We made it through another filing season, so naturally, now we ought to start thinking about how we can make next year's deadline for the 2009 tax year less taxing. Over the past two filing seasons, with all of the different Tax Acts both the previous and current administrations have passed (along with a promise of more to come before the end of the 2009 tax year), there is a lot to sift through. In this article, we have summarized some of these hot ticket tax topics to help you plan ahead for next filing season.
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by Kim Dearborn-Nelson
Parent, McLaughlin & Nangle, CPAs
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