I Lost My Job, Now What? Tax Issues of Unemployment, Part 1: Severance Pay
Photo by timetrax23 on Flickr.com First and foremost, I’m sorry for your loss. Losing a job is pretty hard to take and you’re allowed to have a mourning period, but you only get about a day because...
View ArticleI Lost My Job, Now What? Tax Issues of Unemployment, Part 2: The 401(k)
Photo by Tomi Knuutila on Flickr.com There are so many issues with losing a job that you hate to think about taxes, but it’s important to think things through. In the last post, I talked about...
View ArticleJob Loss Part 3: Losing Your Health Insurance
Photo by Claus Rebler on Flickr.com While losing your income is probably the worst thing about losing a job, the second worst thing for most people is losing you health care benefits. If you’re young...
View ArticleI Lost My Job, Now What? Tax Issues of Unemployment, Part 4: Unemployment...
Photo by Gary J. Wood on Flickr.com After you lose your job, you’re going to want to sign up for your unemployment compensation right away. The first thing you’re going to do is check out your state’s...
View ArticleI Lost My Job, Now What? Tax Issues of Unemployment, Part 5: What Can I Deduct?
You may have heard about some of the things that you can deduct if you’re looking for a job: copying and mailing your resume, trips to another city for a job interview, fees you may pay to a...
View ArticleI Lost My Job and Can’t Pay the IRS
Photo by Timetrax on flickr.com I write a lot about what to do if you can’t pay the IRS, but this is new stuff just for 2011 taxes. If you’re out of work, or if you’re self-employed and your income...
View ArticleSaving for Unemployment
Photo by 401K 2012 at Flickr.com I know what you’re thinking—don’t I mean saving for retirement? That’s what everybody talks about, right? Correct. Everybody talks about retirement, including...
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