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Crowdfunding is the practice of raising small amounts of money from a large number of people to fund specific projects or ventures. These activities can be personal, charitable, or business-related. A...

Winter blizzards, spring tornadoes, summer hurricanes, fall wildfires—disasters can occur at any time, and despite precautions, you may suffer a financial disaster because of Mother Nature. Tax reli...

When all is said and done, the bottom line on the return shows whether you owe taxes or are entitled to receive a refund. If you owe money, you may need some help; if you're owed money, you'll want t...

The tax law does not contain any tax rules specifically for grandparents. However, there are a number of breaks that grandparents can avail themselves of to reduce their tax bills while helping their ...

Electric vehicles (EVs) aren’t new; they debuted in 2008 and retail sales blossomed with the release of the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt in 2010. The Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 creat...

Certainty used to be defined as death and taxes. Now that definition takes on a whole new meaning. According to a study, car accidents increase on the tax filing deadline by about 6%. This translates ...

A joint filer who wants relief from responsibility for the tax on a joint return must file a request for innocent spouse relief. This is done by submitting Form 8857, Request for Innocent Spouse Relie...

The IRS announced that it will begin to process 2012 income tax returns on January 30, 2013. Why not January 1? Numerous tax breaks had expired at the end of 2011, so the IRS could not properly prepar...

Unfortunately not, except for certain reinvestments in qualified small business stock or empowerment zone business stock (see the Schedule D instructions for these special rollover rules). Apart from ...

Higher education pays off in greater lifetime earnings, says the U.S. Census Bureau (https://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-210.pdf). But higher education isn’t cheap, and most students and their ...