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Total questions: 1251

Can tax liens be dismissed under Chapter 7 or Chapter 13?
Popularity: 103

Will the bankruptcy court take a tax refund?
Popularity: 97

If you incur medical expenses for cancer and have private medical insurance that covers cancer is the insurance payout considered taxable income?
Popularity: 94

Can you claim back taxes on a bankruptcy?
Popularity: 81

What are the effects of a corporate tax on the WACC of a business?
Popularity: 78

Can the IRS garnish Social Security income?
Popularity: 75

Are you taxed on disability and retirement checks?
Popularity: 74

When a family member gives another family member a large monetary gift who pays the gift tax?
Popularity: 73

Is a prepayment penalty on a home loan tax deductible?
Popularity: 72

Do you have to pay taxes on an inheritance of 100000 or more?
Popularity: 72

What is value added tax?
Popularity: 70

Will your tax refund be taken to pay back your debt if you file for bankruptcy?
Popularity: 69

Who do you contact first to remove a tax lien from a credit report?
Popularity: 69

What kind of taxes would you have to pay on a cell phone tower lease buyout?
Popularity: 68

Can you claim as a dependent a disabled non-relative housemate if you paid more that 60 percent of her living expenses?
Popularity: 68

What information should you take to a meeting with a tax accountant?
Popularity: 68

Is financial difficulty such as the marriage tax penalty a valid reason for getting a divorce?
Popularity: 68

Does interest owed to the Internal Revenue Service stop accruing during Chapter 13 bankruptcy?
Popularity: 68

What is the quickest way to get your taxes filed?
Popularity: 68

How do you find out if you have a tax lien on your house?
Popularity: 68

Do you need to report information on a 1099-C to the IRS?
Popularity: 67

Is there a difference between personal tax liens and business tax liens?
Popularity: 67

Do you have to file taxes every year?
Popularity: 66

Do you have to pay federal or state taxes on an insurance claim settlement?
Popularity: 64

If you pay for your group life insurance through your employer on a pretax basis and name your husband as beneficiary are the proceeds taxable because you paid for the benefit with pretax dollars?
Popularity: 63

If you have a joint account with your new spouse who owed back taxes for which the IRS levyed your joint account are you held responsible if the levy came only in his name?
Popularity: 63

If your home was repossessed by the bank can the difference between the original price paid and the balance of the mortgage be declared as a capital loss with IRS taxes?
Popularity: 56

Do you have to file state taxes every year?
Popularity: 56

Can a girl claim her boyfriend's 3-year-old son on her tax return if he was living with them for more than 6 months out of the year and neither the father or the mother worked this year so they can't?
Popularity: 55

How do you fill in an I-601 form?
Popularity: 52

Is there a tax on money received from a life insurance policy and if so is the tax paid by the beneficiary or by all who received money from the beneficiary per the decedents wishes?
Popularity: 49

If your live-in boyfriend just got another job and you added him to the deed of your house can you move before the two year use rule without getting dinged by the IRS?
Popularity: 49

If you received a 1009R for a partial life insurance payout because of total disability which you paid the premium and the 1009R reads total disability do you report this to the IRS?
Popularity: 47

Is a wife responsible for back taxes in a new marriage?
Popularity: 43

How can you donate your Dodge van?
Popularity: 42

Is money you had to pay your ex-husband in a divorce settlement in Texas deductible on your federal tax return?
Popularity: 41

Is it possible to create your own tax lien certificate by placing a lien on someone's home without their permission if they have delinquent tax?
Popularity: 39

Do you pay taxes on an auto insurance settlement?
Popularity: 39

What are the tax implication when converting a regular IRA to a Roth IRA?
Popularity: 37

If your parent claimed you on their taxes but never paid for anything and you did it all but yet they would not give you the money how could you make sure that you get the money back that you spent?
Popularity: 36

In you are filing chapter 7 in New York can they take your tax refund even if you are putting it all toward paying for school?
Popularity: 36

How can you get professional help with a very complicated tax matter if you cannot afford an accountant and the IRS and state are threatening to garnish your modest wages?
Popularity: 33

Can the IRS garnish your wages in Florida?
Popularity: 32

What kinds of fees do you have to pay when buying a car?
Popularity: 31

If a person conned an elder into signing blank checks and banked the money into their own account does the person that embezzled it owe taxes on it if there's no letter from the elder to indicate gift?
Popularity: 31

Will moving from Illinois to Texas affect your pension?
Popularity: 30

What kind of assets are protected from creditors and the IRS?
Popularity: 30

Do you have to pay taxes on a partial life insurance paid out due to total disability?
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How much taxes would be taken out of 200000 lottery win?
Popularity: 29

Is there a tax break for monies spent to upgrade or remodel your home in the state of South Carolina?
Popularity: 29

Can you sue a bank for not sending you a 1099C when it was mailed to the IRS?
Popularity: 29

Can the IRS take your tax refund due to delinquent student loans?
Popularity: 28

Can a single parent and child jointly own a home to avoid capital gain taxes?
Popularity: 28

Should parents sign the student loan so they can take the IRS tuition tax deduction or should the student defer payment until after graduation when they can use the deduction?
Popularity: 28

What is the capital gains tax rate for the selliing of stock shares?
Popularity: 28

How much in taxes is owed on a four million dollar lottery prize in the state of Texas?
Popularity: 28

Where can you get help dealing with the IRS involving a personal injury settlement?
Popularity: 27

What is the sales tax rate for Cuyahoga County Ohio?
Popularity: 27

When do you have to start paying taxes and is there a certain age you have to reach or do you have to make a certain amount of money?
Popularity: 27

Does an unpaid tax lien have a termination time?
Popularity: 26

Do you have to report a settled credit card account to the IRS as income if you don't own any assets if you paid less than what you actually owed and they wrote off the rest?
Popularity: 26

You own an apartment building which has recently had a fire you are collecting insurance on this building Do you have to declare this as income?
Popularity: 25

On the third line of a W9 form where it asks for a filing status there is an option indicated as Other What is this option for and what circumstances would this be appropriate?
Popularity: 25

How much money do construction workers have to pay for taxes?
Popularity: 25

Where can you deduct contributions-in-kind on federal tax forms?
Popularity: 25

How can you get a tax exemption for a religious organization?
Popularity: 24

Why is it that on a W9 form a business that is an LLC cannot file as Other and write in LLC?
Popularity: 24

How should one claim loan origination fees and loan discount fees when filing for tax returns?
Popularity: 24

How do you claim your taxes with your cosigner?
Popularity: 24

If you are on Social Security and did not get sent a tax form do you still need to file?
Popularity: 24



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