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Eva Rosenberg is the Internet’s TaxMama®. She answers tax questions and provides a free daily TaxQuips podcast, a weekly Ask TaxMama® ezine, and a wealth of resources to help folks like you deal with your personal and business tax issues at TaxMama.com. In addition to this Equifax blog, Eva is a syndicated national columnist, writing for Dow Jones’ MarketWatch.com tax resource. She teaches tax law and representation to tax professionals at TaxMama’s IRS Exam Review Courses, www.IRSExams.com . A popular speaker at tax workshops for Internet businesses, organizations, and tax professionals, Eva shows you the fun side of taxes and the IRS, while saving you buckets of money. If TaxMama® doesn’t know the loopholes, who does? TaxMama® is a favorite guest of radio show hosts around the country, because she’s usually got an interesting and helpful twist on tax laws and strategies¬and what a voice! Eva holds a BA in accounting, an MBA in international business and is an Enrolled Agent, meaning she is authorized to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service. Eva has well over 20 years’ experience solving taxpayers’ problems, doing tax returns, helping businesses, and teaching both tax pros and the public about taxes.
When I met Karen, she was earning $17,000 a year. Today, if you account for inflation, that would be about $45,000 a year. (See the nifty inflation calculator at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.) Karen set aside enough money to buy a rental condominium at…
Written by Eva Rosenberg on July 14, 2010
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Someone recently wrote to TaxMama in despair and desperation — she couldn’t pay her tax bill and her wages were being garnished. She had a long-term tax debt because she hadn’t filed tax returns for two years, and the IRS made up a worst-case tax…
No school, no books, no teacher’s dirty looks! Remember when you looked forward eagerly to summer? When you were finally released in June, you flew out those schoolhouse doors and didn’t look back! You didn’t realize how much your parents dreaded those months, with you…
Written by Eva Rosenberg on June 23, 2010
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The $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit was included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It was widely seen as a terrific opportunity for Americans who might never otherwise have the money for a down payment to get into their own homes….
Have you ever made some irresistible impulse buy and had buyer’s remorse? I’ll bet there have been times you’ve felt that way after filing your tax return! The feeling gets more intense with every new tax tip article you read and every conversation you overhear…
Written by Eva Rosenberg on June 9, 2010
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Sometimes you feel like a hoarder, watching piles of records, documents, tax returns and receipts grow precariously higher, higher, higher, until suddenly, whoosh! The whole thing collapses, burying you underneath. No! That’s just your recurring nightmare. Or is it? Actually, that was the Bones season…
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