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3 Easy Ways to Financially Help Your Children or Grandchildren

Posted in Tax News on July 17, 2012

Do your children or grandchildren need some financial assistance? Here are 3 Easy Ways to help them:   1) Make a Loan Parents and grandparents can loan to their child or grandchild.  If this is the approach taken, a formal…

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3 Reasons You Likely Won’t Pay Income Taxes When You Sell Your Home

Posted in Tax News on July 10, 2012

1) You Don’t Have a Capital Gain   Due to the housing market, many homeowners no longer have a gain in their home. A gain is the sales price minus the cost basis. The cost basis is generally the purchase…

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3 Reasons to Recognize Capital Gains in 2012

Posted in Tax News on July 3, 2012

1) The Long-Term Capital Gains Rate is Going Up Long-term capital gains are for capital assets held longer than a year. Capital assets include stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Collectibles and certain Real Estate are subject to special rules.  The…

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Why The New Medicare Tax May Cost You More Money

Posted in Tax News on June 26, 2012

Current Medicare Tax Currently taxpayers pay 1.45% Medicare Tax on their earned income. This is from a W-2 for employees and net-income from self-employed individuals. The employee pays this amount and the employer matches it, therefore they remit 2.9% to…

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The Difference Between The Standard Mileage Method and Actual Expenses

Posted in Tax News on June 19, 2012

The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) allows taxpayers to choose between the Standard Mileage Method and Actual Expenses. Standard Mileage Method The IRS allows taxpayers to deduct a standard mileage method for business travel.  The current allowance is for 55.5 cents…

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