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Last-minute tax questions
Michael Sacco, president of Sacco & Associates in Worcester, discussed readers' 11th-hour tax issues.
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- Paying for college
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- Timing strategies
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Are you a tax procrastinator?
You've got lots of company. But here's how to overcome dithering and delaying one of life's inevitabilities.
12 tips for midnight tax filers
More than half of US taxpayers electronically file their returns. But that still leaves more than 60 million who fill out their tax forms by hand and rely upon the US Postal Service to get the documents to the IRS.
Delegating tax question tasks
With a simple check of a box on your income tax return, you can designate someone else to deal with IRS questions about your filing.
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Tax savings for educated use of bonds
US savings bonds have always been a popular way to stash cash without a lot of risk. If you used these government savings to pay college costs, the interest on the bonds is tax-free.
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Tax news
- Senators urge crackdown on overseas tax havens (AP, 2:56 p.m.)
- Minimum wage for US rises to $6.55 (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Overdue credit card bills show rise in June (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Man gets 6 1/2 years in Washington, DC tax scandal (AP, 7/23/08)
- US wants retirement plans to give more information (Boston Globe, 7/23/08)
- THE SAVINGS GAME Look for dividend-paying stocks, consider reinvesting them for faster compounding (Boston Globe, 7/23/08)
- Senate: UBS, Liechtenstein aided US tax cheats (AP, 7/17/08)
- LINDA STERN Money can derail a marriage - especially if you lack a system for handling it (Boston Globe, 7/17/08)
- Speaker backs sales tax holiday in August (AP, 7/18/08)
- Web sites give voyeurs view of neighborhood safety (AP, 7/18/08)
- RICK LEVINSON If high credit-card debt is dragging you down, it's time to start living on a budget (Boston Globe, 7/20/08)
- Of Mutual Interest Dipping into your retirement savings too early can be a costly mistake (Boston Globe, 7/20/08)