Article Highlights: If you can’t pay Loans Credit card payments IRS Installment agreement Retirement funds The vast majority of Americans get a tax refund from the IRS each spring, but what if you are one of those who end ends up owing? The IRS encourages you to pay the full amount of your tax liability […]
Article Highlights: Bureau of the Fiscal Service Allowable Refund Offsets Disputing an Offset Injured Spouse Claim We all look forward to receiving our tax refunds, but what if you were expecting a refund and it never arrived? It may be because you have outstanding federal or state debts—and not just tax-related debts. The Treasury Department’s […]
Article Highlights: Changing Filing Status Liability Community Property States Social Security Benefits Capital Loss Limitations Sec 179 Business Expensing Election Rental Loss Limitation Traditional IRA Contributions Roth IRA Contributions Education Credits Series EE or I Bonds Higher Education Interest Standard Deduction Medicare Premiums Allocating Home Mortgage Interest Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) 2021 Tax Rate Tables […]
Article Highlights: Extensions Balance-Due Payments Contributions to Roth or Traditional IRAs Individual Refund Claims for the 2017 Tax Year Missing Information As a reminder to those who have not yet filed their 2020 tax returns, May 17, is the due date to either file a return (and pay the taxes owed) or file for an […]
Article Highlights: The refund statute expires on May 17, 2021 for unfiled 2017 returns. Unfiled returns will lose out on refundable credits. Refunds may be offset by unpaid child support, past due student loans, and back taxes. If you have not yet filed your 2017 tax return and have a refund coming, time to claim […]
Article Highlights: $5,000 First-year Start-up and Organizational Expense Write-off Timely Filing Requirements Qualifying Start-up Expenses Trade or Business Purchase Qualifying Organizational Expenses Expense Write-off Limitations How to Make the Election Other Considerations Unfortunately, as a result of the COVID pandemic many small firms have gone out of business. Fortunately, with the help of vaccines, new […]
Article Highlights: Filing Due Date Balance due payments Contributions to a Roth or traditional IRA Estimated tax payments for the first quarter of 2021 Individual refund claims for tax year 2017 Just a reminder to those who have not yet filed their 2020 federal tax return that thanks to the IRS extending the filing due […]
Article Highlights: Your Federal Tax Refund Status Can Be Checked Online Delay When Claiming Earned Income Tax Credit or Additional Child Tax Credit “Where’s My Refund?” Refunds Are Generally Issued Within 21 Days of E-Filing Paper Filed Return Will Take Longer Information Needed to Check Refund Status Direct Deposit Provides the Quickest Refunds When to […]
Article Highlights: CARES and COVID Tax Relief Acts Unemployment Benefits American Rescue Plan Tax-Exempt Portion of Unemployment Bogus Forms 1099-G Kiddie Tax and Unemployment States’ Taxation of Unemployment With the passage of the CARES Act stimulus package early in 2020, the federal government began supplementing the normal state weekly unemployment benefits by adding $600 […]
Article Highlights: Single Married Filing Jointly Surviving Spouse Married to a Nonresident Alien Head of Household Married Filing Separate Filing status is determined on the last day of the year and most often is based on marital status. The two most prevalent are as follows: Single – Unmarried individuals without dependents. Married Taxpayers Filing […]