Tax Breaks for Hiring Your Children in Your Family Business

Article Highlights: Child Under the Age of 19 or a Student Under the Age of 24 Kiddie Tax Tax on a Child’s Earned Income Deduction for the Business Employment Taxes IRAs and Retirement Plans You might consider hiring…

Did You Get a Letter from the IRS? Don’t Panic.

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Article Highlights: IRS Notices CP Series Notice Automated Notices Frequent Errors ID Theft Penalties and Interest What You Should Do What We Will Do Now that most tax refunds are deposited directly into taxpayers’…

Employer-Offered Benefits That Can Save You Money and Taxes

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Article Highlights:   Health Insurance Retirement Plans Special Rule for Military Spouses Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefits Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Group Term Life Insurance Qualified Employee Discounts …

Have You Gotten Bad Tax Advice?

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 Article Highlights: Divorce or Separation Agreements Can Specify Who Claims a Child. If You Pay Child Support, You Claim the Child as a Dependent. Avoiding Payroll Taxesby Treating an Employee’s Compensation as a Gift. Only…

Did You Overlook Something on a Prior Tax Return? 

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Article Highlights: Repercussions of Incorrect Tax Returns Filing Amended Returns Statute of Limitations for Refunds Potential of Audit It is not uncommon to discover that an item of income was overlooked, a deduction was not…

Reconstructing Individual Tax Records

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Article Highlights  Advance Preparedness Cloud Storage Copies of Returns or Return Transcripts Records of Personal Residence and Real Property Vehicles Personal Property Business Records Hurricanes, fires, floods,…

When Can You Dump Old Tax Records?

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Article Highlights: General statute is 3 years Some states are longer Fraud, failure to file and other issues can extend the statute Keeping the actual return Taxpayers often question how long records must be kept and the…

Are You Caring for a Disabled Family Member? Read This.

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Article Highlights: Caring for Disabled Family Members Qualified Medicaid Waiver Payments Exclusion Qualifications Mandatory Exclusion Earned Income Earned Income Tax Credit Tax Court Ruling Many taxpayers prefer…

Be on the Outlook for Tax Reporting Forms

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Article Highlights: Form W-2 Form W-2G Form 1099-G Form 1099-MISC Form 1099-DIV Form 1099-INT Form 1099-B Form 1099-S Form SSA-1099 Form RRB-1099 Form 1099-R Form 1098-T Form 1095-A Form 1099-NEC …

Haven’t Filed Tax Returns for Multiple Years? Here’s What You Need to Do Next

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You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who actually enjoys the process of filing taxes. Having said that, it's absolutely something that you're supposed to do like clockwork every single year. Of course, there is a myriad of different reasons…