Generally co-ownership in rental property does not require the formation of a partnership when the following conditions are met. 1. Each co-owner must hold title to the property as a tenant in common (TIC) under local law. This usually doesn't apply community property. Although the title to the property...
Generally you are eligible to exclude the gain from income if you have owned and used your home as your main home for two years out of the five years prior to the date of its sale. If you have a gain from the...
The VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, provides an expanded Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to businesses that hire eligible unemployed veterans and for the first time also makes the credit available to certain tax-exempt organizations. IRS Notice 2012-13, posted today on IRS.gov, and the instructions ...
IRS Form 1040 Schedule C: Profit or Loss from Business can be a tough form to work through. Tread lightly and seek guidance. The sole proprietorship or single member Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) is in my opinion the easiest type of business entity to set up...
IRS Failure to File Penalty Abatement for Partnerships - Rev Proc 84-35 IF your partnership failed to timely file its IRS Form 1065 and you get penalized by the IRS you should consider seeking relief from or abatement of this penalty under IRS Revenue Procedure 84-35. ...
Check out Mitt Romney's 2010 tax return and learn how he does it. The most important lesson I learned in perusing his return (besides the significance of sheltering your $$ outside of the USA) is the immediate impact of targeted charitable contributions. In my professional opinion the...
Medical expenses include amounts paid for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease under IRC 213, as well as amounts paid for qualified long-term care services under IRC 7702B. You may deduct certain medical expenses that are paid during the year and that are not compensated for...
The IRS it seems is issuing liens and levies with substantial gusto lately. I've grown reasonably skilled at getting these burdens timely released and felt compelled this evening to share some of my experiences in this blog post. A levy on a bank account attaches only...
Enrolled Agents generally tend to avoid preparing financial statements for their business clients due to the regulation of the CPA profession where preparation of these statements has been associated with services enrolled agents were not permitted to perform. However I believe it is not a violation of US Treasury...
Generally speaking a net operating loss (NOL) for any tax year may be carried back two years and forward 20 years under Internal Revenue Code Sec. 172(b)(1)(A). A three-year carry back period applies to NOLs arising from property losses of individuals due to fire, storm, shipwreck, or other...