If your local Scout troop or quilting club has gotten a notice from the IRS lately, saying the group's tax-exempt status has been revoked, don't panic. The notice is real - it just means you have some work to do to regain that tax-exempt status.

Let's set the stage: you and your father are spending some quality time together at the ballpark on a Friday afternoon, hoping to see your home team, the New York Yankees, pull off a win against the Tampa Bay Rays. The sun is shining brightly, the vendors are slinging brats and brew, and the Yankees fans are ramped up for today's big game.

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The IRS is shedding a little brighter light on the awful Japan disasters in March of 2011 by declaring them qualified disasters for federal tax purposes.

OK, admit it. Even thought at 1040.com we work hard to make taxes smart and simple, most people would rather not deal with taxes at all. But what if there were $54,000 on the other side?