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For Tax Reasons, Am I A Full-Time Student?
I started to look at the tax forms on TurboTax and it asked if I was a full-time student in 2009.
I was a full-time student from January until May and then started working at a fu …
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Is it permissible to deduct interest from a second mortgage on Federal income taxes?
I know that there are avenues for deducting mortgage interest against US Federal income tax, but what about interest paid on a second mortgage?
For comparison, I receive a 1098 fo …
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What’s the difference between Itemizing and Not Itemizing?
What's the difference between itemizing on your taxes and not itemizing? What are the effects and who would benefit from it?
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Long-term gains tax question
I am going to start investing, but am unsure about how taxes work. I'll be leaving my money in for over a year, which means I'll be paying long-term capital gains taxes instead of …
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When Does a Hobby Become Taxable?
Another question--at what point do you have to start reporting income from a "hobby"? And should I be charging sales tax on things I sell if I don't have an official business? Ok …
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When are federal income tax rules for a given year firmed up?
Each time I started up TaxCut while I was working on my taxes, it asked to check the website for updates. The reason: Tax laws change throughout the year.
My question is this: …

