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New tax changes for self-employed A tax expert says deductions that aren't in a checkbook, such as home office deductions and mileage, are often overlooked. Full Article
WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service today issued its 2010 "dirty ... The Internal Revenue Service today issued its 2010 "dirty dozen" list of tax scams, including schemes involving return preparer fraud, hiding income offshore and phishing. Full Article
IRS, DOJ use social media sites to track deadbeats, criminal activity Article:IRS, DOJ use social media sites to track deadbeats, Article:IRS, DOJ use social media sites to track deadbeats, 14:07 PDT -- Advocacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation has obtained documents showing how ... Full Article
IRS Warns Taxpayers of 'Dirty Dozen' Scams The Internal Revenue Service has issued its 2010 "dirty dozen" list of tax scams, including schemes involving return preparer fraud, hiding income offshore and phishing. Full Article
Feds consider going undercover on social networks The next friend request you receive might come from the FBI. The Obama administration has considered sending federal police undercover on social-networking sites, including Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. Full Article
IRS Has $47 Million for Carolina Taxpayers Who Have Not Filed a 2006 Federal Tax Return Community , Hayesville , Murphy - By admin on March 16, 2010 at 12:40 pm IRS Has $47 Million for Carolina Taxpayers Who Have Not Filed a 2006 Federal Tax Return Unclaimed refunds totaling more than $1.3 billion are awaiting nearly 1.4 million people who did not file a federal income tax return for 2006, the Internal Revenue Service announced ... Full Article
Tax Fairness Reaches A Tipping Point Fiscal Policy: The latest data show a record number of people with no tax obligation. Full Article
Stimulus package 'Making Work Pay' credit may lead to bigger tax bills this year The small increase in take-home pay that began in April 2009 through the Making Work Pay Credit could mean an unexpected bump in your tax bill, says Cheryl Block, J.D., tax law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Full Article
'Dirty dozen' tax scams As the tax deadline draws near, the IRS wants you to beware of fraudulent tax preparers, hidden offshore bank accounts and offers that seem too good to be true. Full Article
IRS Warns: Beware of Tax Scams The Internal Revenue Service today issued its 2010 a oedirty dozena list of tax scams, including schemes involving return preparer fraud, hiding income offshore and phishing. Full Article
Fake tax refund scams on the rise as tax day looms The Justice Department is highlighting cases where tax preparers filed for fraudulent tax refunds in a bid to discourage would-be tax cheats. Full Article
House Drafts Small Business Jobs Tax Bill House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin, D-Mich., has unveiled a draft of a new bill that would provide tax incentives to small businesses to spur job creation. Full Article
IRS Lists Common Scams, Schemes During Tax Season The Internal Revenue Service has issued its 2010 dirty dozen list of tax scams today, including preparer fraud and phishing. Full Article
How To Write Off Travel and Entertainment Expenses Specific rules about which travel and entertainment expenses are deductable can make complying with the tax code seem like working through a giant hairball. Full Article
Celebrating "Under God" Whether There Is A God Or Not Title: CELEBRATING "UNDER GOD" WHETHER THERE IS A GOD OR NOT Ninth Circuit did a good thing by upholding the propriety of reciting the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. Full Article
IRS shares top 12 tax scams The Internal Revenue Service today issued its 2010 "dirty dozen" list of tax scams, including schemes involving return preparer fraud, hiding income offshore and phishing. Full Article
Beware of IRS' 2010 "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams From the International Revenue Service: The Internal Revenue Service today issued its 2010 a oedirty dozena list of tax scams, including schemes involving return preparer fraud, hiding income offshore and phishing. Full Article
Charles Corthell Quite often, individuals simply take the standardized deduction offered by the IRS and call it a day. Full Article
Tax People head to be sentenced Michael Cooper was president and CEO of Renaissance, The Tax People, a Topeka-based firm. Full Article
Retired FBI Agent Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion A retired FBI Agent has pleaded guilty to evading approximately $109,000 in personal income taxes, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada. Full Article
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