Article Highlights:
Who Qualifies for Education Credits
American Opportunity Credit
Lifetime Learning Credit
Qualifications
Who Gets the Credit
1098-T
Qualified Expenses
If you think that education credits are just…
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If you had to make a list of some of the most critical elements of running a business that most new entrepreneurs don't think enough about until it's far too late, bookkeeping would undoubtedly be right at the top.
On a surface level, bookkeeping…
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Article Highlights:
Maximize Education Tax Credits
Employer Health Flexible Spending Accounts
Maximize Health Savings Account Contributions
Convert Traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs
Don’t Forget Your 2021 Minimum Required Distributions
…
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Though everybody wants their money to grow, few people understand the best way to make that happen. It’s all about where you choose to put your money and the rate of growth you’re able to achieve over a period of time. When you’re trying…
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Article Highlights:
COVID-19 and Tax-Return Processing Delays
Congress Helped to Create the Backlog
Taxpayer Advocate’s Assessment
Backlog
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS was getting refunds out swiftly and responded…
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Article Highlights:
Filing Requirements
Changing Filing Status
Social Security Benefits
Traditional IRA Deductibility
Roth IRA Contribution Restrictions
Higher Education Interest Deduction
Itemized Deductions
Medicare…
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October 2021 Individual Due Dates
October 12 - Report Tips to Employer
If you are an employee who works for tips and received more than $20 in tips during September, you are required to report them to your employer on IRS Form 4070 no later…
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Not to overstate the obvious, but the last 18 months have seen major modifications in the ways that most Americans spent their money. Without the ability to visit department stores, malls, and big-box stores, retail therapy was significantly…
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Article Highlights
IRA Contribution Age Restrictions Removed
Required Minimum Distributions
Qualified Charitable Distribution
Tax Trap
Individuals are required to begin taking distributions from their IRA when they reach a certain…
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Article Highlights:
Head of household filing status
Earned income tax credit
Child tax credit
Child care credit for certain working grandparents
Grandchild education credits
Medical and dental expenses
More and more individuals…
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Education Credits are for Children? Think Again!
Tax Tips, TaxesThe Ins and Outs of Bookkeeping: All the Best Practices to Get the Best Financial Outcome From Your Organization
Finance Tips, Financial PlanningFall Tax Planning May Be Wise
Tax PlanningHow Understanding the ‘Rule of 72’ Helps You Make Personal Finance Decisions
Personal FinanceThe IRS Backlog Is Causing Taxpayer Heartburn
Tax NewsFiling as Married Separate? Better Read This.
Tax Planning, Tax TipsOctober 2021 Due Dates
Due DatesPost-Pandemic Savings Burning a Hole in Your Pocket?
COVID-19, SavingsComplications to the IRA-to-Charity Distribution Provision
IRA Contributions, IRA'sTax Breaks for Grandparents
Tax Tips, Taxes