TaxCure Blog

Now that the year is quickly drawing to a close, it’s time to double-check your tax strategy and figure out if there are any last-minute tax moves you should be making.

A new year is approaching, and that means the IRS is issuing guidance for the coming year. Even as you gather your 2013 information and prepare to file your taxes, it’s important to begin planning for next year. Looking ahead to 2014 can help you avoid pitfalls, and prepare you to do what you can to reduce your tax liability.

There will always be that intent on earning money by tricking the hard-working out of their cash. Right now, the IRS is warning about two new scams that might impact you:

Now that the year is drawing to a close, it’s time to start organizing your taxes. It’s not too early to start thinking about filing your taxes — especially if you want to avoid a frenzied attempt to get your tax return filed by April 15.

Earlier this month marked the day that the tax code as we know it, complete with income tax, became law. The 16th Amendment was properly approved in February of 1913, and Woodrow Wilson signed the requisite legislation for our tax code on October 3, 1913. So the tax code — and the income tax as codified in the Constitution — has reached its 100th birthday.