Comments on: Seven Tax Mistakes You Might Make, Part 1

By: poohsac

poohsac — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:57:46 +0000

Iam a disabled veteran and did not know if I should submit a 1040, so I DID, the problem is that my daughter always claims myself and so because she contributes more than 50% to our household because of the small amount of money received through the VA administration (less than 5000.00 per year for us to live on. I shoud not have submitted the 1040, I am not entitled to the stimulus I MADE A MISTAKE and do not want to jepordise my daugheter from getting the money, WHAT DO I DO? HELP

By: real people, real finances

real people, real finances — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:51:00 +0000

Basis is always a pain at tax time if you haven’t bee organized.

By: Will Kirby

Will Kirby — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:59:11 +0000

This was the first year that I really had some serious investment calculations to throw in with my taxes. I’m a little nervous about it but I think I got it all right. I had some many splits, reverse splits, special dividends, sales off of the various splits and dividends – basically it made me feel like I was a complete idiot for about an hour or two. Hopefully those good folks at the internal revenue service feel that I got it right!