Taxes General Forum

homeowner credit -document question

I received this question: My fiance and I bought the house together but a lot of the documents that you said we should...

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posted by Diogenes

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Another Education Expense Question.

The MBA thread for the nurse was interesting. I have a slightly different, but perhaps related question about education...

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posted by tar

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Individual estimated tax question

Hi, I have some hopefully easy questions. I made four equal estimated 1040-ES tax payments for 2009. 2nd & 3rd payments...

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posted by blah

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Self-employed health insurance deduction

TP is a self-employed teacher who deals directly with the individual students. TP has a health insurance policy as an i...

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posted by zvkmpw

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charitable deduction for building fund at private elementary school?

Is a $500 building fund amount listed on a private elementary school tuition bill considered deductible as a charitable...

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posted by aliza4379

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accrued interest upon death

taxpayer holds a note, with accrued interest. Upon his death, what happens? 1. is the accrued interest included in his...

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posted by pleasenospam

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Conflicting Opinions on MRD and IRA to Roth Conversions

I have been getting conflicting opinions on whether a 2010 conversion of funds from a rollover IRA to a Roth IRA counts...

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posted by hrhofmann

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From the Inspector General for Tax Administration

In case you did not receive this e-mail, it is being posted here. ====== INSUFFICIENT AND INEXPERIENCED STAFF COULD RED...

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posted by rdadams

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Changes to Uniform Lifetime IRA Distributions Expected?

The various tables in Publication 590 for required IRA distributions haven't been changed in several years, at least. W...

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posted by hrhofmann

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Are these child-care expenses deductible

I work full-time. My wife's primary job is caring for our children. In addition to that, she is working on a novel, whi...

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posted by jik

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Head of Household for Mother of disabled son?

My mother is 81 years old, and my father passed away in 2008. For 2008, my mother filed as Married Filing Jointly. My b...

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posted by adwagner

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Deducting MBA tuition

This looks like pretty good news for a lot of folks. Kudos to Ms. Singleton-Clarke! http://finance.yahoo.com/taxes/artic...

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posted by bfgl3hx

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Non-taxable part of contribution

In an argument elsenet, I've claimed (per Publication 526) that if you get a benefit from making a charitable donation,...

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posted by sethb

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Does Green Card Ever "Time Out"

Say a foreign citizen comes to work in the US in the 1950s, gets a green card, and leaves the US in the 1970s. Does the...

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posted by persistentone

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New York withholding 2010 ?

Did NY State and NY City raise the withholding rates for 2010? (I believe California did this to speed up collections) T...

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posted by no-spam

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