Tax Issues of Converting Your Residence into a Rental Property The simple maneuver of converting your personal residence to a rental property brings with it many tax rules, mostly good when you know how they work. The first question that arises when you convert a...
How to Deduct Assisted Living and Nursing Home Bills” Watch your wallet: the median cost in 2018 for an assisted living facility was $48,000 and over $100,000 for nursing home care. If you could deduct these expenses, you’d substantially reduce your income tax...
Can the IRS Require Odometer Readings with the Mileage Rate? Do you claim your business miles at the IRS optional rate? If so, imagine you are now being audited by the IRS for your business mileage. The IRS has requested odometer readings for your vehicle. You might...
QBI Issue When Your S Corp Is a Partner in a Partnership It’s common to consider making your S corporation (versus yourself) a partner in your partnership: it saves you self-employment taxes. Does this affect your Section 199A deduction? It does. Guaranteed payments...
Know These Tax Rules If Your Average Rental Is Seven Days or Less If you own a condominium, cottage, cabin, lake or beach home, ski lodge, or similar property that you rent for an “average” rental period of seven days or less for the year, you have a property with...
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...
