| With something as complicated as taxes, you want to approach them step-by-step. Below are four easy steps that will help make doing your taxes a snap.
Step 1: Get organized
No doubt about it, the best way to make your taxes easy is to get yourself organized. For many people, it's finding the documents that's the chore, not figuring out what to do with them. We tell you what you need to do to have a clean tax house.
Step 2: Maximize your deductions
There's nothing more appealing than the lure of easy deductions. We'll show you some of the more overlooked ones. If you take the standard deductions every year, we'll help you decide if you could do better by itemizing.
Step 3: Electrify your taxes
Believe it or not, the IRS has entered the electronic age - in a big way. Doing your taxes on your computer, and filing electronically, are the best ways to reduce the time it takes to do your taxes, and can also save you a bundle. We'll show you how to get started.
Step 4: Avoid Audits
What could be worse than getting that message in the mail telling you you've been audited by the IRS? We offer tips on what you can do to prevent getting audited. And, if we're too late, advice on what to do once you are.
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