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Using Tax Pros Can Be Cheaper Than You Expect

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Beyond the two well-known certainties of death and taxes, lies the almost-certainty: that doing your taxes yourself will create a world of stress, hours filled with mind-numbing forms and the possibility of a costly error that you will need to pay for in the near future. Accountants live for that in tax season.

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12 Awesome Apps To Use With Home Business Taxes

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It is that time again, for Taxes and with more and more people having their own companies, or running their business from the home, there are TONS of Apps to help you prepare your taxes! Here are the 12 best ones to help you track expenses, prepare your taxes AND manage your books. Tax portal. Accounting and tax help.

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How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

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If you end up in life with assets that you would like to use or from which you need to receive income, yet also want to donate to charity, there may be ways for you to do both. With the help of an estate planning lawyer and your accountant you might be able to use one of these “have your cake and eat it too” ideas.

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Four Reasons to Have a Gravel Driveway

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We used to have a concrete driveway, but as part of a landscaping project, we ripped it out and replaced it with gravel. Because of this, in April 2013, Maryland lawmakers implemented what is referred to as a Rain Tax. Gravel Doesn’t Cause The County to Raise Our Property Taxes. Many of our neighbors have gravel driveways.

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Saving Money on Renovations

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This retails for $300+ tax at the Home Depot for the exact same model. There was also a kitchen sink, never used (still in original box) listed for $260 OBO, and the exact same sink (same brand, same model, etc) in the stores cost $437.73 + tax. Even installation of some hardware and other fixtures can be a DIY project.

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The Cost of Doing Nothing

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The US Secretary of State, currently John Kerry today (2013-08-30) in a newscast on the possibility of intervening in Syria due to chemical weapons used there, claimed that there is a high and immediate cost of the US doing nothing in response to that use. Then put the result in a location other than your home!

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Cool Things I Read This Week

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Quick lesson on taxes. Do You Need Travel Insurance – [link] We used to get it but now we opt out and just use what we get from our employer #. The Anatomy Of What A Speeding Ticket Really Costs You [link] I used to get more of these than I would have liked. New to investing? Better now #.