How bankruptcy can release you from the burden of debt

SLEEPLESS nights… Stressed out… Worried about the future.. Always broke no matter how hard they work…Feeling hopeless about their situation. This is what most people are going through when they are considering bankruptcy in order to get out of debt.  The word “bankruptcy” often produces negative feelings because some people equate it with failure. They…

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12 tactics to survive an IRS audit

YOU have just received an invitation to visit an office of the Internal Revenue Service to examine (meaning audit)  your tax returns.  Don’t panic. You have stashed funds for a rainy day, and this is it – a gathering storm.  Take a minute to compose yourself, then read these tactics to shelter you from the…

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How bankruptcy can release you from the burden of debt

SLEEPLESS nights… Stressed out… Worried about the future.. Always broke no matter how hard they work…Feeling hopeless about their situation. This is what most people are going through when they are considering bankruptcy in order to get out of debt.  The word “bankruptcy” often produces negative feelings because some people equate it with failure. They…

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Seniors with $40K credit cards seek Chapter 7 relief

Client needs Chapter 13 to handle $50K personal guaranty CLIENTS are young seniors at 62. Husband took an early retirement as he has a serious illness. Two years ago, husband was diagnosed with stage 3 leukemia. He has been undergoing treatment with a new cancer-fighting drug that is still experimental. The cancer went into remission…

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Guaranteed installment agreement with the IRS

GUARANTEED? Too good to be true? Read on. The IRS cannot deny your application if you satisfy all of the following requirements: 1. The tax is not more than $10,000. 2. You timely filed and paid all income tax returns for the past five years. 3. You did not enter into any installment agreement. 4….

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Tips to keep the IRS away

KEEP a low audit profile. It reduces risk of an audit. Here are some tips to keep the IRS from auditing your tax returns: • Make sure that social security numbers and names that you use on your income tax match exactly what appear on your social security cards. An incorrect number or name causes…

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Series for Covered CA: Part 1 – Introduction

OBAMACARE is normally used to mean Covered California (Covered CA) but they not the same thing. Obamacare is the law, the formal name of which is Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) signed into law to reform the health care industry by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010  and upheld by the Supreme…

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I owe the IRS – what can I do?

HERE 10 tips if you cannot immediately pay your liabilities to the IRS: • Pay What You Can: Pay promptly to stop additional penalties and interest from accruing.  If you are unable to pay, consider getting a loan to pay the bill in full rather than make installment payments to the IRS. • Additional Time…

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Excluding foreign earned income

ARE you a U.S. citizen or resident working in a foreign country? Have you declared your foreign income? Have you even filed a tax return? Or are you hiding from the long and lovely arms of the IRS? Can the U.S. government reach you on the other side of the globe? Unfortunately, yes. But is…

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Average itemized deductions

FOR taxpayers who itemize their deductions, the chart below should be of interest. But for those who take the odds, this chart should be of very special interest. While it may be interesting for taxpayers who itemized deductions to compare their figures with these average amounts, they should, however, not consider the chart as indicating…

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Tips to keep the IRS away

KEEP a low audit profile. It reduces risk of an audit. Here are some tips to keep the IRS from auditing your tax returns: • Make sure that social security numbers and names that you use on your income tax match exactly what appear on your social security cards. An incorrect number or name causes…

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States with the lowest and highest tax rates

Individuals and businesses in all 50 states pay federal income tax. Residents in 41 states also pay state income tax while nine states have no state income taxes. Here are list of states with lowest and highest state income tax, sales tax, combination of both, as well as county, city, and school district taxes. States…

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