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News bullets on filing and payment deadlines

The IRS is postponing filing and payment deadlines for Louisiana and Texas taxpayers struck by Hurricane Ike until Jan. 5, 2009. Tax relief is also available to victims of Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana and Mississippi. Certain filing and payment deadlines have been postponed until Jan. 5, 2009. The agency is continuing to monitor the impact of Hurricane [...]

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Four hundred U.S. colleges and universities receive IRS compliance questionnaires

Close to four hundred U.S. colleges and universities have received compliance questionnaires from the IRS as part of a concentrated effort to study one of the biggest components of the tax-exempt sector. The forms have been sent to small, mid-sized and large private and public four-year institutions all around the U.S. The data to be gathered [...]

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Tax Return – Your Choices

When it is time to do a tax return, the IRS gives you choices that you can make to file it in a way that makes you feel the most comfortable, and cost you the least amount of money. If you are running a large business for example, you obviously need the help of an [...]

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Efile Taxes – In Your Own Home

If you want to file your taxes in your own home you are making a very wise choice. There are more and more people making this decision across the country on a daily basis because of its ease of use and its cost. You can save a lot of money by doing your own taxes [...]

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Help for those who can’t pay their tax due in full

For tax filers who would not be able to pay in full (if there’s tax due), it is important to be aware of the IRS collection process, which starts from the time the tax is filed and continues until your balance is paid or until the Internal Revenue Service may no longer legally collect the [...]

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Where to Find US Tax Return Information

Filing a tax return can be a confusing matter. For example, you may want to find out whether you need to file taxes or not. And if you do, you may also want to know whether you qualify for certain tax write-offs. On top of that, some states do not have income tax. So you [...]

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Want Fast Refunds? Go E-File!

Filing taxes has long been a hassle for many of us. Filling out endless IRS forms and sorting through your receipts for the past year is not exactly something anyone would enjoy. Processing your files personally can be really confusing, and also not to mention very boring. Because of such concerns, online tax filing (or what [...]

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