Tax Returns
How You Can Get Prior Year Tax Information from the IRS
Have you filed your 2012 tax return? But you cannot find a copy of it for whatever reason? Maybe the dog ate it. Maybe you have moved. The IRS offers several different ways to get tax return information or a … read more
Tax Guidelines for Children Who Have Investment Income
Did you know that if a child receives investment income they are required to file a federal tax return for 2012? If a child cannot file his or her own tax return for any reason, such as age, the child’s … read more
How to Deduct Business Meals and Entertainment
Meal and entertainment expenses incurred for business purposes are very common, and necessary. Unfortunately, many businesses do not include the proper documentation for these expenses, and leave themselves open to IRS disallowance upon audit. These expenses require you to jump … read more
Five Good Reasons to E-file Your Return
Have a Smartphone? Use an iPad? Listen to music on an iPod? If you’re comfortable using those electronics, surely it’s time to file your return using an electronic means. Here are five good reasons to e-file your tax return: 1. … read more
Save Taxes With Extended Energy-Related Tax Breaks
In addition to permanently extending the Bush-era tax cuts for most taxpayers, revising tax rates on ordinary and capital gain income for high-income individuals, modifying the estate tax, providing permanent relief from the AMT, and imposing limits on the deductions … read more
Safeguard Your Refund – Choose Direct Deposit
Direct deposit is the fast, easy and safe way to receive your tax refund. Whether you file electronically or on paper, direct deposit gives you access to your refund faster than a paper check. Here are four reasons more than … read more
Don’t Forget About Filing the Arizona Business Property Statement
With all the talk about when taxpayers can begin filing their regular business and individual income tax returns due to recent changes in the tax law, it can be easy to miss the April 1st deadline for filing the Arizona … read more
Amended Tax Returns – What is the Status?
If you have been perusing the instructions for the amended individual tax return (Form 1040X), you have probably seen something quite exciting. What, you say?! You have not looked at the instructions for Form 1040X? Could that be because the … read more
Who Should File a 2012 Tax Return?
If you received income during 2012, you may need to file a tax return in 2013. The amount of your income, your filing status, your age and the type of income you received will determine whether you’re required to file. … read more