1) Harvest Capital Losses

Capital gains property includes stocks, bonds and mutual funds.  Currently, the stated rate on long term capital gains is 15%.  If you have a net loss after netting all of your gains and losses, the tax deduction is limited to $3,000. Any excess capital losses can be carried into the future. more…

19 Kids and Counting is TLC's TV show about the Duggar family.  I'm not sure what is scarier, the fact that they already have 19 kids or the rest of the title…"and Counting." more…

Recently in baseball, a Yankee fan caught Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit ball and now he may have to pay the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) tax money on the few gifts the Yankees gave him.  These items included tickets, signed bats, baseballs, and three signed jerseys.  The tax bill may be as high as $13,000! more…

Form 709, is required to be filed if a gift is made to someone for more than $13,000 in one year.  Gifts between spouses are not required to file.  Gifts can be made to an unlimited number of people in a year provided they are below the $13,000 per person annual exclusion. more…

According to the College Board, the average cost of tuition at a public school increased by 6.5% last year.  The average increase in tuition at a private school was 4.4%.  This put the average cost of tuition, room and board, and fees at $15,213 for the public school and $35,636 for private school.   more…