Marshall Hargrave is a stock analyst and writer with 10+ years of experience covering stocks and markets, as well as analyzing and valuing companies. Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, ...

The great thing about working for someone else is that it saves you time on tax prep. Your taxable income, Social Security and Medicare taxes are all figured out on your federal W-2 form. Figuring out ...

Recent changes to the income tax laws have rewritten the rules for claiming and calculating deductions. The basic process is still the same, though: Calculate your total income and then make some ...