Get organized or pay the price when filing your taxes. This year it is more important than ever. The time to organize your tax records is now. Informational tax information is hitting your regular and digital mailboxes from now until late March. To make matters worse, this year there are economic recovery payments, unemployment benefits, …
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Reminder: Fourth Quarter Estimated Taxes Now Due
If you have not already done so, now is the time to review your tax situation and make an estimated quarterly tax payment using Form 1040-ES. The 2021 4th quarter due date is now here. Due date: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 You are required to withhold at least 90 percent of your 2021 tax obligation …
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Postpone Taxes with a Like-Kind Exchange – The real estate boom creates opportunity
Understanding the like kind exchange rules can help you defer tax when buying real estate, but only if you follow the rules. The tax law provides a valuable tax-saving opportunity to business owners and real estate investors who want to sell property and acquire similar property at about the same time. This tax break is …
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Tax Prep Checklist: Here is what you might need to file your taxes
Personal Information A Social Security or tax ID number for everyone included on your tax return Date of birth for everyone on your return. Valid ID or Driver License Income and Investment Information Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statement -Your W-2 shows how much you earned and how much was withheld for taxes. Retirement account contributions. If you have an IRA an …
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Is it really the IRS? – Four tips to ensure your security
Scams are getting more sophisticated and the IRS is a target. Here are tips to protect yourself. Pretending to be an IRS agent is one of the favorite tactics of scam artists, according to the Better Business Bureau. The con artists impersonate the IRS to either intimidate people into making payments over the phone, or …
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Employee Tax-Free Income
NO you do not have to pay income tax on everything! Here are some employee tax-free benefits. While most income received from your employer quickly ends up on a W-2 tax form at the end of the year, here are some common employee benefits that often avoid the impact of Federal taxes. Health Benefits. While now …
How to Reduce Your Property Taxes
Ouch! Property taxes are on their way up. Here is what you can do to keep your property taxes as low as possible. Market values of homes are skyrocketing and higher property tax bills are soon to follow. Prepare now to knock your property taxes back down to earth.What is happeningProperty taxes typically lag the …
Those Pesky Records!
What do I need to keep? Know when to keep or throw out your tax records. Here is what you need to know. Each of us needs to keep records that substantiate our tax return or other important life events for as long as they are needed. So what does this mean? The basic retention …
Client Update Newsletter: September 2021
Now is the time to lower this year's tax bill! Here are ideas to do that PLUS save valuables from thieves. Time to Schedule Your Tax Planning Session Now is the time to schedule a tax planning appointment. If you are on the fence, here are some things to consider: It can make a difference. This …
The Marriage Penalty: Alive and Well in the Tax Code
Couples filing jointly still get the short end of the stick There are a lot of positive things about getting married, but the IRS' marriage penalty isn't one of them. The marriage penalty occurs when you pay more tax as a married couple than you would as two single filers making the same amount of …
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