After filing income tax returns, taxpayers eagerly await their refunds. The waiting could be excruciating, and sometimes, maddening. However, the Internal Revenue Service has made it easy for you to check the status of your refund. You will need your social security number, filing status, and the exact amount of refund you are expecting, and then, head [...]

Some or all of your Social security benefits maybe taxable depending on your total income and marital status. If you receive Social Security benefits in 2009, it is important to know if they are taxable. A quick computation on your taxable Social Security is available below, read on and find out if you are liable [...]

A special Tax relief of up to $2million for couples filing together maybe granted to you for debt forgiveness on your principal residence for tax year 2007 to 2012. Although normally, debt forgiveness results in taxable income, you may exclude it as such if it was used to buy, build or substantially improve your principal [...]