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Everything You Need to Know About the Wheres My Refund Tool

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Get to know the Wheres My Refund tool and learn how you can use it to check your IRS refund status quickly and accurately.

The Wheres My Refund tool is a great way to quickly and accurately check the status of your IRS income tax refund. Through this resource, you can enter basic information about yourself and monitor the processing time for your return to see when you can expect your money back. To use the IRS Where’s My Refund tool, you need your Social Security number, your filing status, and the exact amount of your refund.

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The Sharing Economy Can Make You Money

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Taxation of this Sharing Economy:

The Internet, along with its rising social media, has created some very new opportunities for people to earn extra cash. This ‘sharing economy’ theme is defined as this – Putting up some unused resource either for sale or for rent (like a skill, parked vehicle, or empty room). This might seem a bit minor at first, but according to one statistic, this sharing economy actually represents as much as a $110 Billion dollar market.

One community marketplace for finding or listing or booking lodging all over the world, is Airbnb. This is done on … Read more at 2011 Taxes.

Create Your Post College Budget In 6 Easy Steps

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Establish A Post College Budget In Just 6 Steps

Congratulations on having earned your diploma and on having received a job offer. This time of life is guaranteed to be exciting. Make sure to plan your Post-College Budget.

As you begin planning your next moves, it is vital to have a budget. How do you create a post-college budget? Following are several things that I discovered after having graduated and started my first adult job.

Consider Your Monthly Income

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You might have an awesome starting salary, but you should not use this figure to write out … Read more at 2011 Taxes.

Important Dates For Filing Your Tax Return Forms

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Important Dates For Filing Your 2013 Tax Return Forms

As the year comes to an end, it is important to start thinking about filing your 2013 taxes. While it is true that taxes are not due on the first of the year, it is still important to understand the important dates on the IRS calendar for 2014. There are a few dates you should know.

January

On the 15th all estimated taxes for the last quarter of 2013 are due. Also the 31st is the deadline for employers to send out tax information. This is also the deadline to file … Read more at 2011 Taxes.

The Government Shutdown Will Delay The Start Of The January Tax Season

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Delay The Start Of The January Tax Season

The government shutdown will have an effect on the tax season in 2014. There could be a one to two week delay on filling your 2013 tax return forms as a direct result of the government shut down in 2013.

The IRS lost sixteen days of work during the shutdown which came at a time when the IRS is typically very busy preparing for the upcoming rush of the tax season in January. Loosing nearly three weeks of work in the fall, is very difficult to make up before January.

They will … Read more at 2011 Taxes.