We recently had our annual pay increase exercise at my university and it did a number of things, including hand delivering pay worksheets and emailing password-protected Excel spreadsheets to ensure that the amount of the raises given was a well-kept secret.

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You need to be sure to file the right forms, fill out the applicable worksheets and meet important deadlines.

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Instead it is filled with worksheets and life coaching prompts intended to make the experience interactive and productive for readers.

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This is a revenue opportunity for virtual schools and specialized portals that offer everything from free advice, reading lists, worksheets, books and CD-ROMs to subscription K-12 packages.

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You can make a pretty good argument that software has contributed to the current junky state of the tax code by allowing Congress to pile on complex provisions (requiring lots of new worksheets, forms and calculations) without facing a full-scale taxpayer revolt.

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The original 1040 form, first available in 1913, included only four pages total: two pages of worksheets, the actual 1040 form, and only one page of instructions.

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There are 19 separate worksheets imbedded in the Form 1040 instructions, and the possibility of filing numerous other forms, depending on the circumstances.

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Often there is enough to keep them busy for about 10 minutes and I am glad that I have a briefcase full of worksheets.

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