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Tax talk can be biblical
Last year, you wrote a column about Bible passages and taxes. Will you be doing that again this year?
Home sale advice wanted
Our home was on the market for almost a year. We sold it in the summer of 2012 and had a gain of under $10,000. At the closing we were told that none of the gain would be taxable. I guess we heard...
To convert or not from IRA to Roth
I'm a retiree without much income, but I do have an IRA with a current value of about $100,000. I've heard that converting an IRA to a Roth IRA makes sense only if you are younger and many years...
Four groups offer income tax help for free
Every year you write about free income tax preparation services provided by specific groups or organizations. Did I miss that column?
Change for home office
In your Jan. 13 column, you identified the home office deduction as one of the "red flags" for a possible audit. My brother, who's an accountant in Iowa, told me that the rules on office-in-the-home...
How does IRS know?
I was very interested in your discussion about tax audits last week, and it made me wonder how does the Internal Revenue Service trace money that comes from things like office Super Bowl pools, cash...
His chances of an audit: Less than 1%
I am 68, my wife is 66, and we've never been audited. I'm still working at my salaried job, my wife is drawing a small pension, and our combined income is about $90,000. I've often wondered, just what...
To cash in or not to cash in
My wife and I have invested in several stocks that have performed very well in the last few years. We don't need any of the money right now, but our broker told us that we should sell...
