Taxes
December 7th, 2009
(Michael Schwartz) - CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
As a general rule, you may deduct the full amount of monetary donations made to qualified charitable organizations. If you donate appreciated property held for more than one year, you can generally deduct the fair-market value of the property.
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September 18th, 2009
(Mark Rogers) - Retirees over the age of 70 ½ have, prior to 2009, been required to withdraw a small percentage of their retirement accounts (401k, IRA's, etc.). This is the government's way of gaining tax revenues on money that had been growing for years tax deferred. The person taking the distribution was required to pay income tax, at their current tax rate, on any money withdrawn.
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Tags: 403b plans, extra income, income tax, income taxes, ira, legislation, money, required minimum distributions, retirement accounts, stock market, tax rate, tax revenues, withdrawals
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| Posted in Retirement, Taxes |
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September 15th, 2008
(Money Manager) - Abusive tax schemes have evolved from simple structuring of abusive domestic and foreign trust arrangements into sophisticated strategies that take advantage of the financial secrecy laws of some foreign jurisdictions and the availability of credit/debit cards issued from offshore financial institutions.
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Tags: credit debit cards, financial accounts, financial secrecy, important words, internal revenue code, internal revenue service, international business companies, irs criminal investigation, irs gov, layer transactions, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, offshore credit, offshore financial institutions, secrecy laws, sophisticated strategies, tax evasion, tax scheme, tax schemes, trust arrangements
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September 15th, 2008
(Money Manager) - The purpose of this application is to help employees to ensure that they do not have too much or too little income tax withheld from their pay. It is not a replacement for Form W-4, but most people will find it more accurate and easier to use than the worksheets that accompany Form W-4. You may use the results of this program to help you complete a new Form W-4, which you will submit to your employer.
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Tags: alternative minimum tax, child tax credit, computer program, couples, employer tips, estimate values, head of household, income tax return, jobs, pay stubs, paychecks, publication 919, self employment tax, special situations, tax refund, tax withholding
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| Posted in Money Manager 101, Taxes |
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September 15th, 2008
(Money Manager) - Payments that you receive from your IRA or qualified retirement plan before you reach age 59½ are normally called ‘early’ or ‘premature’ distributions. These funds are subject to an additional 10 percent tax and must be reported to the IRS.
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September 14th, 2008
(Money Manager) - Tax evasion using foreign jurisdictions is accomplished using many different methods. Some can be as simple as taking unreported cash receipts and personally traveling to a tax haven country and depositing the cash into a bank account. Others are more elaborate involving numerous domestic and foreign trusts, partnerships, nominees, etc. The following schemes are not all-inclusive, but just a sample of abusive tax schemes.
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Tags: assets, business records, business trust, cash receipts, diffe, domestic trust, equipment trust, foreign trust, form 1041, haven country, international business corporation, jurisdictions, partnerships, tax evasion, tax haven countries, tax return form, tax schemes, trust name, trust tax, trusts
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September 4th, 2008
(Money Manager) - WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers to be on the lookout for a new e-mail scam that uses the Treasury Department's Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) as a hook to lure individuals into disclosing their personal information.
The system, which is used by more than six million taxpayers, allows businesses and individuals to pay all their federal taxes online or by phone.
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Tags: antifraud, aruba australia, austri, commissioner mark, e mail, eftps, electronic federal tax, electronic federal tax payment system, fictitious group, financial accounts, fraud attempts, grammatical errors, internal revenue service, irs commissioner, irs gov, mail scam, phishing scams, pin numbers, treasury department, treasury inspector general
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