When a spouse dies, his or her social security benefits may be available to the current or former spouse, depending on the circumstances. The benefit of a social insurance spouse is...
Posted by Elliot Kravitz, ATP on 08/02/2019
Do you lose sleep when it comes to managing your finances? If so, you are in good company. In a survey conducted in 2018, 30% of Americans said they were continually being asked for...
Posted by Elliot Kravitz, ATP on 08/02/2019
Over the last 70 years, child support payments have been deductible by the payer and taxed as income for the recipient (note that significant rule changes occurred in 1984). The previous...
Posted by Elliot Kravitz, ATP on 08/02/2019
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
In case you are still hanging tight for a tax refund on your federal income this year, here's one reason it may be postponed: the administration could have seized it. A similar...
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
