Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Your Taxes: An Easy-to-Understand, Easy-to-Use Primer That Takes the Mystery Out of Your Taxes (Paperback)

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Product Description
The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Your Taxes is an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand guide that de-mystifies the process of taxes.

It initiates you into the mysteries of the tax process and educates you regarding tax strategies.

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The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Your Taxes is an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand guide that de-mystifies the process of taxes.

It initiates you into the mysteries of the tax process and educates you regarding tax strategies.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Fireside (January 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671502352
• ISBN-13: 978-0671502355
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #953,629 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Taxes in brief for beginners, March 30, 2000

By	[e-mail] (Columbus, OH, USA) - See all my reviews

This book was the right price and the right pace for a young person begining his or her life on their own. The Wall Street guide is comprehensive covering a quick history of taxes and then expounding upon the present state of US tax codes and the IRS. This book won't help you fill out your taxes nor contain the most up todate codes but may help make the frustration and confusion associated with filing much lest daunting and more bearable

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars OBSOLETE, November 1, 2001

By	Abhas Jain "Abhas" (MA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Tax laws have changed dramatically since 1995. A lot of the information in this book is irrelevant now. Does not include infomation on newer tax credits.

WSJ must introduce a new and updated edition.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good basic guide - helps understand the vocabulary of taxes, February 7, 2003

By	Craig Matteson (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

First, this is NOT a tax manual. This small and colorful book is designed as a general introduction to the process and vocabulary of the various taxes we all pay under varying conditions of income and investment. It is not a current guide to assist you in tax planning.

It gives you a basic introduction to the kinds of taxes we pay at the federal and local levels, the IRS, "paying as you earn", the annual (federal) return (with a nice general overview of the general applicable forms), audits (shiver!), and a little overview of tax planning. But, again, this guide's purpose is to provide a general overview and to provide you with basic concepts and vocabulary. Think of this as a good introduction to the topic rather than a practical preparation guide and you will understand what this book is trying to do.

It has lots of color and every page also uses helpful illustrations of the forms and processes involved in the tax process. Great for young people trying to learn what they are facing as the goverment(s) remove large chunks of their income to keep us in whatever it is we think we have from the government(s).