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How to make filing your taxes less stressful. Step 1: Remember that this year, Tax Day is April 17, not April 15.
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Most provisions of the new tax law won’t affect this year’s returns, with the exception of a temporary change broadening the deduction for medical expenses.
“If you’re just putting in numbers and hoping for the best,” an accountant says, “then maybe you need a preparer.”
Won’t be itemizing your deductions under the new tax bill? That doesn’t mean there won’t be piles of paper stacked up on your dining room table.
The agency has been warning people about swindles and myths. The biggest myth is that people want any contact with the agency, except for getting tax refunds.
The big question for taxpayers in 2017 isn’t how to file their current returns properly. It is how the new law will affect their taxes in next year’s returns.