Tax Preparation Archives - Federal Direct Tax https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/tag/tax-preparation/ Helping Individuals & Businesses Enter The Tax Preparation Industry Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:42:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Want to pay less tax? Keep these receipts during the year. https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/want-to-pay-less-tax-keep-these-receipts-during-the-year/ Thu, 08 May 2014 17:42:42 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=1598 Want to know how to pay less taxes? One of the easiest ways to reduce one’s tax liability is by keeping receipts for taxes. While not everything is tax-deductible, saving receipts for taxes is pretty easy and will help you keep good track of your deductions without doing any work! So, what is the best […]

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]]> Federal Direct’s Race to St. Patty’s Day Tax Filing Contest https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/federal-directs-race-to-st-pattys-day-tax-filing-contest/ Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:56:53 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=841 As we are wrapping up the peak part of tax season, we are rolling out our annual Race to St. Patrick’s Day Tax Filing Contest.  This contest is here to reward you for filing during the traditionally slower part of tax season. Since March 1st up to the 17th, the leading offices in bank funded […]

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]]> Tomorrow’s Webinar: Amending Returns and working with form 1040X https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/tomorrows-webinar-amending-returns-and-working-with-form-1040x/ Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:31:20 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=735 Tomorrow evening’s webinar will be covering how to properly complete an amended return for your clients, to fix other preparers mistakes, where to mail the completed forms, how long you have to request refunds through the amendment process, and what documentation needs to be attached to form 1040X.  This webinar is primarily focusing on Federal Direct […]

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]]> Over 50% of all households paid NO federal tax for 2009 https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/over-50-of-all-households-paid-no-federal-tax-for-2009/ Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:40:11 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=623 Over 50% of all US households paid NO federal tax for the tax period of 2009.  Even more impressive than that is that almost 30% of all households got a check back for MORE than all of their income taxes they paid in.  This is due to the refundable credits such as Earned Income Tax […]

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]]> Tax Preparer Tips – MN State refund distribution delay https://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/tax-preparer-tips-mn-state-refund-distribution-delay/ Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:56:33 +0000 http://www.federaldirecttax.com/blog/?p=597 Note to all offices preparing MN state tax returns – Minnesota has placed their state government offices and agencies on a skeleton schedule while they attempt to pass an acceptable budget.  This state processing shutdown will have an effect on any clients that are currently waiting for a MN state tax refund, as they are […]

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