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28. February 2011 08:54
Doing your taxes is never fun, but it just got a whole lot easier, thanks to your smart phone! So throw away the shoeboxes full of receipts, because here are the five best new tax apps for smart-phones:
- First, IRS-2-Go. This app comes directly from the IRS and it lets you track the status of your return. You can find out when your refund will be coming in the mail and sign up for tax tips. The best part is: it’s totally free.
- Next tax app is called Tax Organizer. This app will cost you about $15 a month but it’s great for business owners. You can snap a picture of every receipt with your smart phone and send it straight to your accountant. The app will arrange them chronologically and store them in case of an audit.
- If you just can’t wait for tax time, and want to know your estimated refund right NOW, there’s Tax Caster Mobile. You can enter your basic info, like your income and deductions, and the app will tell you how much you’re likely to owe or receive. It’s good too for when you start a new job or buy a house; you can check to see how that’ll affect your taxes.
- Then there’s I-Donated-It. This app was created by a group of CPAs. For under three bucks, it allows you to snap a photo every time you drop a bag off at the Goodwill or donate a car. Then it keeps a list of everything you donated, when and where you did it and emails it straight to your accountant. That way if you’re ever audited you have some backup.
- The final tax-app doesn’t have a cutesy name it’s called THE DICTIONARY OF TAX TERMS. The tax code is full of all sorts of confusing legalese. This app has definitions for more than 600 of those words. So if you’re doing your own taxes you don’t get bogged down in mumbo-jumbo. It’s a lot of clarification for not a lot of money; this app is only a buck-ninety nine.
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