The IRS recently updated Publication 509 (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p509.pdf) which lists all the filing due dates for 2014.

Hopefully, you followed some of the suggestions we outlined a couple of years ago in Kick off the New Year... by getting organized! to organize your records. If you did, great! This will make filing your tax returns a lot easier this year. It also means that you and your tax advisor can spend more time on tax and financial planning issues for 2014 vs. looking back to 2013.

We are going to take a break from tax planning this week. Instead, the family of Bradstreet & Company would like to wish you and your family the most joyous holiday season and best wishes for 2014.

As we say goodbye to 2013, we would be remiss not to acknowledge the 100th Anniversary of the Form 1040 tax return.

Go through your house and garage and see what items you have not used in the last two years and donate them to charity. You can clean out space for all the new toys that are coming and receive a tax deduction for it!

The Ohio Department of Taxation owes millions in business tax refunds. Ohio Tax Commissioner Joe Testa said his agency is accelerating its outreach to businesses that inadvertently overpaid their taxes in order to make sure they are refunded every dollar owed to them.