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  Chapter 6: Closing details

  Year-round tax housekeeping can ensure that your appropriate tax bills are paid.

  1 min read Apr 01, 2005
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  Chapter 5: Life events and taxes

  Life is constantly changing, and your tax considerations change right along with it.

  1 min read Apr 01, 2005
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  Tax Basics: Table of contents

  List of all tax stories in Tax Basics.

  1 min read Apr 01, 2005
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  Savings with tax breaks: Introduction

  The government wants you to make the most out of your savings. Taking advantage of these programs is a start.

  1 min read Apr 01, 2005
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  Chapter 4: Credits

  If you thought deductions were a sweet way to cut your bill, wait until you hear about tax credits!

  1 min read Apr 01, 2005
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  Tax Basics: Tax Basics

  Filing taxes is one of the unpleasant certainties of life, but the process doesn’t have to be your worst, or most costly, nightmare. In fact, sometimes you can make the tax system pay off, if you know [...]

  1 min read Apr 01, 2005
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  10 tax troubles you can avoid

  If the tax man starts questioning your return, don’t make matters worse by making one of these 10 costly blunders.

  5 min read Mar 01, 2005
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  Trusts can provide for tax-efficient estate planning

  If you expect your assets to appreciate significantly, the best estate-tax move might be to leave them in trust to your heirs.

  2 min read Mar 08, 2004
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  Overlooked deductions on old returns

  A reader thinks he may have overlooked the mortgage points deduction. Our expert explains this tax break, along with how to get copies of old returns.

  1 min read Apr 10, 2003
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  Deducting long-term care insurance premiums

  Long-term care premiums are tax deductible two ways. Either as part of your itemized medical expenses or without itemizing if you are self-employed.

  1 min read Feb 26, 2003
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  Home sweet homeownership tax breaks

  There are lots of tax reasons to own a home. Here’s how to make the most of them and avoid the pitfalls.

  7 min read Feb 16, 2003
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  Even in a roller-coaster stock market, investors find they owe capital gains

  Mutual fund owners who watched their holdings stumble often are shocked at tax time to discover they still owe taxes.

  6 min read Dec 29, 2002
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  Taxes on a foreign stockholder

  Neither gains nor losses on stock sales apply to nonresident owners of securities. However, dividends paid on those assets are taxable.

  1 min read Oct 24, 2002
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  Tax options when selling and moving

  Our tax expert discusses how a couple forced to sell for a job-related move can claim a partial personal residence tax exclusion.

  1 min read Jul 31, 2002
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  Charitable gifts pay off for nonprofits and the donor

  Donations can be valuable tax-cutting tools if you follow documentation rules.

  2 min read Jan 22, 2001
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  Deducting travel expenses

  Tax expert George Saenz discusses whether a teacher can write off a trip as job-related.

  1 min read Jan 10, 2001
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  7 tax-filing moves you can make now!

  Be tax smart by getting a filing head start. Here are some tasks to take care of in January instead of April.

  3 min read Jan 04, 2001
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  Taxes across the nation

  Fuel taxes — and gas prices — are going up in North Carolina just in time for summer vacations. Meanwhile, Minnesota tax officials hope their expanded compliance efforts will net them thousands of [...]

  2 min read Jun 29, 2000
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  Yankees, Go File!

  Time is up for New England taxpayers. A one-day extension to file returns ends today and federal tax forms must be in the mail by midnight April 18, 2000.

  1 min read Apr 18, 2000
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  5 min read Jan 01, 2000