IRS Answers Questions Most Often Asked About Taxes
This column summarizes common taxpayer inquiries answered by the Internal Revenue Service. Topics include widow or widower tax rates, claiming medical expenses for dependents, casualty losses from disaster loans, deducting home expenses, hospital employees on contracts, frozen seafood price controls, retroactive effects of Economic Stabilization rulings, base rent definitions, and rent-control exemptions for small landlords. It also features two quotes from local editors.