Investment properties come with an incredible number of tax advantages. In addition to all the deductible expenses, real estate investors enjoy far more tax benefits than the typical side hustle allows. In my home city of Baltimore, a self-employed person…
A generation ago, most U.S. taxpayers either outsourced tax prep to trained human preparers or manually completed their own taxes using paper forms provided by the IRS. Human experts and the IRS itself were also far and away the most reliable…
Anyone who’s prepared and filed a tax return knows the United States tax system is complex and difficult to understand. Many people also feel corporations, wealthy individuals, and special interest groups have unfair access to loopholes and exemptions that help…
You probably live within a few minutes of at least one bank or credit union branch. If they can’t serve all your financial needs or you just don’t like them for whatever reason, you have literally hundreds of U.S.-based online…
For homeowners and bill-paying renters, the cheapest way to save money on utilities is to reduce consumption. In the summer, raising the temperature setting on your air conditioner or using a high-speed floor fan on all but the hottest days…
Ask fellow freelancers and self-employed colleagues in your life how they track business expenses, and you’re likely to hear answers like, “A spreadsheet I never remember to update,” or “A pile of overflowing manila folders,” or “A rat’s nest of…
Jackson Hewitt’s tax service helps millions of Americans prepare and file their taxes each year. There’s a good chance you’ve seen a Jackson Hewitt storefront office in your town — there are several thousand outposts spread around the United States….
You probably know Cash App as one of the country’s most popular money transfer apps. Perhaps you’re among its millions of users. It also now offers a free income tax prep platform that caters to frugal, self-confident filers with situations…
Tax service eFile is ideal for frugal filers confident enough to prepare their own taxes with minimal support. It does have some value-added features other bargain tax prep providers don’t offer, such as pay-with-your-refund capability and a price-match guarantee. But…
DIY tax prep service eSmart Tax, which regularly makes our list of the top online tax prep services, is similar to other well-known online filing options, including H&R Block, TurboTax, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer. But it’s different enough — in both…
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