The Sun’s Financial Diary

The Recession has hit many Americans hard. As we get into tax season, many people may not realize that events such as a job loss or new unexpected burdens may have tax implications that need to be addressed on your return. The good news is that the Internal Revenue Service recently announced that it is [...]

It’s still more than a month away from the 2010 tax deadline, April 15, 2010. If you haven’t finished your tax return yet, there’s still plenty of time to get it done before the deadline, so it may be a little early to talk about tax extension. However, if for any reason that you believe [...]

LifeLock is offering a free copy of H&R Block At Home Deluxe during the month of March if you sign up for its  LifeLock Identity Protection program.
LifeLock is known for its pledge for $1 million guarantee for members of the LifeLock Identity Theft Protection service if they become victims of identity theft. What the [...]

I have been a customer of TurboTax for a few years already. When I used the software to prepare my own taxes in the past, I always got the PC version, the software that requires installation on my own PC. I know Intuit has been offering the equivalent, online tax preparation software for sometime, but [...]

Have you filed your 2009 taxes yet?
I haven’t. I have received most of the tax documents already, but haven’t started the process because, like what happened in the past few years, I don’t expect to have a refund this year. So I am not that hurry, but I did get my tax software already.
If you [...]

As news surfaced that some of the nation’s biggest financial institutions would be paying out record bonuses to executives in 2009 (AIG drew particular fire for planning on dishing out $165 million) following the federal government’s half trillion dollar TARP bailout, a growing and increasingly vocal movement of U.S. taxpayers are letting it be known [...]

Do you file your 2009 income taxes electronically or still do it the old fashion way?
I never used E-file, not since when I knew there’s such an option to file my tax returns. The reason for me to avoid e-filing my taxes is very simple: I didn’t have a refund to claim. Since we seem [...]

H&R Block is having a special Valentine’s Day promotion, with all of its At Home tax preparation software (formerly H&R Block TaxCut) at $14.00. 2009 H&R Block tax software offered in this promotion are:

H&R Block At Home Basic: Regular price $14.95, promotion price $14.00
H&R Block At Home Deluxe: Regular price $29.95, promotion price $14.00
H&R Block [...]

Amazon.com is offering some Valentine’s Day song for free from now till February 14th. The free MP3 songs you can download at Amazon.com include:

When We’re Apart  by The Morning Benders
For You  by Peter Bradley Adams
40 Dogs (Like Romeo And Juliet)  by Bob Schneider
All You’ve Got To Do Is Fall In Love by Benji Hughes
Don’t Do [...]

H&R Block At Home, formerly H&R Block TaxCut, is offering a free online edition for people with simple taxes to file their 2009 Federal income tax online for free.  The free online filing is perfect for the most basic tax situations. With At Home Free, you will get

1 Federal e-file
Step-by-step guidance and guaranteed accuracy
Double-checks for [...]