tax Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/tax/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Tue, 05 Apr 2022 15:27:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 What We Always Suspected About the IRS https://smthingscount.com/2020/03/11/what-we-always-suspected-about-the-irs/ Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:00:29 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8976 Many of us are slaving over taxes–gathering those elusive receipts, adding up deductions, buying a do-it-yourself tax prep program like Turbo Tax or making an

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]]> Use Your Brain and Your Heart https://smthingscount.com/2019/08/07/use-your-brain-and-your-heart/ Wed, 07 Aug 2019 14:37:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8342 You may want to give in to charitable appeals for recent tragedies, like mass shootings, earthquakes, and fires.  But don’t just follow your heart–engage your

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]]> Tax Day: The Pain…for What?! https://smthingscount.com/2019/04/15/tax-day-the-pain-for-what/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:38:51 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7891 Will you be driving to the post office just before midnight tonight? Facing a long line of traffic at the drop-off box? And everyone grumbling

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]]> Is Airbnb Costing the Rest of Us Too Much? https://smthingscount.com/2019/02/04/is-airbnb-costing-the-rest-of-us-too-much/ Mon, 04 Feb 2019 18:01:12 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7737 In light of Airbnb’s possibly being able to get around taxes and regulations imposed on others, the Economic Policy Institute has released a report, The economic

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]]> Reverse Mortgage–Boon or Steal? https://smthingscount.com/2018/05/02/reverse-mortgage-boon-or-steal/ Wed, 02 May 2018 14:57:00 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6855 Now I’m getting offers for a “Home Equity Conversion Mortgage,” although it sure seems like a “Reverse Mortgage” to me. Rules are the same. If you’re

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]]> Let Others Tell You How to Live? https://smthingscount.com/2018/04/23/let-others-tell-you-how-to-live/ Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:01:52 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6840 Go ahead and let other people tell you what to do and run your life.  No?  Don’t want to?  A  whole bunch of people are

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]]> Some Tax-Day Humor https://smthingscount.com/2018/04/17/some-tax-day-humor/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:29:20 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6832 If you tried to put your taxes together yourself, you’ll appreciate this one.  If you went to a tax service, see how much fun you missed?

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]]> A Taxing Situation, with a Bonus https://smthingscount.com/2018/01/16/a-taxing-situation-with-a-bonus/ Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:28:52 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6575 AT&T will give one-time $1000 bonuses--and no wage increases–but to a maximum of 200,000 employees (how many will really get it, and will they be

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]]> School Taxes & the Childless https://smthingscount.com/2018/01/11/school-taxes-the-childless/ Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:31:17 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6562 Today’s Thursday Thought responds to tax-weary people who don’t have kids but have to pay school taxes.  

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]]> Tax Cut Question” A Simple Explanation https://smthingscount.com/2018/01/05/tax-cut-question-a-simple-explanation/ Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:22:59 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6526 I’m really, really trying to evaluate both sides of the tax cuts.  I’m so hopeful that they really WILL help struggling families without dragging our

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