4. Get cracking on last-minute IRA contributions.
There are just a few more days during which a client can make an individual retirement account contribution, noted Janet C. Hagy, a certified public accountant at Hagy & Associates PC.
Taxpayers can kick in their annual $5,500 contribution for the 2013 tax year ($6,500 if over 50) if they make that contribution by April 15.
“If you need time to fund a [simplified employee pension plan] IRA, you can get an extension, and you may have until October 15 to fund it,” she added.