Organizing Your Taxes
Author: Barbara Hemphill
Does this scene sound familiar? It's April 7. You haven't seen the top of your dining room table in two weeks because of the piles of paid bills, receipts, canceled checks, and unidentified cash register receipts covering it. Your head pounds and your stomach churns as the countdown to April 15 begins.
You might hate to pay taxes, think the system is unfair, dislike the forms, and even stage a mini-tax rebellion, but in the end the tax man cometh - with penalty if you're not careful! The key to your survival is taking an organized approach to this unavoidable task.
There are really two issues here. Number one, of course, is getting the information together for this year's tax return. Number two is developing a...
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