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Karen Hube

Contributor

Karen Hube is a freelance writer covering taxes, investing and personal finance. In addition to her work for The Fiscal Times, she writes a tax column for The Washington Post and contributes to Barron’s. She began her career as a beat reporter at The Pottsville Republican in Pennsylvania, moved to personal finance reporting at Money magazine, and became a staff writer at The Wall Street Journal. Since 2000, she’s written for a variety of newspapers, magazines and websites.

Recent Posts

5 Tips for Last-Minute Charitable Gift-Giving

Posted: 12/23/2011 12:01:00 AM

This holiday season, Americans are spending $465 billion – a staggering amount that is almost equivalent to the gross domestic product of Pakistan – and a good portion of that on gifts.  Sund…

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12 Ways You Can Whittle Down Your 2011 Tax Bill

Posted: 12/9/2011 1:30:00 AM

This column was corrected on Dec. 21.  See below.  Between holiday shopping, parties, concerts and gift wrapping, make room for one more task: whittling down your 2011 tax bill…

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Tax, Lies and Red Tape: A Muddle of Reforms

Posted: 11/25/2011 12:00:00 AM

It’s hard enough wading through the tax code to prepare your personal tax returns. But parsing the blizzard of proposals for tax hikes, tax cuts and tax reform offered by President Obama, lawmaker…

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Tax Credits Fueling Green Energy Could Vanish

Posted: 11/11/2011 12:00:00 AM

Anyone can decide at any time to install a solar power system or energy efficient windows and appliances -- or otherwise improve the energy efficiency of their homes or businesses. But the ev…

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GOP Tax Plans: Who Wins, Who Loses

Posted: 10/28/2011 6:23:00 AM

When Texas Gov. Rick Perry unveiled his tax plan on Tuesday, there was some hope that he would deliver viable tax reform and distinguish himself from his Republican presidential rivals. No dice…

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