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  • Don’t fear, or fall for, these 13 scary, but wrong, tax myths

    October 13, 2023
    Reviewed and reposted Friday, June 13, 2025. No upcoming eclipse, or Halloween scares this summer month, but these 13 tax…
  • Social Security taxable wage base goes to $168,600 in 2024

    October 12, 2023
    The coming wage base bump also means more FICA taxes for higher earners. It looks like this man got the…
  • GOP tax bill would increase standard deduction by up to $4,000

    October 11, 2023
    Around this time each year, the Internal Revenue Service releases its annual inflation adjustments for a wide range of tax…
  • 8 filing tips for Oct. 16 tax extension filers

    October 10, 2023
    If you're just now getting to work on your extended 2022 tax return, which is due to the Internal Revenue…
  • Oct. 16 also is deadline for some self-employed retirement account contributions

    October 9, 2023
    You have a lot of responsibilities when you're self-employed. One includes making contributions to your retirement plan, which in some…
  • Farmers & ranchers in 49 states get drought tax relief

    October 8, 2023
    These cattle chilling out in the West Texas Big Bend area don't appear worried about much. Their owners, however, have a…
  • State taxes will take a bite out of most lottery jackpots

    October 7, 2023
    Photo by dylan nolte on Unsplash There are nine states with no personal income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire,…
  • Former IRS consultant pleads guilty to stealing and sharing Trump (and others) tax data

    October 6, 2023
    Update, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024: Former IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn today was sentenced to five years in prison for disclosing…
  • W&M members want ERC backlog answers from IRS

    October 5, 2023
    Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Businesses who applied for the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) aren’t the only ones upset…
  • $10,000+ cash transaction reporting changes coming in 2024

    October 4, 2023
    Piles of illicit cash were a plot feature in the AMC show "Breaking Bad." Since meth-making kingpin Walter White couldn't…
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