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Tables of Contents for The Complete Idiot's Guide to Doing Your Taxes With Turbotax Deluxe
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Introduction: April Is the Cruelest Month
April showers, tax returns, and other gloomy stuff.
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Part 1: Ugh! Getting Started
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52
Turbo Tax Nickel Tour
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12
Install it, start it, and learn the essential moves.
The Paper Chase: Gathering Your Records
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12
Dig through your files and shoeboxes for records and receipts.
Grabbing Financial Data You've Already Entered
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12
Avoid the drudge work by importing data from last year's return and from your personal finance program.
Okay, Let's Get Started
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14
Name, address, social security number, and other preliminary entries.
Part 2: Inputting Your Income
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W-2s for Salaried Employees
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12
How much did you earn from your day job?
1099s for Interest, Investments, and Capital Gains
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14
Investment income, capital gains, and retirement income.
1099-MISCs and Schedule C (for the Self-Employed)
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16
For those who have joined the growing ranks of the self-employed.
Depreciating Your Old Stuff
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8
Calculate your losses for equipment that just isn't what it used to be.
Living Off the Land (Farming Can Be Taxing)
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10
The IRS meets Farmer Brown.
Rentals and Royalties for Landlords, Authors, and Inventors
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12
Calculate taxes on the money you made off the stuff you own.
What Else Constitutes Income?
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14
Tips, trades, partnerships, alimony, and other sources of quick cash.
Part 3: Deductions, Credits, and Other Ways to Reduce Taxes
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Income Reduction Through Deductions
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How to beat the standard deduction by maximizing itemized deductions.
Additional Deductions You May Have Overlooked
163
10
Read between the lines for additional (legal) deductions.
Getting a Tax Break with Retirement Investments
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12
Invest in your future and save taxes now!
More Income and Loss Via Stock and Property Transactions
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12
What to do when you make or lose money on a sale.
More Taxes (As If You Weren't Paying Enough)
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14
The nanny tax, the kiddie tax, and the sinister alternative minimum tax.
Making the Most of the IRS Tax Credits
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Chop taxes off the bottom line with tax credits.
Part 4: Reviewing and Filing Your Tax Return
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Auditing and Reviewing Your Return with Turbo Tax
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12
Let Turbo Tax check your tax return and suggest additional savings.
Submitting Your Tax Return
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10
Print and send your return via modem or mail.
Paying Your State Income Taxes
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8
Your state of residency demands its cut, too.
Part 5: After the Fact: Amendments, Audits, and Future Plans
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36
Oops, I Made Some Honest Mistakes
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How to handle errors and audits and avoid a lengthy jail term.
Tax planning for 1999
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10
Pay less taxes next year with these hot tax-saving strategies and tips.
Top 20 Tax Facts, Questions, and Answers
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Find answers to the most common tax questions.
Appendix: State Tax Agencies: Addresses and Phone Numbers
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For those who didn't order the state version of Turbo Tax.
Glossary of IRS Technobabble
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IRS terms and legalese in plain English.
Index
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