Estate planning is a vital component of financial management, ensuring that your assets are protected, your wishes are honored, and your loved ones are taken care of when you can no...
Handling divorce and everything that concerns the situation is never easy, so the tax implication will likely be the last thing on your mind. Divorce affects a person emotionally,...
Posted by Jim McClaflin, EA, NTPI Fellow, CTRC on 10/07/2022
Those who cannot withhold federal taxes from each paycheck must pay taxes quarterly.United States income tax operates on a pay-as-you-go system, in which the federal government collects...
Posted by Jim McClaflin, EA, NTPI Fellow, CTRC on 11/11/2021
Alimony, also known as spousal support, is the money paid to a spouse to another after a divorce. The idea is to help the spouse with the lower income to take care of expenses and...
Are you wondering if there is a hard rule on taxable income and non-taxable income? The answer is simple: all income is taxable unless it is expressly excluded by law. But, as you've...
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
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
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
Who is a tax dependent?A tax dependent is a relative or child whose characteristics and relationship with you allow you to claim certain credits and tax deductions, such as head of...
Posted by CORE PERFORMANCE on 03/10/2022