IRS Help – Resources to Help You File Your Taxes

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        It’s Tax Time again!! To help you in the process we thought we’d share the IRS’s top resources.  Hope this helps! 2016-02-12     Free Resources:

Free Tax Return Preparation

Free Help To Resolve Tax Disputes

Paid Providers:

Directory of Federal Tax Return Preparers

Choosing a Paid Tax Professional

Types of Paid Tax Professional

Tax Professional Associations

Authorized e-File Providers

Prepare Your Own Taxes:  Free Resources

Free File

Pay Electronically

Commercial Software

E-file Option

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When Family Visits During The Holiday

Written by trishfms on . Posted in Be Prepared, central florida moving, healthy living, Holiday, home owner, Kids, moving advise, Parent, real estate, Uncategorized

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At Florida Moving Systems, Inc., we understand when family comes to visit you want them to be comfortable.

Here are a few quick tips to make their visit is fun and stress free!

Put out Slippers or Ask Your Guests To Remove Their Shoes Upon Entry:

You may want to keep your floors clean and ask your guests to take off their shoes OR put out slippers, which you can buy for cheap at Walmart or Target. This will not only demonstrate your welcoming consideration, but it’ll add an air of coziness to your home.

Convert Your Rooms:

You’ll need extra sleeping accommodations, so you might want to start converting any spare rooms into guests’ quarters. Look for some old couches or purchase a blow-up mattress or two. You may also want to go shopping for a futon so your guests can sit up and talk and have a place to sleep. For added convenience, put a mini fridge in your guest room that’s stocked with beverages.

Plan Fun Activities:

Keep your family members on their toes with activities. Look online for places to hang out, like a nearby bowling alley or shopping areas. If the weather permits, set up a volleyball net in the backyard or take the fun indoors with group games like Taboo and Pictionary. At night, play holiday movies, such as A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and A Christmas Story.

Source:  NAVL

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Top 10 Homemade Kids Halloween Costumes

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Still thinking about what to dress your kids or family up for Halloween?  You only have a few days to figure it out, so we scoured the internet and found our favorite Top 10 DIY Costumes!

Happy Halloween!! 

Cabbage Patch Doll cabbage Patch doll halloween costume

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First Comes Love… Family Costume!family first comes love halloween costume

 

Gnomegnome halloween costume baby

   

Jellyfishjellyfish kids halloween costume

 

Old Couplekids halloween costume old people

 

Bag of Leavesleaf bad kids halloween costume

 

PennyPenny Halloween Costume

 

Superman/Clark Kentsuperman halloween costume baby

 

The White Rabbitwhite rabbit halloween costume

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How to stay healthy with back to school germs

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It’s Back To School Time… which means GERM Season is back!

Yes, end of Summer is here, which means settling back into the comfortable routine of days marked by the ringing of school bells. It also means cold and flu season lurking just around the corner. Every parent dreads their child getting sick when school starts, even if it’s “just” a cold.

At best, you have a child not feeling well, not eating or sleeping well-a child missing school and parents missing work. At worst, a cold occasionally develops into something more, requiring a visit to the doctor and medical attention. What’s an overworked, sleep-deprived parent to do? Especially if they can’t afford to miss work? Well, here are some facts and practical tips to help keep your family healthy this cold and flu season.

Colds and flu are caused by viruses, not bacteria. Viruses are one type of germ that infects cells and makes us ill. Here are some common illnesses from viruses:

  • Head cold: Many colds are caused by rhinoviruses. Rhino means nose in Greek, so these are viruses that infect the nose. We get runny and stuffy noses when we have colds because that is where the virus is setting up shop.
  • Stomach flu: Rhinoviruses are actually one of a group of viruses called enteroviruses. Entero means intestine in Greek. These viruses infect our gastrointestinal tract, causing sore throat, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea-an illness some people call the stomach flu.
  • Influenza: A stomach “bug” is different from the actual flu, which is caused by the influenza virus. Influenza comes from the Italian word for influence of the stars. In medieval Europe, people thought outbreaks of colds and flu were caused by the movement of the stars.
Unlike bacterial infections, which can be treated with antibiotics, there are no medicines we can take to kill the viruses that cause colds and flu. We have to rely on our immune systems to do that job for us.

Avoiding Infection:

  • Hand Washing frequently with soap and water-and always before eating, after using the restroom and after being in a public place. Regular soap is fine; antibacterial soap isn’t necessary because colds are caused by viruses not bacteria.
  • Avoid sharing food, drinks, utensils, washcloths, toys, etc.
  • Cough or sneeze in a tissue or the crook of the elbow instead of the bare hand.
  • It is recommend if a child has a fever they can return to school 24 hours after fever has broken. Please do not send your child to school with a fever.
  • Give your child a box of tissue to keep in their desk/cubby as well as keep a box of tissue at your desk.
  • Use Hand Sanitizer
Cold and flu viruses are not airborne. You can’t catch a cold just by being in the same room as someone who’s sick.

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