Taxes

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October 19, 2015 

Report Says IRS Computers Exposed to Hackers

In a new report released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), the IRS has been sharply criticized for failing to update the Windows operating system on its computers in a timely fashion. The foul-up exposed sensitive ...

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October 17, 2015 

How to Secure Extra Tax Exemptions at Year-End

As with itemized deductions, the tax benefit of personal exemptions, including exemptions for dependents, is subject to a special phase-out rule. However, unlike deductible expenses that might be moved from one tax year to another, the approach for ...

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October 16, 2015 

Time to Rethink 2016 Tax Planning Strategies and Itemized Deductions

(This is part of our series of “sweet 16” year-end tax planning ideas.) The conventional year-end tax wisdom is to push deductible expenses into the current year to offset the tax bill you’ll be paying come April, especially if you expect to be in the same or a higher tax bracket each year. The old...…

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October 16, 2015 

Apps We Love: Travel Tools

Whether you're traveling for business or personal, alone or with colleagues or friends or family members, domestically or internationally – we all know that getting from point A to point B can cause frustration, confusion, and disorientation. We surveyed

Gail Perry

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October 16, 2015 

Taxpayers Urged to Be On High Alert for Income Tax Scams

TIGTA continues to receive reports of thousands of contacts every month in which individuals make unsolicited calls to taxpayers fraudulently claiming to be IRS officials and demanding that they send them cash via prepaid debit cards, he said.

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October 15, 2015 

How Online Scammers Target Their Fraud Victims

Scams and con artists are everywhere and they'll do just about anything to gain access to your personal information and steal your hard-earned money. One of your best defenses against fraud is learning to recognize scammers' more common tactics and ...

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October 15, 2015 

2015 Review of AMS Software 1099-Etc

W-2 and 1099 Forms Filer, part of the 1099-Etc suite of products from AMS offers payroll and related form processing. While W-2 and 1099 Forms Filer is considered the base program, the entire suite of modules is designed to process payroll, print ...

Mary Girsch-Bock