The JK Lasser Institute is composed by a team of tax and personal finance specialists and provides the reader with an independent, easy-to-use tax and personal finance advice. In this site you can find all the information you need to know about the institute and about the products and services they provide. In the 1040 section of this site you can read about the 1040 essentials, filing basics, tax filing status, figuring your taxes, paying your taxes and much more. In the Income section you can read about fringe benefits, dividend and interest income, reporting property sales, taxable wages, salary, retirement and much more. In the Deductions and Credit section you can read the basics, all about charitable contribution deductions, deductions for taxes, deducting car and truck expenses and educational tax benefits among others. In the Life Planning section of this site you can find information about life events, investments, real estate, education, retirement, gift and estate taxes and also you can find about risk management and asset protection as well.