideas require you to spend some money … Continue reading
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