Working from Home? Is there a Tax Deduction?
Article Highlights: COVID Work from Home Requirements Employee Versus Self-employed Qualifications Actual Expense Method Simplified Method Home Office Expenses for Renters vs. Homeowners How Moving Affects the Home-Office Deduction Other Issues Gross Income Limitation Many individuals, because of the COVID pandemic, have been forced to work from home in order to curtail the spread of […]
It’s Official! Another Round of Stimulus Payments Approved by Congress
Article Highlights: Economic Impact Payments High-Income Taxpayer Phaseout Reconciliation Dependents Decedents Social Security Number Requirements Non-Filers IRS Information Sites The American Rescue Plan Act has passed and includes a third much-anticipated economic impact payment (EIP). This is one of several government measures intended to help financially stressed citizens. This will be the third round of […]
Are Your Unemployment Benefits Taxable?
Article Highlights: CARES and COVID Tax Relief Acts Unemployment Benefits American Rescue Plan Tax-Exempt Portion of Unemployment Bogus Forms 1099-G Kiddie Tax and Unemployment States’ Taxation of Unemployment With the passage of the CARES Act stimulus package early in 2020, the federal government began supplementing the normal state weekly unemployment benefits by adding $600 per […]
Big Increase in Child Tax Credit For 2021
Article Highlights: Additional Credit Amounts Refundability High-Income Phaseout Advance Payments Reconciliation of Advance Payments with Credit Child’s Death Online Portal An increased child tax credit is part of President Biden’s stimulus package to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic and stimulate the economy. This stimulus package, which was passed by Congress on March 10, 2021, and […]
Video: Expanded Child Tax Credits for 2021
With the recently passed American Rescue Plan, the child tax credit has been expanded for one year, 2021. The plan also provides a new twist: an advanced payment option for this year only. Watch this video for details.
Uncle Sam May Pick Up the Cost of Your COBRA Medical Coverage
Article Highlights: COBRA coverage Federal COBRA Subsidy Period for Subsidy Alternate Coverage The recently passed American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) includes a provision for the federal government to pick up the cost of COBRA health coverage for employees’ involuntary termination of their employment or reduction of hours subject to certain qualifications. COBRA is the acronym […]
IRS Extends Individual Return Filing Date
Article Highlights: IRS Announcement Limited to Individual Tax Returns Tax Due Payments Further Extensions 2021 Estimated Tax Payments Not Extended The IRS has announced they are extending the filing due date for 2020 individual tax returns from April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021. This was meant to be a one-month extension, but since May 15 fell on […]
IRS Reverses Full Denial of Refund Claim in Bloomfield, NM
IRS Reverses Full Denial of Refund Claim in Bloomfield, NM IRS Reverses Full Denial of Refund Claim– 09-19-2015 Taxpayer Situation: The taxpayer filed an amended return one week before the Statute of Limitations expired on the refund for the year 2012. The IRS sent a Letter 105C fully denying the refund because the refund was […]
Great News, Child Care Tax Credit Expanded for 2021
Article Highlights: American Rescue Plan Expanded One-Year-Only Change Refundability Child Care Expenses Credit Percentage Maximum Credit Credit Phaseout Employer-Provided Dependent Care Assistance Great news if you are paying childcare expenses that enable you to work. As part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) signed into law on March 11, 2021, the child and […]
IRS Accepts Replacements for Substitute For Returns in Deming, NM
IRS Accepts Replacements for Substitute For Returns in Deming, NM IRS Replacement of Substitute for Returns– 07-08-2015 Taxpayer Situation: As a result of the taxpayer’s failure to file returns, the IRS filed several Substitute for Returns and assessed the taxpayer with $85,415 in over-inflated additional taxes. Resolution Outcome: Legacy Tax & Resolution Services successfully negotiated an […]