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Tax Tip: Do Your Taxes for Free: Sandwich Generation (Video)
If you're part of the Sandwich Generation, helping both your aging parents and your children, follow these tips to make tax time less taxing.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Tax Tips: Amending My Return (Video)
Forgot to claim a credit or need to correct your tax return? These tips will make amending your return a breeze.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Tax Tips: Online Payment Agreement (Video)
Watch this Video to find out how to make payment arrangements online.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Tax Tips: Undelivered Refunds - 2010 (Video)
Missing a refund? It may have been undelivered. Watch this video to find out the reasons an IRS refund check goes undelivered, how to correct the problem and how to find out if you're on the list.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Tax Tips: Savings Bonds (Video)
This video from the IRS explains how you can purchase up to $5,000 in U.S. Series I Bonds with your federal tax refund for yourself or others.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Pennsylvania Personal Income Tax
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Personal income tax section of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue web site.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
Pennsylvania Personal Income Tax Filing Options
(Separate Website)
Listing and explanation of various options available for filing you Pennsylvania personal income tax return.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
Pennsylvania Tax Forgiveness Program
(Separate Website)
Information on how the Pennsylvani Tax Forgiveness Program works.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
Pennsylvania's TAX BACK Program
(Separate Website)
Flyer introducing TAX BACK, the state's personal income tax forgiveness program, the federal Earned Income Credit (EIC), and free tax preparation assistance. Under TAX BACK, low- and moderate-income working families can get a check from the state returning all or part of their personal income taxes paid.
By: Pennsylvania Partnership for Children
Refund Anticipation Loans & Pay Stub Loans
(Separate Website)
Information on loans obtained in anticipation of a tax refund.
By: Community Legal Services
PA Property Tax and Rent Rebate Program
(Separate Website)
Program overview on property tax relief, rebate estimate calculator, commonly asked questions, as well as downloadable forms and instruction booklet. Claimants or spouses 65 years of age or older; widows or widowers 50 years of age or older; and permanently disabled 18 years of age or older may qualify.
By: Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
"Show me the money"
(Separate Website)
Information on issues relating to taxes from the Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania.
By: Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
Philadelphia Real Estate Taxes
(Separate Website)
Information on issues related to Philadelphia Real Estate Taxes.
By: Community Legal Services
Information on Economic Stimulus Payments (2008 Tax Year)
Economic Stimulus Payment Information Center
(Separate Website)
Information on whether you qualify for the recovery rebate credit on your 2008 federal income tax return.
By: Internal Revenue Service
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Basic Information on the Economic Stimulus Payments
(Separate Website)
Starting in May 2008, the Treasury will begin sending economic stimulus payments to more than 130 million households. This provides basic information on the details about who can receive payments and how to get them.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Stimulus Payments: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
(Separate Website)
Answers to some of the most commonly asked questions regarding the 2008 Economic Stimulus Payments.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Economic Stimulus Payments: Information for Low-Income Individuals
(Separate Website)
The economic stimulus law passed in February 2008 contains a special provision allowing low-wage workers with at least $3,000 in qualified income to qualify for the stimulus payment. There also is a payment of $300 for each eligible child under age 17. This contains information on how to collect your stimulus payment.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Economic Stimulus Payments: Information for Recipients of Social Security Benefits
(Separate Website)
The economic stimulus law passed in February 2008 contains a special provision allowing Social Security recipients to count those benefits toward the qualifying income requirement of $3,000 and thereby qualify for the stimulus payment. This is information on how recipients can get their stimulus payments.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Economic Stimulus Payments: Information for Recipients of Veterans' Benefits
(Separate Website)
The economic stimulus law passed in February 2008 contains a special provision allowing recipients of certain veterans? benefits to count those benefits toward the qualifying income requirement of $3,000 and thereby qualify for the stimulus payment. This is information for recipients on how to receive stimulus payments.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Get Your Tax Rebate: Beware of Rebate Scams (Video)
(Separate Website)
Video from the IRS about the dangers of scams from individuals posing as IRS officials trying to "help you get a tax rebate."
By: Internal Revenue Service
Get Your Tax Rebate: General Taxpayers (Video)
(Separate Website)
Video from the Internal Revenue Service with information on how to get your Economic Stimulus Payment.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Get Your Tax Rebate: Taxpayers Who Normally Don't File (Video)
(Separate Website)
Video produced by the Internal Revenue Service explaining how individuals who normally do not need to file a tax return can and should file one to get an Economic Stimulus payment.
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