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John F Howes CPA
Category Page for: Personal Taxes
Tax Season Has Begun
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:42 pm » Comments (0)
Just electronically filed the first 2009 tax return of my tax season. All went swimmingly well considering I am studying a 5 dvd, 600 page tax update manual of all ...more »IRS Will Be Health Care Insurance Enforcers
January 14th, 2010 at 11:14 am » Comments (0)
Accounting Web has an article about the new duties the IRS will have regarding the new health care insurance reform bill:Monitoring compliance. Taxpayers will have to provide proof of coverage ...more »New Taxes Contemplated for WA State
January 10th, 2010 at 1:42 pm » Comments (2)
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption]Brad Shannon of the Olympian outlines new taxes being contemplated for Washington State to help with the budget crisis:Closing the exemption for door-to-door sales ...more »Determining The Correct Filing Status Can Be Tricky
January 6th, 2010 at 8:59 am » Comments (0)
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="186" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption]Determining your filing status for tax purposes is easy, right? If you are single with no children, yes. However sometimes the correct filing status ...more »Tax Tips: Year-End Tax Tips December 2009
December 4th, 2009 at 11:27 am » Comments (0)
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtXvCX3Tn24 Issued by the IRS today.[caption id="attachment_141" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Click to enlarge"][/caption][caption id="attachment_142" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Click to enlarge"][/caption]Here is the entire 2009 IRS Pub 17.more »Homebuyer Tax Credits – What Are We Doing?
November 9th, 2009 at 1:58 pm » Comments (0)
My son recently purchased his first home. After making his downpayment, the US government gave him an extra $3000 (the $8000 tax credit less his $5000 down payment) in cash ...more »$122,783.51 IRS refund issued in error
August 26th, 2009 at 5:20 pm » Comments (0)
One of my clients gets an adjustment of his taxes by the IRS which I know is incorrect. It is a very small amount and it entails payroll taxes on ...more »You are Now Getting a Stimulus Check from the Government Every Payday
April 25th, 2009 at 12:57 pm » Comments (0)
Theoretically speaking that is. This is to clear up some confusion regarding the recent "tax cut" that became effective April 1, 2009.You will not be getting a ...more »

