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3 Reasons To File IRS Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Assets

Posted in Tax News on February 8, 2012

1) You have a “Specified Foreign Financial Asset” which exceeds the filing requirements Financial Assets that are subject to this form are: A Financial Account maintained by a foreign institution and the following assets not held in an account with…

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5 Reasons Donors Should Give Appreciated Property

Posted in Tax News on November 10, 2011

Donors should give appreciated property to their favorite charity. Appreciated property is property whose Fair Market Value exceeds the cost basis. Cost basis is generally what was paid for an item.

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Why a Growing Business Should Elect Subchapter S Filing Status

Posted in Tax News on August 4, 2011

The primary reason to make the Subchapter S filing status election is to have a single federal income tax when the business is eventually sold. If the corporation is not an S corporation and the company assets are sold, there…

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