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Can I pay my federal taxes with a credit card?

Can I pay my federal taxes with a credit card?

The IRS can’t directly accept credit card payments due to tax laws. However, they can accept payments through a third-party processor. For example, online tax preparation companies are third-party processors since they are designated by a merchant to handle transactions for merchant acquiring banks. They can then assist you in making your credit card payment […]

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11 Tax Tips For Your Back-to-School Use!

11 Tax Tips For Your Back-to-School Use!

Education is expensive, so here’s some helpful tips! Get your tax break from claiming your kids. Don’t forget to claim up to $1,000 for the Child Tax Credit. (Your child must be under 17, live more than half the year with you, a dependent on your tax return, be directly related to you, a U.S. […]

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What is the Estimated Tax Payment Schedule?

What is the Estimated Tax Payment Schedule?

Do you need to make estimated tax payments? Typically, if you receive a W-2, your taxes are automatically withheld. However, if you earn money from self-employment, interest, dividends, or rents, you will have to make estimated tax payments. This ensures that you’re paying your taxes. Read on to find out the estimated tax payment schedule […]

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The Child Tax Credit & Additional Child Tax Credit Changes for 2018!

The Child Tax Credit & Additional Child Tax Credit Changes for 2018!

Let your kids treat you by giving you the tax break you deserve. Typically, for the prior tax years, (including the tax year 2017) you can receive up to $1,000 per qualifying child for the Child Tax Credit (CTC). You may even get the Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC) which is a refundable credit that you […]

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April 17th, 2018 is the Last Day to Claim your 2014 Refund!

April 17th, 2018 is the Last Day to Claim your 2014 Refund!

Don’t delay your 2014 refund. Your 2014 refund is waiting for you. Luckily, the IRS allows you to claim your refund due to their convenient Statute of Limitations. However, you have three years from the original tax deadline date to claim your tax refund. With that in mind, if you wait three years after the […]

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How to File Your 2016 Taxes After The Tax Deadline

How to File Your 2016 Taxes After The Tax Deadline

Did you miss the 2016 tax deadline? With tax seasons coming and going, you probably have some catching up to do. Luckily, you can still file your 2016 tax return if you’re one of many taxpayers that are rushing to stay on top of a missed 2016 tax deadline. That being said, start raiding your rooms for all […]

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How do I Qualify for the Child Tax Credit?

How do I Qualify for the Child Tax Credit?

Oh, the joys of having children! Today, it is difficult for parenthood to have its rewards. Children want us to buy them the most expensive toys and clothing and that spending can sometimes feel fruitless. As with struggling to finish a marathon, we strive, hoping there will be a light at the end of the […]

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Unfiled tax returns have you drowning?

Unfiled tax returns have you drowning?

Overwhelmed With Prior Year Unfiled Tax Returns? While most Americans finish or have finished their current year taxes, others have stacks of unfiled tax returns from previous years. You may feel swamped with the pressures of work and within a blink of an eye, you wake up to find an IRS notice in the mailbox. Let’s face […]

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New Tax Plan: Trump’s Six Big Changes

New Tax Plan: Trump’s Six Big Changes

Is Trump’s new tax plan making filing simpler, or is it really just a helping hand for the wealthy? We’re reminded daily of the new guy in town…or office. Whether that reminder comes from seeing his face on a t-shirt or a protester’s sign outside your office window is a different story. Let’s put the […]

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Obamacare VS. Trumpcare: 3 Ways Taxes Will Be Affected

Obamacare VS. Trumpcare: 3 Ways Taxes Will Be Affected

Obamacare made it through the election. Will it stay on your tax return? Every new president brings on a new aura for Americans to bask in, and while emotions run high, opinions begin to surface. Suddenly, cheerful holiday dinners turn into political debates. Some chime in while the rest of us are just trying to decide between […]

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