Deductions

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Pam Talks Planning: Last minute tax savings for individuals.

1) Charitable Deduction - $300 without using Schedule A to itemize 2) Schedule A – close to itemizing – bunch every other year a....

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Last minute year-end tax tips for businesses.

*Pay final bills and postmark by 12/31/2020 *Newly purchased business equipment must be placed in service by 12/31/2020 to be deductible...

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Still Time to Take Advantage of Some 2019 Tax Deductions

Courtesy of T. Rowe Price February 18, 2020 Judith Ward, CFP®, Senior Financial Planner You have until April 15, 2020, to...

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Final rules determine maximum vehicle values

The IRS updated the fleet-average and vehicle cents-per-mile valuation rules described...

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IRS Restores Capital Gains Tax (To Form 1040) And Other Tax Return Changes For 2020

Ready or not, tax return reporting has changed yet again for the 2020 tax season.

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Can I Write Off Crowdfunding Contributions?

Reflexively, most of us would say “yes.” Most people use the donor’s intent to distinguish between charitable contributions and...

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The Tax Status of Crowdfunding Receipts: Are They Gifts?

A cancer survivor from Nebraska was sure that her GoFundMe receipts were non-reportable gifts. After all, they were (at least mostly) for...

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Optimizing residential real estate deductions

Courtesy of Journal of Accountancy by Janet C. Hagy, CPA

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How to Decrease Your Payroll Taxes with a Common Paymaster

If a company has more than one entity, there is a good chance that they are overpaying payroll taxes for some of their employees...

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That Long List of Deductions Just Shrank

Do you live in a state with high income taxes? If your saving grace has been a long list of deductions, the game may be over thanks to...

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