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Super Bowl bets, missing tax forms & more Daily Tax Tips fun

January 30, 2015

Finger_pointing to rightWhat do Super Bowl bets and missing tax forms have in common?

They're all part of this week's Daily Tax Tips.

Yes, the end of January is hectic for sports fans, particularly NFL aficionados or folks who love Super Bowl ads and halftime shows, as well as taxpayers.

Since it's been a crazy five days, and Friday isn't even over yet, you might have missed these and the other tax tips that were posted, as the pointing finger indicates, in the upper right corner of the ol' blog's home page this week.

Don't worry. We're good tax teammates here at Don't Mess With Taxes. If you fumbled on keeping track of any of the Daily Tax Tips, we're providing a wrap-up every Friday.

Here are the five tax tips that ran this week:

  1. Your three tax return choices (Monday, Jan. 26, 2015)
  2. Tax documents are on the way (Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015)
  3. Winning bets are taxable income (Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015)

    This tax advice covers any winnings from Sunday's myriad NFL championship game wagers. More on betting and other Super Bowl related tax topics is coming this weekend. And go Seattle Richard Shermans Seahawks!

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  4. No 1099s? No problem (Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015)
  5. What to do if you don't get a W-2 (Friday, Jan. 30, 2015)

Special tax tip pages: And if you happen to miss a Friday round-up, don't worry about that either.

You can find all the tips, which began Jan. 6, at special blog pages for each month in which they run.

The January tax tips page is live and, as of today, complete. The coming months' weekday tax tips pages will be created when they arrive.

That means on Monday, Feb. 2, you can check out the first tax tip for February, if you're not too hung-over from your Super Bowl party celebrations.

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The More Tax Posts tab at the top of this page will take you to, well, more tax posts. You also can search below for a tax topic. 

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TO WRAP UP 2026

It’s over! With October’s extended filing deadline behind us, it is now time to focus on year-end moves to reduce your 2026 tax bill. 

You’ll find ways to do just that on the Tax Tips page (see the More Tax Posts drop-down menu at the top of the blog), as well as the separate tax tip pages for each month, notably October through December. If you’re on the Tax Tips page, you’ll find a monthly list at the end of this column. If you’re on another blog page, you can head straight to the October tips; at the bottom of that tips page you’ll find links to all the other 11 months’ collections of tax advice.

Not to spoil what you’ll find in that tax advice, but it does cover such things as tax deductions for charitable donations, investment moves that could reduce tax due, and ways to max out your tax-favored retirement savings. 

Finally, as the year winds down, things get hectic. There are lots of other things to occupy our time, like the much more fun upcoming holidays. But don’t lose sight of taxes, since timing is key. To be of use, most tax moves must be made by the end of the tax year. That’s Thursday, Dec. 31, which also is the last business day of the year. 

So that you don’t miss that final tax year deadline, also keep an eye on the countdown clock below. It will keep you on top of just how much time is left to make important, tax-saving moves. (Note: I’m in the Central Time Zone, so adjust accordingly for where you live.)

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