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Identity theft alert: latest scam
It seems that almost every month there's a report of yet another identity theft scam. The latest is particularly worrisome because it plays off Internal Revenue Service forms, something the IRS says hasn't happened before.
EILEEN ALT POWELL / AP Business Writer
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Internal Revenue Service
Still the place to go for federal tax forms and publications. Includes a W-4 calculator to refigure your withholding and alerts when big IRS goofs occur. | |
State tax forms
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas.
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National Association of Tax Professionals
This non-profit professional organization lets you search a national directory to find CPAs, enrolled agents, individual practitioners, accountants, attorneys and financial planners. | |
Table of state income taxes
See how the individual income taxes of your state compare with those of other states. |
Tax and accounting sites directory
An exhaustive index of tax and accounting sources for confused taxpayers and tax pros alike. It includes handy links if you need out-of-state forms, too. | |
Fairmark Press
Understandable advice for investors puzzling over stock options, employee stock-purchase plans, capital gains and the one-time-only chance to make "deemed sales". |
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Tax breaks would ease market losses
WASHINGTON — Even before President Bush started talking about it, House Republicans were at work on election-year tax legislation aimed at easing the sting of stock market losses for investors and giving older people more time to build up retirement assets.
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BY CURT ANDERSON,
Associated Press,
08/20/2002 09:35 AM PDT)
Market hits can be a help at tax time
Wall Street's summerlong meltdown is providing some unusual tax planning opportunities for individual retirement accounts, tax gurus say.
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08/04/2002 12:22 AM PDT)
A guide to tax breaks from real estate
One benefit of investing in real estate is tax savings. However, the value of the tax breaks can vary depending on how much you earn and what you do for a living. The best breaks go to middle-income folks who manage their own properties. But even so-called passive investors and high-income taxpayers can reap some rewards.
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By Kathy Kristof,
Columnist,
07/30/2002 10:55 AM PDT)
Insurance helps the rich evade gift taxes
In recent months, some of the wealthiest older Americans have been buying huge life insurance policies on themselves. Oddly, these people have shopped not for the cheapest rate but for the highest rate. In some cases, they happily pay 10 times the lowest rate for that insurance. The reason? Taxes.
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New York Times,
07/30/2002 10:30 AM PDT)
Computer expert waging war of words over federal income tax
For eight years, Karl Frank Kleinpaste, a brainy computer consultant and self-styled opponent of the federal income tax system, has waged a war of words with the Internal Revenue Service.
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JOE MANDAK,
Associated Press Writer,
07/17/2002 10:28 AM PDT)
IRS names investors in tax shelters
California's Republican gubernatorial nominee, movie and telecommunications executives and the late race car driver Dale Earnhardt are among investors identified by the Internal Revenue Service as participants in tax shelters now under federal investigation.
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MARK SHERMAN,
Associated Press Writer,
07/12/2002 11:29 AM PDT)
New IRS tables show minimum withdrawals
Q. I saw an article in the paper regarding new IRA tables ... and really that's all I would like ... - E.H., Bloomfield, N.J.
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By Neil Downing,
The Providence Journal,
07/01/2002 12:36 PM PDT)
IRS shelves plan to withhold taxes on stock purchase plans
The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that it has shelved a controversial plan to force employers to withhold Social Security and other payroll taxes on company stock that employees buy through options or company purchase plans.
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By Mark Schwanhausser ,
Knight Ridder Newspapers,
06/26/2002 10:28 AM PDT)
Tax avoidance not limited to the wealthy
The recent indictment of former Tyco International Ltd. chairman L. Dennis Kozlowski on charges of evading more than $1 million in sales taxes is throwing light on a shadowy subject: Americans who try to gain an edge, legally or illegally, on the tax collector.
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By Kathy Kristof,
Columnist,
06/25/2002 11:37 AM PDT)
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