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Take steps to protect yourself when
choosing a tax preparer
If you ask your barber for a trim
and end up with a buzz cut, your hair will grow back in a few months. But
if an inept tax preparer makes a hash out of your tax return, the
repercussions could haunt you for years.
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IRS to
regulate paid tax preparers
As tax filing season gets under way,
the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, January 4th 2010 announced plans
to impose mandatory registration, competency exams and ethical guidelines
on the largely unregulated industry of independent tax-return preparers.
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Hunting for Tax
Deductions? Job Searches Can Be Rewarding
In today's corporate
America, changing jobs is commonplace. Cutbacks, layoffs and corporate
ladder climbing can all lead to a search for other employment. But the
dreaded job search has an upside - tax deductions!
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2009
Tax Changes for the Self-Employed
Prior to preparing 2009 tax forms, the self-employed and micro-businesses
(fewer than 10 employees) should be aware of a few tax law changes,
including changes in the standard mileage rate and the self-employment
tax.
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Fees On Tax Payments Deductible, IRS Confirms
Credit or debit card
convenience fees charged for paying federal individual income taxes
electronically are deductible for some taxpayers who itemize, the Internal
Revenue Service has announced.
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Overlooked Credits
& Deductions
Commonly
overlooked tax deductions and tax credits include the Earned Income
Credit, Child Tax Credit, Saver's Credit, medical expenses, moving
expenses, state and local taxes, charitable donations, job expenses and
self-employment deductions.
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Do
You Need to File a Federal Income Tax Return?
Every year millions of people file Federal Income Tax returns even though
they are not required to. Find out if your income is below the filing
requirement.
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Two new books by Gail Perry now available - purchase
them here!
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Excel
2007 Macros Made Easy
shows
you how to create, run, and revise
macros to simplify repetitive tasks and
store the instructions for complicated
ones. You'll learn to use Visual Basic
for Applications (VBA), add macros to
the Excel toolbar, and share your macros
with other users. Discover how easy it
is to develop custom macros, save time,
and boost productivity. Record and edit
acros Create and debug macros in VBA
Save macros to the Personal Macro
Workbook or other workbooks Create VBA
subroutines and functions Develop
interactive macros Format cells using
macros Create variables and arraysv
Apply logic to macros with If/Then/Else
routines Use loops to process data Add
controls to your worksheets.
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QuickBooks
2010 On Demand
is
a task-based reference book, designed to
appeal to the QuickBooks user who wants
the answer to questions in a hurry. The
book is highly visual, with screen shots
and callouts describing each step of
particular tasks. Accompanying the task
steps are cross-references to related
sections of the book, tips and short
cuts, introductory text, and sidebars
that expand on more technical areas of
the program. You’ll find this is an
indispensable resource.
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Recently Published Articles by Gail Perry
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Obama's
first tax increase: National sin tax is effective April 1st.
The
first major tax increase from the president who promised no tax increases on 95
percent of the population goes into effect April 1. This is not an April
Fool's Day joke - this is a tax increase that hits approximately 21 percent of
adults age 18 and over, regardless of income level, and approximately 20 percent
of teenagers, many of whom are not normally considered to be among the ranks of
taxpaying citizens. more...
IRS releases information
to help employers claim COBRA coverage credit.
The IRS unveiled new information on the IRS Web site that includes an
extensive set of questions and answers for employers. In addition, the Web site
contains a revised version of the quarterly payroll tax return that employers
will use to claim credit for the COBRA medical premiums they pay for their
former employees. more...
Flying around CPA Island
with Tom Hood.
Take a step into the virtual world of Second Life
and plan on losing all sense of time. I went "in world" recently with
Tom Hood as my guide. Hood is the executive director of the Maryland Association
of Certified Public Accountants and the force behind CPA Island in Second Life. more...
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