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New Federal Tax Laws You Need to Know
Each new tax year, there are changes that affect you as a taxpayer. Sometimes, the advantages that you use to enjoy get scrapped off. In other times, new rules are introduced which may either lower or increase your tax bill. So, it’s up to you to ensure that you are brought up...
Tax Liens: What They Are and How to Avoid Them
Like most people, you probably shiver with fear when you receive a notice from the IRS. This is because it’s mostly about collecting what you owe them. Besides, what else can the taxman ask from you besides money? And as you know, no one really likes paying taxes even though we...
10 Small Business Tax Deductions You Should Know
While paying taxes is mandatory for all businesses, regardless of size, small businesses have several advantages that medium and large-sized businesses do not have. One of them happens to be tax deductions. Surprisingly, not many small business owners are aware of these...
10 Things You Need to Know Before Filing Your Taxes
You probably are thinking that everyone should know what goes into filing taxes since it’s a legal obligation. Even if you are not earning, you are expected to file your returns. However, so much has changed in the recent past that you may feel like you know nothing about this...
Wage Levy Vs Wage Lien for Back Taxes: What You Need to Know
When you fail to pay your taxes, either intentionally or non-intentionally, you expose yourself to collection actions by the IRS. They can use different approaches to collect what you owe the government. Of course, the type of collection approach depends on your tax debt. So...
Tax Fraud in Nevada and Its Ramifications
Recently, Las Vegas-based realtor and business owner William Waller was charged with different counts of tax fraud. According to the Department of Justice, Waller is guilty of tax evasion, interfering with tax laws, falsifying tax information, not filing tax returns, among...
Tax Fraud in California and Its Ramifications
Elie Waknine, a resident in Huntington Beach California has pleaded guilty of tax fraud. Waknine failed to file taxes for millions of dollars that he owed in an offshore account in Israel between 1994 and 2011. The offense was complicated by him instructing Bank Leumi not to...
How to Create a Budget That Works for You
Are you the type that always has an outstanding high-interest debt that you can find ways to pay up? Do you often over withdraw what you have in the bank because of unnecessary expenses? Do you find it difficult to understand where most of your money go? If the answer to any of...
Top 8 Tax Tips for Small Businesses
When operating a small business, each penny counts. So often, reducing the taxes is the difference between making profits and suffering a loss. You have to pay taxes; there’s no argument about it. However, you have to be smart about it lest you risk losing a significant part of...
9 States with No Income Taxes
Ben Franklin famously said that there are only two things certain in life: death and taxes. Taxes are payable in different ways and if there’s a way that pinches the most, it has to be through personal income. No one enjoys it when money is deducted from their paycheck at the...