I had zapped since this episode first published the IRS has delayed the 2020 tax filing deadline to May 17th due to COVID-19

This is NPR's life kit. I'm Sarah Gonzalez and in this episode we're attacking taxes

Are you ever surprised that we don't get taught this like in high school when we turn 18?

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Remember being 18 like what am I supposed to do with this information?

You know what I like that question so much because many people as you stated they're not familiar with the tax hold

They don't understand what's going on and so it's the norm that many people do not understand taxation

That's Kimberly Washington a New Orleans BCPA and financial expert. I actually learned about taxes in the county

By working for my dad who owned his own business, so I'm probably wanting a million person who actually was exposed to this type of information

And Kimberly tax expert wants to help us get through the tax season for first piece of advice for us

I would just say one thing organize

Organization is key so start getting all your documents together

But even if you've got the whole tax filing thing down this year is still going to be a little different

So Kimberly is going to break down the basics for us, but we're also going to talk about how filing your taxes for 2020

Will be different because of the coronavirus

Like can you get a tax break for that home office you had to set up how to handle taxes if you received unemployment checks last year

What Biden stimulus plan will mean for your taxes and how you can maybe still get a stimulus check retroactively

Okay, before we get into it with Kimberly, let's define some terms

You might already know this, but if it's your first time filing taxes, let's just make sure we're all on the same page

You're going to hear us talk about a W2, that's just a tax form that your employer sends you at the beginning of each calendar year

Your W2 tells you the amount of taxes withheld from your paycheck and you'll use this form to file your federal and state taxes

When we talk about deductions, think of them as tax breaks

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