8 Ways Parents Can Cut Their Taxes and Smooth the Process

Parenting should be about the squeals on Christmas morning, turkeys drawn from hand tracings, and off-key singing in the back seat of the car, not potentially annoying or costly issues at tax time. With a big hat tip to the folks at IRS.gov, here are eight tax tips for parents:

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