IRS Tax Helper

Information For Filing State Taxes Free Online

Have you heard the joke that starts, “All state income taxes can be filed for free online…?” There is only a partial truth in that statement. Individual tax preparation businesses are allowed to offer free filings to people as a nice advertising gimmick. Unfortunately, each tax preparation site has a different set of qualifying rules [...]

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How To Find Your Tax Return Status

Each year, many people are in a hurry to receive their federal income tax refund and want to know exactly when the refund check will be delivered into their possession. Some years ago, the IRS got tired of answering all of those calls and installed an online system that monitors your tax return status, and [...]

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Fair Tax or Federal Tax Refund?

Today, the United States is considering a federal tax system overhaul that would do away with the IRS. The Fair Tax plan would replace income tax with a country-wide sales tax that each member of our society would pay as a part of everyday shopping. Paychecks would not have income tax taken out of them [...]

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