After Hurricane Katrina, it became quite common for Congress to enact tax legislation that provides tax relief for victims of natural disasters. The Internal Revenue Code's (IRC)...
Posted by Jim McClaflin, EA, NTPI Fellow, CTRC on 05/19/2021
A small business needs to get its tax right to avoid unnecessary headache with the IRS. The idea is simple – a plain and accurate disclosure of losses, revenues and deductions...
Posted by Jim McClaflin, EA, NTPI Fellow, CTRC on 05/07/2021
Some errors on your tax return can cost you a large refund or end up with a larger tax debt with penalties and interest. There could be an audit in the worst cases, but you can defend...
Many people are less concerned about whether they owe gift taxes or not. A gift tax return is a Federal Government tax return often filed with certain terms and conditions by the gift's...
A flexible spending account (FSA) is a healthcare benefit account sponsored by the employer, which allows them to set aside $2,7750 every year to take care of the cost for medical...
All workers and employers in the service industries where tips occur should abide by the relevant tax rules. One needs to pay income tax, Medicare tax, and Social security taxes on...
One of the main advantages of life insurance is that payment to beneficiaries is free. Because life insurance benefits in the event of death can run into the millions of dollars, it's...
When is the perfect time to give birth to a child during a tax year so as to claim that child as dependent on your tax return? You might be amazed by the answer: but anytime during...
The constructive receipt is a tax concept based on which it is assumed that a taxpayer has received income, even though the income has not yet been physically received, which must...