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You took the time to figure out your withholding and you know you have money coming back, so you filed early. Now, where is that refund check? Your options are to wait by your mailbox every day – or find less boring and more satisfying ways to locate your IRS [...]

No one enjoys paying taxes, but it’s even harder to pay taxes you are not required to pay. If you haven’t signed up for Obamacare and you are a family of four (married with two children), you are looking at a penalty of $285 for tax year 2014, and it [...]

We at Tax Help MD were so impressed with this piece by the Internal Revenue Service, we are sharing it in total. It’s a comprehensive list of the most frequent scams sent during the early weeks of this year’s filing season. […]

The Taxpayer Bill of Rights guarantees taxpayers fairness, quality service, prompt delivery of information, privacy, confidentiality and a timely and documented method to appeal any action brought against a taxpayer by the IRS. These are the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. […]

Are You Behind on Your Student Loan? An epidemic of student loan defaults is sweeping the country. Students, who previously were able to land solid jobs after college, now often find themselves forced to take lower-paying positions than they are qualified for while their higher-education credentials languish. Acutely pinched by [...]

Woman with Medical Condition saves $78K The client was an elderly woman suffering from Parkinson’s and living on a fixed income. She relied on her Social Security to pay her bills. Her $80K in income tax debt to the IRS was the result of liquidating investments and retirement accounts to [...]