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How Do I Register for a Customer Service Number to Pay My Taxes Online?

The Electronic Federal Tax Payment System, EFTPS, is a secure government website that allows you to enroll online and make payments. After enrolling, you receive a number that provides logon access. You have the option to pay your taxes online weekly, monthly or quarterly at anytime, night or day. A

How to Find an Existing Federal Tax ID Number

The U.S. government uses a federal tax identification number to identify businesses and companies. The federal tax ID number is also known as a federal employer identification number (FEIN). Any business with employees or that operates as a corporation or partnership is required to have an federal

All the Taxes Your Business Must Pay

Here is a list of all the taxes paid by a business, including federal, state, and local taxes, and taxes based on income, sales, property, and employees.

When the IRS Telephones You

This article provides a useful guide for handling a telephone call from the IRS.It also offers help to decide when it's a DIY project and when its time to call someone.

Do Taxes Need to Be Filed for DJ Businesses?

When you operate a business, the Internal Revenue Service doesn't concern itself with the type of business you operate when requiring a tax return filing for it. Whether you operate your disc jockey (DJ) business as a sole proprietor on the weekends or own a multimillion dollar DJ company, the IRS w

State Smart Tax Tips

Every winter, people across the nation scramble to get their finances in order in preparation for filing their federal and state tax returns. When the tax man cometh, you can suddenly find yourself owing a lot of money. Regulations for state taxes vary across the country. Whatever your...

How to File Taxes as a Teen

Tax filing season is upon us and many teens that earned money from summer jobs are wondering whether or not they must file a Federal tax return. While the tax law changes from year to year and its best to visit the Internal Revenue website for the latest developments, if your teen meets any of the r

I Am An InvestorDoes The Amt Apply To Me?

Every taxpayer with an investment portfolio of any size definitely needs to be concerned about the Alternative Minimum Tax.Certain types of investments, and the income earned on those investments, are likely to trigger the AMT.Most investors also have expenses associated with managing these portfoli

Receive Your Tax Refund Faster With Direct Deposit

The silver lining to doing taxes for most people is getting a tax refund. If you are feeling a money crunch these days, asking the IRS to directly deposit the refund in your bank account will speed things up.

Reflections About Florida Property Tax

I just learned that eleven citizen's initiatives regarding Property Taxes have been registered so far with Florida Division of Elections.They all need to get 611,000 signatures to be placed on the ballot, and would have to be approved by 60% of the voters.As of November 4th, 2007, the legislatu

How to Use a Safe Harbor for Estimated Income Taxes

The Internal Revenue Service assesses penalties for not following rules of the pay-as-you-go income tax system but complicates monitoring of taxable income because of various deductions, credits, exemptions and rates. There are two safe harbors for avoiding underpayment penalty. One of these involve

Taxes Will Have to Rise - Some Facts, Conjecture and Opinion

Taxes have to rise. Since the Government has been borrowing billions to rescue the economy, a growing and ballooning deficit has taken its place. With the implications of this growing deficit obvious to everyone, those who govern will be looking at all areas to reduce this indebtedness.

Canadian Taxes

Tax payments are headaches and at the same time mandatory. Being a citizen of a country it is important to pay all the taxes levied by the government of the country which we often feel as an imposition but latently they’re used for our betterment in some way or the other by the government.

What Types of Law Guidance Are Published by the IRS?

The IRS is a branch of the Treasury Department.gavel image by Cora Reed from Fotolia.comWhenever you need legal tax guidance, you must check the publications offered by the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS. The IRS is a branch of the Treasury Department charged with enforcing federal tax...

How Much Time Is Allowed to Refile Taxes?

Taxpayers who need to make changes to their originally filed tax returns must comply with the Internal Revenue Service's amendment rules. The IRS allows taxpayers to correct or amend information on their originally filed tax returns, including erroneously reported tax liabilities, overlooked credits

Can a Self Employed Truck Driver Deduct Commuting Expenses?

Being self-employed has its advantages. Unlike a regular employee, the Internal Revenue Service allows self-employed individuals to deduct commuting expenses. To qualify, you must be self-employed and have at least two business locations. Any miles driven between two or more business locations are d

Tips on Organizing and Filing April Taxes

According to the IRS' there are 2 groups of filers -- those who get their returns in as soon as they have their W-2's & 1099's and those who file at the 'last minute'. Interestingly many of the 'last minute' filers have money coming back but do not have their recor