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Your Tax Refund that isn’t

Arthur over at FinancialBondage.org has a very valid point. When you get your “tax refund” in reality, the government is simply returning to you the amount you overpaid throughout the year. It isn’t a refund or a gift. The government has been using your money as an interest free loan, and they are now returning [...]

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Taxes can be funny

The following quotes are very timely and if you haven’t done your taxes yet, might just lighten up the mood enough for you to jump in there and “git’er done”. [The Internal Revenue Code is] about 10 times the size of the Bible and, unlike the Bible, contains no good news. — Don Nickles The [...]

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Are you a late filer?

Each year around this time, millions of people begin the process of filing their taxes. Some hope for a large refund, while others (like me) hope that the amount being received or the amount being paid is as close to zero as possible. You see, if you are getting a large refund, that means that [...]

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Finder’s Keeper’s

Remember being young and coming across something that didn’t belong to you, yet piqued your interest, and showed some promise of being beneficial. The phrase we used to claim the ‘found’ item was, “Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers”. Basically we found it, so we are going to keep it, and the person that lost it, is [...]

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Adjusting your withholding

Each year around this time I start thinking about Christmas shopping and doing my tax return. Two things that could be fun, but because of the process involved, never is. Not sure there is much I can do about the Christmas shopping thing, but with the ever improving tax software that is available, finishing my [...]

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