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This past weekend, I went to Best Buy to pick up a copy of TurboTax. I was enticed by an offer in Best Buy’s latest flier that promised a free music CD with a $25 purchase of tax software. I knew that Intuit had sent me a copy of TurboTax at the end of last [...]
Waiting for a tax refund? Already earmarked the funds to pay bills or do something special? How about booking a last minute vacation, buying a scrumptious new plasma or lcd flat screen TV or upgrading to a wicked fast PC? Just be careful where you open your tax refund envelope. Gnomie Carlos sent a mysterious [...]
What’s that? You haven’t filed your 2005 state and federal income taxes yet? Don’t sweat the stamps (or the long line at the post office)! With just a handful of days left until the April 15th deadline, online tax filing is hot, hot, hot. If you’ve already started working on your tax return you still [...]
Tick Tick Tick … why does that box of tax software always seems to sit on my desk until the month of March? I don’t even have to go out to the store to buy it. It just shows up in my snaimailbox, as if by magic. Ah, but it’s shrewd marketing, not magic. Intuit [...]
I had to stop to drop some things off at our friendly local Post Office this afternoon. This PO’s usually a sleepy place … but it wasn’t today. The parking lot was packed. I didn’t connect the dots until I stepped inside. Upon seeing the line of folks at the counter, the dots were connected. [...]
If your taxes aren’t done yet, you’ve got one week to make it happen. (This is your last weekend!) It you’re in those shoes, it’s time for the World Wide Web to come to the rescue … thankfully, you don’t have to slip out of your slippers or leave your computer to complete your taxes. [...]
There are three weeks until April 15th. And guess what … I still haven’t started on my taxes. Yeah, I know I wrote that I was going to get started two weeks ago. I’m not lazy, just distracted. While preparing a tax return isn’t anywhere near the chore it was before the advent of tax [...]
It’s that time of year again. No, not March Madness … tax season! With the advent of spring comes the opportunity for your PC to shine, as you load up your tax software of choice to tackle the formerly arduous task of tax preparation. Around these parts, TurboTax has always gotten the nod. Intuit’s formidable [...]
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