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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.
Why does the gathering of tax records seem to be such a difficult and onerous task? One year, we had a client who simply could not get us the amount of her mortgage interest payment until the afternoon of October 15 —by which time our…
Some schools and colleges are cutting fees and tuition to attract students, but education costs are still high. When I went to college, my tuition and fees averaged about $500 per year plus another $500 for books. Today, you’re looking at 10 times those costs—or…
We’re three weeks into the New Year; have you stuck with your resolutions? We usually intend to be good, and we give ourselves optimistic goals. But we often get too ambitious and sometimes even end up abandoning our good intentions once we miss out on…
January 15 is the due date for the final payment on estimated 2012 IRS, state, and city income taxes. (You may have already paid the state in December to snag that extra deduction last year.) Generally, if you’re going to owe more than $1,000 to…
Written by Eva Rosenberg on January 7, 2013
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I recently received this question from a reader: “I’m 17 and I’m going to be getting my first job. What kind of tax forms do I need? Do I claim myself as a dependent?” A first job is pretty exciting. You start out feeling a…
Written by Eva Rosenberg on December 24, 2012
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As we all know, it’s important to get the details right when you are filing taxes. When it comes to charitable contributions, it’s even more important. The Tax Code doesn’t just require the paperwork to show the amount donated, it requires you to get the…
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