real estate taxes
| 12:00PM 1/01/2011
It's rare that the decision to itemize or take the standard deduction hinges on some of the smaller deductions that you can claim on your federal form 1040, Schedule A. This is because the deduction thresholds are fairly high. For 2010, the standard deduction for married couples filing a joint...
| 9:00AM 1/13/2009
Real estate taxes hit many taxpayers hard. The basis for your real estate taxes is the value of your home. A home with a higher value means higher property taxes. Sounds simple, right? Well only if your property is assigned the correct value. Municipalities typically use some variant of "market...