If you are a victim of identity theft, one area of your life that may be affected is your tax accounts with the Internal Revenue Service.  Someone may file a tax return using your social security number.  If this occurs, the IRS is likely to reject your legitimate return as they already have one using [...]

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Most of us have volunteered our services for a not-for-profit organization at some point in our lives.  Maybe you served on a committee at church, accepted a position on the board of directors of a charitable organization, helped out at the local school, or answered the phones at a fund raiser for the local Christian [...]

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It would seem that the issue of whether a person can be a dependent on your 1040 would be a fairly simple issue.  However, that is not the case.  The IRS has some very precise rules regarding who may be claimed as a dependent and the circumstances under which they may be claimed. The first [...]

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