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Taxes
When can cheats breathe easy?
Maybe you failed to report all of your income, or you have money stashed overseas. The IRS may be able to come after you even years from now, WSJ's Laura Saunders reports. Photo: Bloomberg.
Your April tax to-do list
Scratching your head on how to get done in time? Heed these tips to get your tax return ready to file.
• Tax rules for paying family for in-home care
Prepare for cost-basis headache
New rules may confuse investors when they report their capital gains and losses at tax time.
• Tax-time confusion over capital gains
Tax records you can toss
The tax and financial records you should keep, and what you can throw away.
• Getting taxed on bank gifts
New tax deadline this year
This year, it's not April 15. We all get a couple of extra days to file.
IRS mileage rate holds for 2012
A midyear hike in 2011 to the standard rate for deducting business-driving costs will hold, the IRS says, but another rate is pushed lower.
• IRS offers break to those who hire freelancers
Watchdog chides IRS on amnesty
Taxpayers who unwittingly broke the rules on reporting overseas accounts are being lumped together with criminals, IRS watchdog says.
• IRS launches new offshore disclosure program
Tax debt? Bankruptcy might help
If you've got tax bills you can't pay, you might be able to discharge them by filing for bankruptcy.
• 7 tips to persuade the IRS you're right
Haven't filed yet? Check out our guide, including tips to file for free,
best tax sites and more.
• TaxWatch: April tax to-do list
7 tax audit red flags
Take the deductions and credits coming to you, but mind these red flags.
• Tax deadline: April 17 is looming
Can't pay? You have options
The IRS has payment plans for those who can't pay their bill, plus a new program for unemployed workers and hard-hit small-business owners.
Tax credits you don't want to miss
From education to home improvements to retirement, there are some valuable tax credits available to taxpayers who do their homework.
• Tax mines that could blow up your return
• Deductions with big payouts
Tax scam season is here
From phishing emails to a new education-credit scam, taxpayers need to watch out.
• Tax-debt relief firms pay the price
Tax planning? Good luck with that
It's a confusing time in tax law, but consider these tax strategies to save money in the years ahead.
• Romney, Obama tax plans and you
Hidden traps in 2012 tax forms
Are you ready for the changes to Schedule D? How about the new Form 1099-K? A slew of new forms may trip you up this year, writes Eva Rosenberg.
• Do you need to hire a tax pro?
Tax breaks: Get 'em while you can
Two-thirds of taxpayers claim the standard deduction, but itemizing will give you access to these tax breaks — before they disappear.
You can file for free
Most of the major tax-prep sites offer their services for free for simple tax returns. Here's why that might be a better deal than the IRS's free-file alliance.
• Top tax sites: How to choose
• How to find free tax help
• TaxWatch: April tax to-do list
7 tax audit red flags
Take the deductions and credits coming to you, but mind these red flags.
• Tax deadline: April 17 is looming
Can't pay? You have options
The IRS has payment plans for those who can't pay their bill, plus a new program for unemployed workers and hard-hit small-business owners.
Tax credits you don't want to miss
From education to home improvements to retirement, there are some valuable tax credits available to taxpayers who do their homework.
• Tax mines that could blow up your return
• Deductions with big payouts
Tax scam season is here
From phishing emails to a new education-credit scam, taxpayers need to watch out.
• Tax-debt relief firms pay the price
Tax planning? Good luck with that
It's a confusing time in tax law, but consider these tax strategies to save money in the years ahead.
• Romney, Obama tax plans and you
Hidden traps in 2012 tax forms
Are you ready for the changes to Schedule D? How about the new Form 1099-K? A slew of new forms may trip you up this year, writes Eva Rosenberg.
• Do you need to hire a tax pro?
Tax breaks: Get 'em while you can
Two-thirds of taxpayers claim the standard deduction, but itemizing will give you access to these tax breaks — before they disappear.
You can file for free
Most of the major tax-prep sites offer their services for free for simple tax returns. Here's why that might be a better deal than the IRS's free-file alliance.
• Top tax sites: How to choose
• How to find free tax help
Roth IRA conversions: Still tax-smart
Conditions for Roth IRA conversions are still good—at least until the end of the year. 4:33 p.m. Aug. 28, 2012
IRS tax credits make tempting fraud targets
All the free money available from refundable tax credits is a tempting target for thieves, some of whom commit tax fraud right from jail. 12:01 a.m. Aug. 28, 2012
Rolling over Uncle Henry’s 401(k)
New rules allow non-spousal inheritors of retirement accounts to defer taxes. Here’s how to do it. 5:16 p.m. Aug. 16, 2012
Taxes Headlines
Shield yourself from coming $21 bln tax fraud
Watchdog says IRS is paying out billions in fraud refunds; here are tips to stay safe.
12:01 a.m. Aug. 13, 2012
Make a smarter tax move on IRA rollover
In most cases, the strategy of rolling over a company retirement plan payout into an IRA is a good idea. That way, you can continue to defer taxes on the rolled-over balance—as well as future income earned on that balance—for as long as you leave the money in the IRA.
12:01 a.m. July 27, 2012
U.S. Week Ahead: Citi, Google, Goldman Earnings
A flood of large-cap companies release results next week, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Google, Microsoft and IBM. U.S. economic data also picks up, with June retail sales and industrial production, and the July Philly Fed.
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