Tax Topics
Updated January 31, 2003
General Tax Musings
- Tax Scams
- Last-Minute Tax Tips
- Year-End Tax-Planning Tips
- Taxes and the Lottery
- Save by Planning Your Taxes Now
- 20 Tax Tips
- Year-End Tax Planning Tips, Part III
- What to Know Before Selling
- Five Things You Gotta Know About Taxes
- Finding A Good Tax Advisor
- Year-End Tax Planning Tips - Portfolio Planning
- Tax Trends: Stats for CPAs (and Tax Enthusiasts)
Recent Tax Law Changes
- Brand New for '02
- Interest, Dividends, and Deductible Mileage
- Tax Break for Teachers
- New Education Tax Savings Options
- Even More Tax Breaks!
- Uncle Sam's Education Deduction
- Exemptions, Deductions, and Other Tax Law Changes
- Leave More for Your Family
- Retirement and Taxes
- New Rate Cuts and Rebates
- Quirks in the 2001 Tax Act
- How Will the Tax Cut Benefit Me?
- Super-Long-Term Capital Gain Rates and Strategies
- Capital Gains Tax Rates
- Tax Relief Extension Act of 1999
Tax Return Basics
- Alternative Minimum Tax Planning
- Holding Period
- I Can't Pay -- Now What?
- Paying Taxes Electronically
- Taxation of Social Security Benefits
- Audit-Proof Your Tax Return
- Paying Estimated Taxes
- Paperwork to Keep for Tax Time
- Filing Status
- Capital Assets... What Are They Really?
- Extension, Anybody?
- Electronic Tax Filing 101
- Late Payment and Late Filing Penalties
- Timely Mailed = Timely Filed
Investor Tax Issues
- New Tax Disclosures for Funds
- Non-Publicly Traded Stock in an IRA
- Tax Rules for Selling Mutual Funds
- Shorting Stocks: Tax Aspects
- Netting Out Capital Gains and Losses on Schedule D
- Super-Long-Term Capital Gain Rates and Strategies
- Identifying Stock Sold - The Rules
- Identifying Stock Sold - The Issues
- Wash Sales
- Worthless Stock
- Investment Interest and Margin Interest
- Tax Issues for "Traders" - Who's a Trader?
- Tax Issues for "Traders" - Mark to Market Rules
- The Constructive Sale Rules - What's a Constructive Sale?
- The Constructive Sale Rules - The Rules
- The Constructive Sale Rules - The Exceptions
- The Constructive Sale Rules - Special Transactions
- Stock Splits - Stock Dividends
- Stock Splits - Odd Lots
- Stock Splits - Spin-Offs, and Split-Ups
- Dividends Paid On Short Sales
- Comparing Taxable and Tax-Exempt Yields
- Drip Commissions & Fees
- Are Internet Access (ISP) Expenses Deductible?
Marriage & Family
- Loans to Friends and Family
- Putting Junior on the Payroll
- Gifting Appreciated Stock
- The Kiddie Tax
- The Child Tax Credit
- Life Changes Are Tax Changes
- Dependents - An Overview
- Dependency Exemption for Children of Divorced Parents
- A Tax-Smart Way to Save for College
- Child Care Credit and FSAs
- The Marriage Penalty
- Married, Filing Separate
- Married-Separate and Community Property
- Alimony and Divorce Agreements
- Head of Household Status
- IRAs for Kids
- Gifts of Stock
- Gifts To Children
Education Tax Issues
- Tax Break for Teachers
- New Education Tax Savings Options
- Education Deductions and Credits
- The Lifetime Learning Credit
- The Hope Scholarship Credit
- Interest Tax Deduction for School Loans
- A Tax-Smart Way to Save for College
- Education Expenses, Taxes, and You
- Uncle Sam's Education Deduction
- The Education IRA Is A-Changin'
- Qualified State Tuition Programs
Your Home and Home Office
- Taxes and Your New Home
- Tax Savings on Your Home Purchase
- Home Sale Tax Exclusions - The Basics
- Home Sale Tax Exclusions - Special Rules for Married Folks
- Home Sale Tax Exclusions - The Restrictions
- The Office-In-Home Deduction
- The Office-in-Home Deduction In Action
- The Office-In-Home Deduction -- Examples
- Making Home Sale Capital Gains Disappear
- IRA Withdrawal (Penalty-Free) for Homebuyers
- Tax Savings on Your Home Purchase
- Moving Expenses
- Tax Home & Travel Expenses
Your Estate
- Leave More for Your Family
- Inheritance Tax
- Basic Gift Tax Issues
- Charitable Gift Trusts
- An Inherited IRA
- The S-t-r-e-t-c-h IRA
- How Many Roth IRAs Do You Need?
- Tax Savings on Your Home Purchase
Itemized Deductions
- Sell or Donate That Clunker?
- Taxes and Your New Home
- Alternative Minimum Tax Planning
- Limits on Itemized Deductions
- Adoption Tax Credits
- Education Deductions and Credits
- The Lifetime Learning Credit
- The Hope Scholarship Credit
- Interest Tax Deduction for School Loans
- Charitable Gift Trusts
- Deductions for Home Computers
- Investment Interest and Margin Interest
- Charitable Contributions of Stock
- Limits on Itemized Deductions
- The Foreign Tax Credit
- The Earned Income Credit - Part II
- The Earned Income Credit - Part I
- Deductions -- An Overview
- Tax Credits - An Overview
- Education IRA
- Education Expenses
- Moving Expenses
- Tax Home and Travel Expenses
- AOL Expense Deduction
Tax Credits
- The Foreign Tax Credit
- Tax Credits - An Overview
- The Earned Income Credit - Requirements for the Credit
- The Earned Income Credit - Limitations and Exceptions
Retirement Tax Issues
- Non-Publicly Traded Stock in an IRA
- Top Roth IRA Questions
- Save Money on IRA Changes
- Deducting IRA Losses
- Retirement and Taxes
- IRA Deduction Limitations
- Roth IRA - Contributions
- Roth IRA - Conversions
- Roth IRA - Distributions
- Roth IRA - Penalty Issues
- Roth IRA - Distribution Ordering Rules
- Roth IRA - Recharacterizations
- Roth IRA - Should I Convert My Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA?
- Tax Penalties on Roth IRA Conversions
- Beating the Roth IRA Contribution Limits
- Taxes on Your IRA?
- Computing Earnings in Your IRA
- New Job, Old 401(k)?
- IRA Rollovers vs. Transfers - Rollovers
- IRA Rollovers vs. Transfers - Transfers
- IRA Rollovers vs. Transfers - The Rules
- SIMPLE Retirement Plan - Overview
- SIMPLE Retirement Plan - Contributions, Distributions, and Penalties
- Lump-Sum Pension Distribution Tax Issues

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