The IRS lists four ways to get free forms and publications now that it no longer mails paper tax packages: irs.gov, 401 Taxpayer Assistance Centers, libraries and post offices during filing season, and ordering by phone at 1-800-TAX-FORM.
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Daily Tax Tip - 10: Prepare and File Your Taxes Electronically
The IRS pitches e-file ahead of the 2011 season: an acknowledgement within 48 hours, refunds in as few as 10 days when paired with direct deposit, and more ways to pay. From January 1, many paid preparers must be authorized to file electronically.
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IRS e-file Launches Today; Most Taxpayers Can File Immediately
The IRS opened its 21st electronic filing season, calling e-file the fastest route to accurate returns and quick refunds. The system has processed 892 million returns since 1990, and the agency expected to start handling returns affected by December's tax law changes by mid-February.
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Daily Tax Tip - 9: Eight Facts About Filing Status
An IRS tax tip lists the five filing statuses, notes that marital status on the last day of the year governs the whole year, and advises choosing the status that gives the lowest tax when more than one applies. Publication 501 covers the details.
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Daily Tax Tip - 03: Choose the Simplest Tax Form for Your Situation
An IRS tip walks through choosing between the 1040EZ, 1040A and 1040 for 2010 returns, listing the income, filing status and deduction limits for each, and notes the IRS has stopped mailing paper tax packages and that e-filing picks the form automatically.
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Daily Tax Tip - 08: Tax Help ‘en Español’
The IRS lists ways Spanish speakers can get free federal tax help: irs.gov/espanol, the Donde esta mi reembolso refund tracker, the Asistente EITC eligibility tool, Free File software for those who earned $58,000 or less, and e-file.
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Daily Tax Tip - 7: Six Important Facts about Dependents and Exemptions
The IRS lists six points on dependents and exemptions for 2010 returns: each exemption deducted $3,650, a spouse never counts as a dependent, you must list a dependent's Social Security number, and anyone claimed as someone else's dependent cannot claim a personal exemption.
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Daily Tax Tip - 2: Do I have to File a Tax Return?
Whether you must file a federal return depends on income, filing status, age and income type. The tip lists seven reasons to file anyway, including withheld tax, the Making Work Pay credit, EITC, the Additional Child Tax Credit and the American Opportunity credit.
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Daily Tax Tip-1: Top 10 Tax Time Tips
The IRS's ten filing-season tips: gather receipts and canceled checks, watch for W-2s and 1099s, use Free File (free software if you made $58,000 or less), and try e-file, which 70 percent of taxpayers used last year.
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Daily Tax Tip - 06: Points to Keep in Mind When Choosing A Tax Preparer
The IRS urges taxpayers to check a preparer's qualifications and record, avoid anyone charging a percentage of the refund or promising larger refunds, and make sure the preparer stays reachable after filing. Taxpayers remain legally responsible for what is on their return.
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Good and Bad News from David Axelrod
David Axelrod reports 113,000 private sector jobs added in December, a twelfth straight month of growth, 1.3 million for 2010, and unemployment down 0.4 points to 9.4%. He then faults the new Congress for making repeal of the health care law its first act.
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Where does donated blood go?
An information page on blood donation that points readers to the American Red Cross for eligibility guidelines and its hotline, and notes April as Donate Life Month and January as National Volunteer Blood Donor Month.
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National Birth Defects Prevention Month
January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month, focused this year on medication use around pregnancy. Birth defects affect about one in 33 newborns, and roughly two-thirds of women take at least one medication while pregnant, yet safety data are scarce.
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Washington Megamillions winners claim half the jackpot - $190 million dollars
Two tickets, one in Idaho and one in Washington, split a $380 million Mega Millions jackpot, the second largest in the game's history, at $190 million each. Jim and Carolyn McCullar claimed the Washington half on Thursday; the Idaho winner has not come forward.
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The Consumer Action Handbook (CAH)
The free annual Consumer Action Handbook covers shopping for goods and services, warnings on buying a car or home, preventing identity theft and resolving complaints, with contacts for filing them. The latest edition adds bankruptcy, finding a lawyer and funeral planning; a Spanish edition exists.
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ED: Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA)
Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, runs the FAFSA and administers federal grants, loans and work-study for education beyond high school. Grants generally need not be repaid; loans must be repaid with interest.
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Worse Than Fireworks Deaths? Government Blackbird Poisoning
Martha Rosenberg reports that USDA's wildlife agency poisoned 489,444 red-winged blackbirds in Texas and 461,669 in Louisiana in 2009 and shot thousands more elsewhere, even as officials fielded questions about a New Year's Eve blackbird die-off.
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FDA MedWatch - Acetadote (acetylcysteine) Injection: Recall - Particulate Matter Found in a Small Number of Vials
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals recalled six lots of Acetadote (acetylcysteine) injection, 20% in 30 mL single-dose vials, after particulate matter appeared in a very small number of vials, traced to glass from a former supplier. FDA asks clinicians to report adverse events.
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