{"id":1324,"date":"2011-03-10T08:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T13:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2014-09-01T18:46:05","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T23:46:05","slug":"last-minute-tax-time-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/last-minute-tax-time-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Last minute tax time tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/last-minute-tax-time-tips.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4482\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/last-minute-tax-time-tips\/last-minute-tax-time-tips-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/last-minute-tax-time-tips.png?fit=800%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"last minute tax time tips\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/last-minute-tax-time-tips.png?fit=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/last-minute-tax-time-tips-200x300.png?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"last minute tax preparation\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/last-minute-tax-time-tips.png?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/last-minute-tax-time-tips.png?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/last-minute-tax-time-tips.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are paralyzed about tax time, here are a few ways to get started and unstuck.<\/p>\n<p>Items you can get off the internet if you don&#8217;t have the papers you need.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use your year end credit card statements.\u00a0\u00a0 These are already categorized for taxes.<\/li>\n<li>Go online to your mortgage company and download your mortgage expenses and\u00a0property tax for your 1098.\u00a0 Property taxes\u00a0 and mortgage expenses are the biggest deductions in Texas.<\/li>\n<li>Use your online pay stubs to find the taxes you paid on your final paycheck for 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Visit your online banking and print statements out needed for income and expenses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have papers, but are overwhelmed and not sure where to\u00a0start.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go through your papers and mail to\u00a0find all the 1099s, 1098s and any other envelope marked important tax document on the outside of the envelope.<\/li>\n<li>Spend one hour\u00a0sorting income and expenses.\u00a0 Spend 30 minutes sorting income into interest and\u00a0dividends and then stocks for capital gains.\u00a0 Spend another\u00a030 minutes\u00a0sorting medical into doctors\/dentists, labs, eyeglasses, out of pocket and deductibles.\u00a0 \u00a0 Spent another 30 minutes sorting charitable deductions.\u00a0 Spend another 30 minutes using\u00a0 ItsDeductibleonline.com to tabulate your charity non cash donations. Finalize with 30 minutes of wrap up.<\/li>\n<li>Group your credit card and other receipts by categories for your small business, such as advertising, meals (with the name of who you worked with and the work you did written on the receipt), office supplies, mileage\u00a0and educational expenses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The hardest thing about taxes is getting started! Just do it, jump on it, get help with a professional or tax software, and you will be very glad you did!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; If you are paralyzed about tax time, here are a few ways to get started and unstuck. Items you can get off the internet if you don&#8217;t have the papers you need. Use your year end credit card statements.\u00a0\u00a0 These are already categorized for taxes. 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