You'd like to buckle down and do your income taxes. Really, you would. But you're missing one key form: last year's federal income tax return. But wait? It will cost you $30 to get an actual copy?

Transcript Codes show what actions are being performed on your tax file. Savvy filers know that they can pull their tax transcript and potentially see when they will be getting their tax refund early.

It's tax time, you're digging through your records... and your preparer or tax software asks about tax payments you've already made. Um, was I supposed to track those? Lots of small business owners ...