In the early part of tax season, the IRS reported that the average tax refund amount was lower than last year. While that news grabbed headlines, many of you wrote me asking for a deeper dive into tax preparation. Here is your tax boot camp for the first tax year of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).
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It’s February, time for the column about how to talk to your special someone(s) about money. That “s” is intentional, because we need to expand our financial conversations from our partner/spouse to all of our loved ones: the romantic ones, the kids and the parents.
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Maybe we’re too preoccupied with the weather or the after-effects of the government shut down, or we’re too excited about the Grammys, or we’re too confused about the new tax law. For whatever reason, the IRS says that Americans have not yet embraced the new tax season with gusto.
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