washingtonpost.com: Taxes

TODAY'S NEWSPAPER
Subscribe | PostPoints

SEARCH:

	BUSINESS Taxes

NEWS

washingtonpost.com > Business > Personal Finance > Taxes

Federal
State:
DC | MD | VA

Featured Columnists

Michelle Singletary:
Color of Money
• Column Archive
• Subscribe to Michelle's Weekly E-mails

Albert Crenshaw:
Cash Flow
• Column Archive

Tips for 2005

	• Not the Right Time for Snap Tax Decicions • Don't Ignore IRS Letters • New Breaks on Sales Taxes • Procrastinating Can Be Costly


Live Tax Discussions


		• Transcript: Jim Dupree, from the IRS, again joined Michelle Singletary to help answer readers' basic tax questions. • Transcript: February 2 Discussion

Taxpayer News

	• From Post and post.com • From AP and Reuters

Housing Counsel Tax Tips

• Keeping Old Paperwork Can Pay Off (The Washington Post, 1/29/05)
• Deferring Capital Gains Tax in 'Like-Kind' Exchanges (The Washington Post, 1/22/05)
• Points or No Points? Buyer or Seller? The Intricacies of Mortgage Shopping (The Washington Post, 1/15/05)
• Defining Your 'Principal Residence' for Tax Purposes Isn't Always Simple (The Washington Post, 1/8/05)
• Not Such a Simple Deduction (The Washington Post, 1/1/05)


Tax Time: Items You May Need


		• Social Security number(s) • Child care provider tax I.D. or SSN • W-2 forms for this year • Residential address(es) for this year • Mortgage interest (Form 1098) • Data on the sale of your home or other real estate (Form 1099-S) • Tax Preparation Checklist


Mailing in Your Taxes on Tax Day


		The Postal Service has set up a toll-free phone line 1-800-ASK-USPS to help last-minute filers find 24-hour access to post offices and collection boxes with extended hours. Some Washington-area post offices that have extended their hours to midnight include: the National Capitol Station on Massachusetts Avenue, Northeast; the main Silver Spring office on Second Avenue and the Alexandria office on Wythe Street. Washington-Area Post Offices with Extended Hours on April 15, 2005 You can use the post office locator on the USPS Web site at www.mapsonus.com/db/USPS/ Source: United States Postal Service

Brush Up on Your Tax Facts to Save More Next Year
Have you recovered from filing your 2004 tax return? If so, get busy preparing for next year.

Tax Fraud Alleged at D.C. Restaurants
A Vienna man was charged with shortchanging the District on taxes from sales over the past seven years at four restaurants and one nightclub he owned and operated.

Tax Time 2005
Post Office Extended Hours

More Articles and Columns

Tax (Criticism) Day: Groups Let the IRS Know What They Think Is Wrong (Post, April 15, 2005)

A Half-Dozen Tips for 11th-Hour Filers (Post, April 10, 2005)

Taxes

Tax Prep Calls for Careful Steps (Post, March 31, 2005)

Filing Taxes: Friday Deadline (Live Online, April 12, 2005; 1:00 PM)

Preparers Moving to Tax-Refund Debit Cards (Post, April 10, 2005)

Numbers Crunch (Post, March 6, 2005)

Color of Money: Tax Time Tips (Live Online, March 17, 2005; 12:00 PM)

Tax Time (Live Online, March 9, 2005; 11:00 AM)

A Big Refund Isn't Great News (Post, March 6, 2005)

Off-the-Shelf Programs Preserve Tax Data Security (Post, March 6, 2005)

Personal Finance: Tax Questions and Answers (washingtonpost.com, April 7, 2005; 7:32 AM)

Tax Refund Loans Show Price of Impatience (Post, Jan. 23, 2005)

Tax Changes That Merit Remembering This Spring (Post, Jan. 9, 2005)

It Pays to Resolve Financial Matters by Year's End (Post, Dec. 23, 2004)