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TurboTax, and its parent company Intuit, had promised to modify its tax return software to include guidance for same-sex couples filing jointly in California, Washington and Nevada. On Friday, however, the company announced that it would not be providing those features, and that it may be necessary to seek the help of a tax professional. At issue is a new IRS rule that requires same-sex couples ...

In the midst of our cash-strapped economy, the federal government is now looking into legalizing online gambling. The New York Times reports that the House Financial Services Committee approved a bill that would allow "online poker and other nonsports betting, overturning a 2006 federal ban," which was mostly ineffective in the first place. The Times notes that the bill would have the Treasury ...

Share Everyone hates the IRS. And, when it comes to universal loathsomeness, Facebook ranks even lower. According to results from the 2010 American Customer Survey Index (ACSI), Mark Zuckerberg's social networking goliath scored a 64 out of a possible 100 points, putting it below the IRS (which scored a 79 earlier this year), airlines and cable providers. In a statement, Facebook spokesman Jonny ...

Share With tax season nearing a close, scammers are boosting efforts to steal sensitive information from people trying to file their taxes at the last minute. According to USA Today, a flurry of fake tax forms recently showed up in inboxes, on Twitter and as search results on the Web. Examples include an advertisement or malicious link, which could request your Social Security number or login ...

Surreptitious spying has become firmly and universally established as a social networking given. Parents, employers, lovers, friends, and even law enforcement officials have turned to sites like Facebook and Twitter to monitor, find, and implicate frivolous and oblivious posters. The legality of such practices rests in a gray area, though, and the potential wrongdoing is definitely not isolated ...

The Internet hosts thousands, if not millions of suicide notes, and as the nation sat dumbfounded by the IRS plane crash in Austin today, a vitriolic and truly disturbing online manifesto by the reported pilot appeared as if on cue. Joe Stack, a former software and contract engineer who had a pilot's license, was confirmed dead on the scene, but he apparently left behind an extensive ...

If you've received an e-mail from the Internal Revenue Service notifying you to fill out a Stimulus Payment form, it's fake. The e-mail is not from the IRS, even though it will appear to be from "stimulus.payment@irs.gov." Attached to the e-mail is an attachment named "Stimulus-Payments.form.pdf.htm." Clicking the file will redirect you to British teen chat site, imuze.co.uk. While there appears ...

Outside of the environmental and fuel efficiency bonuses, one of the reasons to buy hybrid vehicles like the Toyota Prius is the hefty tax credits one gets. Those tax credits, at least for Toyota hybrids, are about to expire. Here's how it works: The hybrid tax credits begin a phase out process after a manufacturer sells 60,000 vehicles. The credits drop 50 percent after the 60,000 milestone is ...

Everyone's gotta change with the times, including religious faiths, and we're not talking about same-sex marriage here. We're talking about plastic. Cash has been on the outs with the American public for a while now. Some Americans don't even bother to carry any at this point, and churches are trying to keep pace. Many now accept credit cards or automatic bank transfers for donations. Dr. Marty ...