January 9, 2018
The estate tax exemption and the gift tax work together in a sense that you have a unified lifetime credit for gifts, which match the estate tax exemption. The unified credit increases each year, along with the estate tax exemption. Each year there is ...
January 9, 2018
In 2014, the IRS classified cryptocurrency as property, and not currency. How property is taxed is that if you hold an asset for less than a year, and you sell it, you pay ordinary income tax at your ordinary tax rate. If you hold that asset for a year ..
January 9, 2018
So let’s talk the standard deduction for a second. The standard deduction for individuals is $12,000, and for couples it is $24,000. Before someone is required to file a tax return, they have to meet the standard deduction. If you are self-employed, ...
January 9, 2018
But every year it seems like the income tax refund schedule is changed. In 2017, for example, returns with the earned income tax credit (EITC) or additional child tax credit (ACTC) were delayed by the IRS in order to deter fraud. For the 2018 income tax f
January 8, 2018
The new law carves out a brand-new tax deduction for owners of pass-through entities, including partners in partnerships, shareholders in S corporations, members of limited liability companies (LLCs) and sole proprietors.
January 5, 2018
The IRS says that for the 2018 income tax filing season, taxpayers with the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC) will likely see delays in their refunds.
January 5, 2018
The IRS has announced that it will officially begin accepting returns for the 2017 tax year on January 29, 2018 (IR-2018-01, 1/4/18). This is a little later than usual to give the nation’s tax collection agency enough time to ensure security and ...
January 2, 2018
The TCJA also benefits many small businesses while presenting new obstacles. In general, the revised rules for businesses take effect in 2018 and are permanent, unlike most changes for individuals.
January 2, 2018
Most of the key provisions likely to affect individual taxpayers take effect in 2018 (for taxes that will be reported by April 2019), but are scheduled to sunset after 2026. Keeping that in mind, here are the essentials you should know about.
January 2, 2018
The standard deduction is effectively doubled to $12,000 for single filers and $24,000 for joint filers, while the additional standard deductions for the elderly and blind are retained.
January 1, 2018
There are so many cool things that you can do with this new tax law. I will be updating you on more of them soon.
January 1, 2018
The TCJA doubles increases the child tax credit (CTC) from $1,000 to $2,000 and raises the refundable portion of the CTC to $1,400. In addition, it authorizes a $500 nonrefundable credit for non-child dependents for taxpayers who don’t claim a CTC.