Are You Subject to Self-Employment Tax?
Article Highlights: Self-employed Individuals Estimated Taxes Self-Employment Tax Estimated Tax Safe Harbors 1099-MISC and 1099-K Others Subject to Self-employment Tax income Not Subject to Self-employment Tax Self-employed individuals, unlike employees, don’t have someone withholding Social Security or Medicare (FICA) taxes along with pre-payments toward their federal (and state, where applicable) income tax from their wages […]
Working Abroad Has Huge U.S. Tax Benefits
Article Highlights: Tax-Free Income from Working Abroad Foreign Earned Income and Housing Exclusions Foreign Self-Employment Income Claiming or Revoking the Exclusion U.S. citizens and resident aliens are taxed on their worldwide income, whether they live in the U.S. or in another country. However, qualifying U.S. citizens and resident aliens who live and work abroad may […]
Checklist of 36 Tax Filing Errors to Avoid
Thomson Reuters released their list of major tax developments for 2013. We’ve placed it on our website for your convenience but you may also check it out at their website – Thomson Reuters. Taxable & Exempt Income IRS concludes that an incentive to health care professionals and hospitals for using electronic records is income to […]
Have You Lost Your Job? Here’s What You Need to Know About Taxes
In 2022 alone, there were approximately 15.4 million layoffs in the United States as per one recent study. About 6.9 million of them happened in the last half of the year, from August to December. It’s also worth noting that this is certainly nothing new. It has been estimated that about 40% of people have been […]
Home Energy Improvement Credit Is Enhanced
Article Highlights: Credit History Credit Percentage and Annual Credit Limit Per Item Credit Limit Home Energy Audit Identification Number Requirement Other Credit Issues Tip To Maximize The Credit This credit goes all the way back to 2006, providing a tax credit for making energy-saving improvements to a taxpayer’s home. This tax benefit was supposed to […]
Employer-Offered Benefits That Can Save You Money and Taxes
Article Highlights: Health Insurance Retirement Plans Special Rule for Military Spouses Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefits Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) Group Term Life Insurance Qualified Employee Discounts Employer-Provided Education Assistance Adoption Expenses Child and Dependent Care Benefits Health Savings Accounts Special Rule for Military Spouses Tax law includes several tax- and financially favored benefits that employers […]
How Employee Stock Options Are Taxed
Article Highlights: Non-statutory Option Wage Income Statutory (Incentive) Options Capital Gains Alternative Minimum Tax Many companies, as an incentive to employees to help grow the companies’ market value, will offer stock options to key employees. The options give the employee the right to buy up to a specified number of shares of the company’s stock […]
Are You Taking Advantage of Your Employer’s Fringe Benefits?
Article Highlights: Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefits (QTFB) Group Term Life Insurance (GTLI) Accident and Health Benefits Flexible Spending Arrangement Exclusion for Qualified Employee Discounts Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP) Adoption Assistance Qualified Educational Assistance Working Condition Educational Assistance Travel Expenses Transportation Expenses Moving Expenses Reimbursements for Use of Employee-Owned Vehicles Employer-Provided Vehicles Awards and Prizes […]
Are You Caring for a Disabled Family Member? Read This.
Article Highlights: Caring for Disabled Family Members Qualified Medicaid Waiver Payments Exclusion Qualifications Mandatory Exclusion Earned Income Earned Income Tax Credit Tax Court Ruling Many taxpayers prefer to care for ill or disabled family members in their homes as opposed to placing them in nursing homes, but doing this can be expensive, time-consuming, and exhausting. […]
Does Your Employer Offer Emergency Savings Accounts?
Article Highlights: Understanding Emergency Savings Accounts Plan Contributions Automatic Enrollment Opting Out of Automatic Enrollment Roth-Like Basis and Employer Matching Contributions Withdrawals and Transition Options In a significant move to enhance the financial resilience of American workers, a delayed provision of the SECURE 2.0 Act, enacted in December of 2022, introduced a novel feature, the […]