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Important April 2023 Due Dates

April 2023 Individual Due Dates Disaster Area Extensions: Please note that when a geographical area is designated as a disaster area, due dates will be extended. For more information whether an area has been designated a disaster area and the filing extension dates visit the following websites: FEMA: https://www.fema.gov/disaster/declarations IRS: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/tax-relief-in-disaster-situations For example, disaster-area taxpayers […]

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Can’t Pay Your Taxes? Here Are Some Options

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 […]

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Home Energy Improvement Credit Is Enhanced

Article Highlights: Credit History Credit Percentage and Annual Credit Limit Per Item Credit Limit Home Energy Audit Identification Number Requirement Other Credit Issues Tip To Maximize The Credit This credit goes all the way back to 2006, providing a tax credit for making energy-saving improvements to a taxpayer’s home. This tax benefit was supposed to […]

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Are You Caring for a Disabled Family Member? Read This.

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. […]

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How Employee Stock Options Are Taxed

Article Highlights: Non-statutory Option Wage Income Statutory (Incentive) Options Capital Gains Alternative Minimum Tax Many companies, as an incentive to employees to help grow the companies’ market value, will offer stock options to key employees. The options give the employee the right to buy up to a specified number of shares of the company’s stock […]

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Be on the Outlook for Tax Reporting Forms

Article Highlights: Form W-2 Form W-2G Form 1099-G Form 1099-MISC Form 1099-DIV Form 1099-INT Form 1099-B Form 1099-S Form SSA-1099 Form RRB-1099 Form 1099-R Form 1098-T Form 1095-A Form 1099-NEC Form 1099-K Schedule K-1 With tax season upon us, documents reporting income, sales and other items needed for your 2022 tax return should have arrived […]

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Many Taxpayers Will See Smaller Refunds This Year

Article Highlights: Child Tax Credit  Dependent Care Benefits Recovery Rebates Employee Retention Credit Congress has for years used the tax return as a means of providing benefits to taxpayers in need and incentives to stimulate activities in business,  as well as addressing environmental issues. So when COVID-19 hit, Congress and many state governments provided tax […]