Financial Planner

Checklist: Your 2000 Taxes

Things to do this weekend with your money: Use technology to make sure your taxes are on track.

* Today: If you’re expecting a big tax refund this year--or a big tax bill--you should adjust your withholding to more accurately reflect your financial situation. Your company’s personnel office has the necessary forms. You can use interactive calculators at https://www.quicken.com or https://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/ind_info/webw4/index.html. If your tax situation is particularly complex, you may want to consult a professional tax preparer.

4 Saturday: Making big profits in the stock market or in a small business can have a downside: You’ll owe more taxes and you could owe underpayment penalties as well. Make sure you understand how estimated taxes work by reading a good tax book or Chapter 5 of IRS Publication 17, “Your Federal Income Tax,” available online at https://www.irs.gov.

*4 Sunday: Many tax preparation sites offer estimation calculators to help you project your 2000 tax bill. One of the better ones is on TurboTax’s Web site at https://www.turbotax.com.

Your Weekend Viewing/Listening

Some highlights of business programming. (All times Pacific Time)

Today

* 3:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 8:30 p.m.: “Moneyline.” (CNN)

* 5:30 p.m.: “Nightly Business Report.” James Stack, president, InvesTech Research. (KCET; also airs at 6:30 p.m. on KOCE)

* 8:30 p.m.: “Wall Street Week With Louis Rukeyser.” Topic: Small Stock Outlook. Guest: L. Keith Mullins, Salomon Smith Barney. (KCET; also airs at 6 p.m. Saturday on KOCE)

Saturday

* 4 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.: “Your Money.” (CNN)

* 9 a.m.: “The Motley Fool Radio Show.” Making money in new media; AOL versus Yahoo debate; and Human Genome Sciences. (KFI-AM [640])

* Noon, 5:30 p.m.: “Moneyweek.” (CNN)

* 12:30 p.m.: “Movers With Jan Hopkins.” (CNN)

* 1 p.m.: “CNet News.com” (CNBC; also airs at 1 p.m. Sunday)

* 1 p.m.: “Money Talk” with Bob Brinker. (KABC-AM [790]; also airs at 1 p.m. Sunday)

* 2 p.m.: “The Motley Fool Radio Show.” See 9 a.m. Saturday for description. (KERN-AM [1410] Bakersfield)

* 3:30 a.m.: “CBS MarketWatch Weekend.” Ben Younger, writer and director of the Wall Street movie “Boiler Room”; hiring a financial planner; and new wave of securities called Diamonds, Spiders, WEBs and HOLDRs. (KCBS)

* 4 p.m., 11 p.m.: “Weekend Squawk Box.” (CNBC; also airs at 4:30 p.m. Sunday)

Sunday

* 10 a.m.: “Mr. Money” with Mark Rothstein. (KRLA-AM [1110])

* 10:30 a.m.: “Wall Street Journal Report.” How long will the biotech stock boom last? Internet soaps and comedies are giving TV some tough competition. (KABC)