A recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report sheds some light on the misconception that the 3.8% Medicare contributions tax on unearned income, which was added by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and effective for tax years beginning in...
The Internal Revenue Service announced cost of living adjustments affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items for tax year 2011. In general, these limits will either remain unchanged, or the inflation adjustments for 2011 will be small. Highlights include: The elective deferral (contribution)...
The Internal Revenue Service has started accepting taxpayer records in electronic format from small businesses using Intuit’s QuickBooks and Sage’s Peachtree accounting software for audits and examinations. Electronic files should be provided on a CD, DVD, or flash/jump drive to ensure security of the files. E-mail...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act created a new §1411, which is effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2012. This section will impose on high-income households a 3.8% Medicare tax on the lesser of “net investment income” or the excess of modified adjusted...
TITLE 26 > Subtitle F > CHAPTER 66 > Subchapter B > § 6511 - Feb 01, 2010 (a) Period of limitation on filing claim Claim for credit or refund of an overpayment of any tax imposed by this title in respect of which tax the taxpayer...
Citizens for Tax Justice has released State-by-State Estate Tax Figures: Number of Deaths Resulting in Estate Tax Liability Continues to Drop: New data from the IRS show that only 0.6 percent of deaths in the U.S. in 2008 resulted in estate tax liability in 2009. (Estate...
Taxpayers and tax professionals should note that the Colorado individual income tax form (104) and the Colorado corporation income tax form (112) have specific lines on them for Subtractions from Federal Taxable Income, such as United States government interest and pension-annuity subtractions for individuals; exempt federal interest, excludable...
The IRS today ruled that indebtedness in excess of $1 million incurred to acquire, construct, or substantially improve a qualified residence may constitute home equity indebtedness within the meaning of § 163(h)(3)(C). Rev. Rul. 2010-25, 2010-44 I.R.B. ___ (Nov. 1, 2010). In the ruling, a taxpayer who purchased...
Bill and Geri completed a like-kind exchange a little over a year ago when one rental property was exchanged for another rental property in Florida. Bill and Geri intend to retire to Florida as soon as possible and would like to convert the acquired rental...
A new term that has entered the mortgage loan industry in recent years is a short sale. Simply put, a short sale is a sale of real estate in which the sale proceeds fall short of the balance owed on the property’s loan. This answer...
