Hi, I need to amend my tax return for 2006. I overlooked money that I got from selling stocks that I held for more than 5 years. I think that the tax rate on this money would be lower than my income rate since it was a risk investment and I held it for more than 5 years. The Amendment form 1040X...

Ok. The IRS's site talks about estimating tax and tells you to use your 2006 Tax return to estimate for 2007. My 2006 return is when I worked fulltime with a company - and in 2007 I'm going to be Self-employed. I am trying to figure out how much I will need to make in 2007 being self...

Hi everyone, I have suddenly found myself in a situation, and I don't know how to file my taxes. I am here as an F-1 student on OPT, it is my fifth year here. I am primarily a writer. I stayed in the U.S. for an extra year to try to write, and also to apply for graduate school for Fall 2007....

In 2006 (this year) I managed to earn $60000 as a contractor (I work 100% from home doing programming work) I'm in the state of Texas, so what taxes do I have to file and how many percentage are they? This is my first time being self employed. So far after reading online, ii know I have ot file...

Hello: My mother-in-law passed away on July 23rd. Just prior to her passing, she had sold her home/apartment buildings for $220K. She had an $80K basis in that property, which is what it was worth when it was built in the 1960's. She lived in the apartment building she owned in 2 of 12 units, or...