DIY Disasters: College Kids, Their Parents and the American Opportunity Credit
What to do when your college-aged child files a tax return and claims tuition credits you were entitled to on your own return.
Letting My Hair Grow Back: DIY is Not Always Better
DIY is not always better or cheaper, as I learned from my experiment with a shaved head.
The Importance of Documenting Charitable Contributions
We’ve been covering charitable contributions recently, and this Tax Court case from 2010 fits in nicely with that series of articles. The Tax Court case involved a couple from California who had more than $27,000 of charitable contributions disallowed by the IRS on their 2006 tax return. The Court ruled against the couple, costing them […]
