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Is mom wasting her college degree?

Stay-at-home mothers have many reasons for pursuing higher education. Instead of questioning them, let’s push for policies that would make life easier for all moms.

Worse drivers: Males or females?

Which group causes more accidents, drives drunk more often and is responsible for more traffic deaths? Take a look at government and auto insurance statistics.

The ultimate tax shelter: Owning your own business

The surest way to reduce your taxes is to convert personal expenditures into allowable deductions. Turn even a hobby into a business and you’ll cut your tax bill.

Home, the mother of all tax shelters

Owning a house gives you huge tax advantages. And in recent years, the IRS has made claiming even more tax breaks easy.

Prepare for your tax preparer

The ‘envelope system’ gets you organized, helps you and your preparer find tax savings — and offers peace of mind. Here’s how to put it to work.

10 tax goofs many of us keep making

Year after year, the IRS sees Americans committing the same sorts of mistakes on their returns. Many of these errors are easy to avoid; some are more complicated.