If you were laid off from your job at some point in the last year, at least take comfort in the fact that you are not alone. In 2022 alone, there were approximately 15.4 million layoffs in the United States as per one recent study. About 6.9 million of them happened in the last half [...]
Article Highlights: Filing Due Date Disaster Area Filing Due Dates Extensions Balance-Due Payments Contributions to Roth or Traditional IRAs Individual Refund Claims for the 2019 Tax Year If There is Still Missing Information As a reminder to those who have not yet filed their 2022 tax returns, April 18, 2023 is the due date to [...]
Article Highlights: If You Can’t Pay Automatic Extension in Federally Declared Disaster Areas Family Loans Home Equity Loans and HELOCs Credit Card Short-term Payment Plan IRS Installment Agreement Retirement Funds Filing Extensions Enforced Collections Offer-in-Compromise About 3 out of 4 American taxpayers receive a refund each year when they file their income tax returns, but [...]
At its most straightforward, the Work Opportunity Tax Credit is available at the federal level to businesses that go out of their way to hire people from a targeted group that has historically had difficulty finding gainful employment. The theory is to encourage business owners of all types to create economic opportunities whenever possible. The [...]
Article Highlights: Caring for Disabled Family Members Qualified Medicaid Waiver Payments Exclusion Qualifications Mandatory Exclusion Earned Income Earned Income Tax Credit Tax Court Ruling Many taxpayers prefer to care for ill or disabled family members in their homes as opposed to placing them in nursing homes, but doing this can be expensive, time-consuming, and exhausting. [...]
Article Highlights: Keeping home improvement records Home gain exclusion amounts Records may be required to avoid tax Many taxpayers don’t feel the need to keep home improvement records, thinking the potential gain will never exceed the amount of the tax code’s exclusion for home gains explained as follows. Under the current version of the [...]
You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who actually enjoys the process of filing taxes. Having said that, it's absolutely something that you're supposed to do like clockwork every single year. Of course, there are a myriad of different reasons why you may have fallen behind. You could be going through something of a major life [...]
