Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Head of Household and Dependent Tax Questions Clearly Answered

April 15 often arrives with little or no fanfare or warning. Many of us still struggle with late 1099s, recordkeeping lapses and finding the time to get those tax returns done and done correctly. Once you sit down for the daunting task of doing your taxes, questions often loom large. Here are a couple such questions essential to correctly filing our tax returns. They deal with our filing status and our exemptions--who can we claim? and who can we not claim? Read the following two articles I recently wrote for eHow Money.

What Is the Head of Household When Filing Taxes?
Can You Claim a Dependent Who Is Not a U.S. Citizen?

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17 comments:

  1. A Helicopter MomMarch 22, 2011 at 3:37 PM

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    Mickey
    A Helicopter Mom

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  3. MALINDA WINKLEMarch 22, 2011 at 11:16 PM

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    http://www.thefrugalreview.com

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    http://showermebaby.blogspot.com

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  11. MALINDA WINKLEMarch 24, 2011 at 11:22 AM

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  12. MALINDA WINKLEMarch 24, 2011 at 11:23 AM

    Welcome goes out to Melanie, Nancy & Lesapea! You questions and comments are always welcome on any of my posts. Thanks for stopping in.

    Malinda

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