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• To Itemize or Not? Jackson Hewitt(R) Helps Taxpayers Evaluate This Essential Tax Filing Question ; Standard Deduction Amounts Increased for 2009 Tax Returns

PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- One of the first decisions taxpayers must make when preparing their returns can also be among the most challenging. Should they itemize or simply take the standard deduction? With less than a week to go to the April 15 tax filing deadline, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service(R) highlights the key issues to weigh to determine which approach may offer the better outcome. If the itemized deductions for which you are eligible exceed your standard deduction, it tends to be advantageous to itemize on Schedule A (Form 1040)," explained Mark Steber, chief tax officer, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. "Taxpayers with certain expenses for 2009, such as charitable donations, unreimbursed business expenses or mortgage interest, just to name a few, will oft...

• U.S. Newswire
• April 12, 2010

• 41 CFR 301-11.306 - What expenses am I required to itemize under actual expense?

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 41: Public Contracts and Property Management

• Auditor Keeps Eye On Stimulus Funds -- Training Local Officials How to Itemize Arra

JACKSON - Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering said he's not waiting for state and local officials to get in trouble for failing to keep accurate records of how they spend federal stimulus money. Pickering is holding training sessions during the next three weeks to show officeholders and government employees how to properly itemize their use of the public funds for everything from road repairs to water-system improvements.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• August 26, 2009

• Itemize

To individually state each item or article. Frequently used in tax accounting, an itemized account or claim separately list...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Fri–Jam

• Pa., Ohio Foundations Itemize Community Needs for Obama

The Pittsburgh Foundation is leading a group of community foundations in Pennsylvania and Ohio in developing a list of community needs that would become President-elect Barack Obama's guidebook for channeling economic stimulus money to the man on the street, not just Wall Street. It's all well and good to bail out Wall Street and the auto industry, but we also need to think about people who are losing their homes, who don't have enough to eat and can't afford to go to work in the morning," said Grant Oliphant, president and CEO of The Pittsburgh Foundation.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• December 12, 2008

• Debate Turns to Tax Credit's Effect On Giving

The charitable tax deduction has been the financial underpinning of the non-profit sector for nearly a century. If you itemize deductions on your tax return, you can get a tax break for charitable donations of up to half your adjusted gross income. More than 80 percent of middle class and wealthier taxpayers (households with $75,000 or more in income) are itemizers -- the very people non-profits rely on for contributions.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• January 05, 2011

• Tier Announces IRS Says Credit and Debit Card Convenience Fees are Deductible for Some Individual Taxpayers Who Itemize.

RESTON, Va. -- Tier Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TIER) and Official Payments Corporation, its wholly-owned subsidiary, today announced that the Internal...

• Business Wire
• April 15, 2009

• Commentary: Keeping Your Balance: Looking at Ira Qualified Charitable Distributions

In mid-December of 2010, last minute federal income tax legislation extended a valuable tax provision first enacted in 2006 - - the direct distribution to a qualified charitable organization of funds of up to $100,000 from an IRA whose owner is 70.5 years of age or older in both 2010 and 2011, may be excluded from gross income. Under this provision, IRA funds distributed by the IRA custodian can satisfy all or a portion of the IRA owner's required minimum distribution. Such qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) are excluded from gross income of the owner rather than being included in income and do not qualify as a charitable deduction to be claimed by those who itemize deductions.

• Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
• November 24, 2011

• Sources Itemize $80 Billion Plan Ten-Year Shortfall in Budget Predicted

As Congress started to digest a new Bush administration request of $80 billion to bankroll wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its top budget analyst on Tuesday projected $855 billion in deficits for the next decade even without the costs of war and President Bush's Social Security plan. Three senior administration officials said the White House would request $80 billion for the wars, or a bit more, soon after Mr. Bush submits his budget for fiscal 2006 to lawmakers Feb. 7. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said $75 billion of it would be for U.S. military costs, with the rest including funds to train and equip Iraqi and Afghan forces, aid the new Palestinian leadership, build an embassy in Baghdad and help victims of warfare in Sudan's Darfur province.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• January 27, 2005

• Valentine's Day Gift From the Irs

Happy Valentine's Day from your friends at the Internal Revenue Service! The IRS recently announced that as of Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, they will now be accepting filing of most 2010 individual income tax returns, including those for an estimated 50 million taxpayers who itemize their deductions or take certain special deductions.

• Redlands Daily Facts
• February 03, 2011