With school vacation time just around the corner and employees heading out for summer vacations, you might consider hiring your children to help out in your business. Financially, it makes more sense to keep the family employed rather than hiring strangers, provided, of course, that the family member is suitable for the job. When hiring [...]
When you see those TV ads for home solar power, you may get the impression that Uncle Sam is going to pick up 30% of your cost and you only have to come up with the other 70%. That is not necessarily the whole picture. True, the federal government has a 30% tax credit for [...]
June 10 - Report Tips to Employer If you are an employee who works for tips and received more than $20 in tips during May, you are required to report them to your employer on IRS Form 4070 no later than June 10. Your employer is required to withhold FICA taxes and income tax withholding [...]
Through 2019, employers who hire individuals from targeted groups are qualified to claim the work opportunity tax credit (WOTC). The credit is elective, and if claimed it reduces the employer's wage deduction dollar for dollar. The credit is a percentage of the employee’s first-year wages, generally up to $6,000 per eligible employee, paid during the [...]
With the enactment of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act, Congress made two significant business-friendly changes in the tax law, extending bonus depreciation and making the Section 179 deduction’s higher expensing amount permanent. This article examines these changes so that you can take full advantage of them in your trade or business. Section [...]
If you have already filed your tax return and overlooked an item of income or forgot to claim a deduction or credit, it is not too late! An amended return can be filed to correct an already filed tax return. Failing to report an item of income will most certainly generate an IRS inquiry, which [...]
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. Many find that respite care provides an answer to these problems, but extra help is always welcome when caring for someone 24/7. Unfortunately, the [...]
Selling a business is never a decision that should be made lightly. A business is something that you've likely worked hard to build from the ground up into the entity that you always hoped it could be - you don't want to sell yourself short now that you're moving onto bigger and better things. When [...]
Article Highlights: • Acquisition Debt • Equity Debt • Debt Limits • Form 1098 Modification • Correspondence Audits • Incorrect Interest Allocation Many individuals who believe all of the interest reported by home mortgage lenders on the Form 1098 is automatically deductible may be in for a very unpleasant surprise when they file their 2016 [...]
Article Highlights: • Form 4868 • Late Payment Penalty • Taxpayers Residing Abroad • Retirement Contributions • Estimated Tax Payments • Foreign Bank Account Reporting A taxpayer who needs more time to complete his or her 2015 individual tax return can request an automatic six-month extension. The extension is obtained by filing IRS Form 4868 [...]
