4 expensive tax mistakes to avoid this year

AP/Susan Walsh Raise your hand if you want to pay extra taxes. Yup, that's what I thought — even the IRS says that you shouldn't pay more taxes than you must. Yet taxpayers make expensive mistakes year after year and end up overpaying both their income taxes and their investing taxes. Once you've read through this list, you'll be equipped to do better than the average taxpayer at keeping your taxes to a minimum. 1. Not considering itemized deductions When you prepare your federal tax return, y...