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Reprieves for Filers

Computer gremlins frustrated efforts by many taxpayers to file their returns electronically using TurboTax and other Intuit products before Tuesday’s deadline. But those taxpayers won’t be penalized. The Internal Revenue Service said anyone who tried to file electronically and couldn’t get through because of Intuit “server problems” has until the end of today. Intuit said the [...]

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/tax
 

Some tax deductions are aimed at individuals; many are directed to businesses. The complicated maze of tax deductions that Congress has instituted over the past 70 years has contributed to the view that the tax code in the United States needs to be completely redone in a simpler fashion.