The cost of higher education continues to rise each year, making it challenging for families to manage this financial burden. Fortunately, all states as well as a consortium of private institutions offer education plans to enable families to save for higher education on a tax-advantaged basis...
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Interest on municipal bonds is exempt from regular federal income tax. However, the interest may be taxable—directly or indirectly—under certain circumstances...
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The tax law is a moving target. If you look at any given moment, you’ll see rules that may disappear at a later glance. In the past several months, JKLasser.com has been asked about each of the following tax breaks...
Full story >>No. A Schedule C is required if you are in a trade or business. However, you can report miscellaneous income on line 21 of Form 1040 (“other income”). This miscellaneous income is not subject to s...
Unreimbursed employee business expenses can be deducted as a miscellaneous itemized deduction on Schedule A of Form 1040. So you must itemize, and only amounts in excess of 2% of adjusted gross income...
The cost of higher education continues to rise each year, making it challenging for families to manage this financial burden. Fortunately, all states as well as a consortium of private institutions of...
Interest on municipal bonds is exempt from regular federal income tax. However, the interest may be taxable—directly or indirectly—under certain circumstances.State income taxesNot all sta...
It depends on whether you’re viewed under the tax law as a developer. If you hold the lot as investment property, any gain you reap is taxed as capital gain. You may also owe an additional 3.8% tax ...
For the past 5 years, taxpayers with adjusted gross income up to a certain amount ($58,000 in 2013) have been able to prepare their federal income tax returns and file them electronically at no cost. ...
The numbers are out and they’re not comforting. Taxpayers spend an exorbitant amount of time and money filing their federal income tax returns each year, and this filing season had been no different...
Tax Freedom Day is April 21, which is three days later than last year. This is the day that the Tax Foundation computes as the time when the entire nation has paid enough to satisfy tax obligations fo...
The IRS is holding refunds totaling $760 billion for about 918,600 taxpayers who did not file their 2010 returns. The last day to file and claim the outstanding refunds related to these returns is Apr...
The president’s budget proposal for the government’s 2015 fiscal year contains a measure to expand the earned income tax credit (EITC). This credit is fully refundable, so low- and moderate-income...
The cost of higher education continues to rise each year, making it challenging for families to manage this financial burden. Fortunately, all states as well as a consortium of private institutions of...
Interest on municipal bonds is exempt from regular federal income tax. However, the interest may be taxable—directly or indirectly—under certain circumstances.State income taxesNot all sta...
The tax law is a moving target. If you look at any given moment, you’ll see rules that may disappear at a later glance. In the past several months, JKLasser.com has been asked about each of the foll...
Winter blizzards, spring tornadoes, summer hurricanes, fall wildfires—disasters can occur at any time, and despite precautions, you may suffer a financial disaster because of Mother Nature. Tax reli...
Health care costs may not be increasing at the same pace as in prior years, but costs for most people have not gone down. One solution for finding more affordable health coverage, especially for those...
No. A Schedule C is required if you are in a trade or business. However, you can report miscellaneous income on line 21 of Form 1040 (“other income”). This miscellaneous income is not subject to s...
Unreimbursed employee business expenses can be deducted as a miscellaneous itemized deduction on Schedule A of Form 1040. So you must itemize, and only amounts in excess of 2% of adjusted gross income...
It depends on whether you’re viewed under the tax law as a developer. If you hold the lot as investment property, any gain you reap is taxed as capital gain. You may also owe an additional 3.8% tax ...
Earned income remains taxable regardless of age. Similarly, such income continues to be subject to Social Security and Medicare taxes (FICA for an employee; self-employment tax for a self-employed per...
No. The computation of alternative minimum tax (AMT) starts with adjusted gross income from which itemized deductions other than miscellaneous itemized deductions and state and local taxes are subtrac...
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