<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Taxes</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/personalfinance/tax?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><description>Taxes</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Brush Up on Your Tax Facts to Save More Next Year]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6237-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6237-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Have you recovered from filing your 2004 tax return? If so, get busy preparing for next year.]]></description><author> Michelle Singletary</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Fraud Alleged at D.C. Restaurants]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57284-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57284-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Post Office Extended Hours]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55914-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55914-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax (Criticism) Day]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54721-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54721-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To many Americans, particularly those who have waited until the last minute to file their tax returns, this week is the low point in their in their relationship with their government.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Half-Dozen Tips for 11th-Hour Filers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39161-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39161-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A survey last week by Yahoo Finance found that 14 percent of taxpayers plan to wait until April 15 to file, and the Internal Revenue Service expects about 9 million taxpayers to apply for extensions.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Prep Calls for Careful Steps]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14466-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14466-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The time is coming faster than you think. Yes, it's tax crunch time.]]></description><author> Michelle Singletary</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Filing Taxes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44074-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44074-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Kathy Burlison, director of Tax Implementation at H&R Block, answered questions and offer advice about filing your taxes.]]></description><author>LiveOnline</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preparers Moving to Tax-Refund Debit Cards]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39162-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39162-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the past, taxpayers anticipating a refund had three ways to get their hands on their money. They could wait six to eight weeks for a government check to arrive in the mail. They could have the refund automatically deposited in their bank account, which takes about two weeks. Or they could pay high interest fees for a so-called refund-anticipation loan and get their money immediately.]]></description><author> Caroline E. Mayer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Numbers Crunch]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9163-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9163-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tax reforms made since 2001 have taken a tax system that was already complicated enough and turned it into a kaleidoscope of annually changing brackets, limits and rules.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Color of Money:  Tax Time Tips]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16346-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16346-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Jim Dupree, the IRS spokesman for Maryland and Metropolitan Washington, again joined Michelle Singletary to help answer readers' basic tax questions.]]></description><author>LiveOnline</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Time]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17966-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17966-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Kathy Burlison and Tom Linafelt of H&R Block took your questions about preparing your taxes.]]></description><author>LiveOnline</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Big Refund Isn't Great News]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9158-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9158-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Many of us have been told all our lives that it is more blessed to give than to receive.]]></description><author> Michelle Singletary</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off-the-Shelf Programs Preserve Data Security]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9154-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9154-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[If you work for the Internal Revenue Service, pass along our congratulations, and our thanks -- for finally embracing free online tax preparation and filing. Anyone who goes to <a href="http://www.irs.gov">www.irs.gov</a> and chooses Free File will find links to 20 companies, nine available to all.]]></description><author> Alan S. Kay</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personal Finance:  Tax Questions and Answers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6016-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6016-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Columnist Michelle Singletary is devoting space in her weekly e-letter to answer reader questions about income taxes with help from IRS spokesman Jim Dupree.]]></description><author>Compiled  Michelle Singletary</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Refund Loans  Show Price of Impatience]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28230-2005Jan22.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28230-2005Jan22.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After years of protest and pressure, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now has gotten two of the nation's largest tax preparers to promise to improve how they promote, sell and disclose the terms of refund loans.]]></description><author> Michelle Singletary</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Changes That Merit Remembering This Spring]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58308-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58308-2005Jan8.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The time has come once again to start getting ready for that American ritual, tax-return filing season.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[It Pays to Resolve Financial Matters by Year's End]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21097-2004Dec22.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21097-2004Dec22.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   It's hard to believe a year has gone by. Seems like just yesterday that my husband and I were popping the top on some sparkling cider to celebrate the beginning of 2004. And now here we are, rushing to meet with our accountant and financial adviser to make sure we've done all we need to do to start 2005 with our money straight.]]></description><author> Michelle Singletary</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time for Alternative Minimum Tactics]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34420-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34420-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[By now, most people have at least heard of the AMT, but those who still think of it as what it was intended to be -- a special tax to make sure rich people pay at least something to the government -- are badly out of date.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax-Free Bonuses Tagged Out]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15941-2004Nov27.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15941-2004Nov27.html?nav=rss_business/personalfinance/tax</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:18:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some taxpayers have been dusting off an old Internal Revenue Service ruling about signing bonuses in baseball contracts and using it to justify skipping payroll taxes and income-tax withholding on signing bonuses generally.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giving a Car? 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