2020 Last-Minute Year-End Tax Strategies for Tax Code Offset When you take advantage of the tax code’s offset game, your stock market portfolio can represent a little gold mine of opportunities to reduce your 2020 income taxes. The tax code contains the basic rules...
2020 Last-Minute Year-End Tax Strategies for Marriage, Kids, and Family If you have children under the age of 18 and you file your business tax return as a proprietorship or partnership, you can find big savings in the work your children do for your business. And if...
IRS: New law provides relief for eligible taxpayers who need funds from IRAs and other retirement plans IR-2020-172, July 29, 2020 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service provided a reminder today that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act...
TCJA Tax Reform Sticks It to Business Start-Ups That Lose Money Good news. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) didnot harm the backdoor Roth strategy. As you likely know, the Roth IRA is a terrific wayto grow your wealth with a minimum tax downsidebecause you pay the...
Avoid the 1099 Prepaid-Rent Mismatch Two questions:Did you prepay your 2019 rent so that you have a big 2018 tax deduction?How do you identify in your accounting records the monies you put on your IRS Form 1099-MISC for the business rent payments to your landlord? For...
Take Money Out of Your IRA at Any Age Penalty-Free You probably think you can’t take money out of your IRAs before age 59 1/2 unless you meet a narrow exception to the unpleasant 10 percent penalty on early distributions. But that’s not true. We have a variety of...