There is no hard-and-fast method for differentiating between a hobby and a real business based on a tax return. There is no way to tell a business from a hobby except by the use of...
Posted by Elliot Kravitz, ATP on 07/25/2019
An annuity is a contract that exists between you and an insurance company to cover specific objectives, such as lifetime income, principal protection, legacy planning or care cost...
Posted by Elliot Kravitz, ATP on 07/25/2019
As you are probably aware, the large proportion of your income is taxable. Whether earned through a salary, hourly wages, tips, commissions, rent from a property that you lease or...
Posted by Elliot Kravitz, ATP on 07/25/2019
The eighteenth-century philosopher and economist Adam Smith endeavored to systematize the standards that ought to oversee a sound arrangement of taxation. In The Wealth of Nations...
Posted by Elliot Kravitz, ATP on 05/29/2019
Consider their tension: Is the IRS going to appear one day and seize my home? Put a levy on my salary so I can't accommodate my family? Shut down my business? When do I recover...
Posted by Elliot Kravitz, ATP on 05/29/2019
When it comes to tax treatment, there is a difference between unreimbursed business expenses for partners and S corporation shareholders. Also known as ordinary and necessary expenses,...
Posted by Elliot Kravitz, ATP on 04/17/2019
Rejecting tax extension application through e-file or on paper isn’t really something that the IRS would do a lot of times. However, they have rejected tax extension applications...
Posted by Elliot Kravitz, ATP on 04/17/2019
If you haven’t thought about hiring an Accountant to help prepare your taxes before, you may now have to consider doing it now. It’s important for you to be prepared for...
Posted by Elliot Kravitz, ATP on 04/17/2019
It's possible to trim tax bill on your estate by appealing the real value assigned to your home by the taxman. The "assessed value" is what's utilized to figure...
Posted by Elliot Kravitz, ATP on 03/08/2019
