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I blogged earlier this week about CNNMoney’s suggestion to aggressively take home office deductions whenever possible. I suggested that might not be the best idea because the percentage of the home that is used to take the deduction is disallowed when calculating the capital gains exclusion for home sales.
I was only partially right. You must [...]

CNNMoney has an article on six “can’t-miss” tax breaks for 2005 (they should really be doing 2006 so people will look ahead), most of which are changing consumer behavior type breaks or are so targeted that most people won’t be able to use them.
I’m not a huge fan of changing consumer behavior in order to [...]

Ah, the time of year when H&R Block and other accountants pray on those that hire them to prepare their returns. Their predatory technique is the Refund Anticipation Loan.
The Refund Anticipation Loan is sold as a “win” for the consumer. You don’t have to wait the six weeks to get your tax refund. Woohoo! Right? [...]