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December 15, 2008

The Ninth Circuit affirmed the Tax Court (125 T.C. 281 (2005)) in holding that a couple's tuition and fee payments to their children's Jewish day schools do not qualify for the charitable deduction because they received a substantial benefit from their payments and lacked charitable...

December 15, 2008

In Revenue Procedure 2003-75, the IRS announced a separate set of luxury car depreciation limitations for trucks or vans that do not have a gross vehicle weight in excess of 6,000 pounds. In that revenue procedure, the IRS stated that the term "trucks and vans" referred...

December 3, 2008

If your money is locked away in an ever-decreasing 401(k) or IRA account and you need it to stay afloat, relief may be on the way. Heavy penalties, including regular income tax as well as a 10% additional penalty usually apply to early distributions from...

December 3, 2008

If you have a nanny or a cleaning service, the annual threshold amount for having to report and pay employment taxes is $1,600 for 2008 and $1,700 for 2009. If your yearly payments to any one domestic employee exceed these amounts, you have to report...

December 3, 2008

If only you could sell, you would be able to exclude from your income up to $250,000 if you are single or $500,000 if you are married of the capital gains on the sale of your home. You must use the home as your principal...

December 3, 2008

If you bump up against certain income thresholds, your itemized deductions and personal exemptions start disappearing. The reduction does not apply to deductions for medical expenses, investment interest, nonbusiness casualty and theft losses, and gambling losses. Luckily, these thresholds are increased each year for inflation....

December 3, 2008

Congress has extended the tax exclusion for forgiven mortgage debt through 2012. There is a $2 million limit ($1 million for married individuals filing separately) on this tax exclusion, and the loan must have been used to buy or improve your principal residence. Under previous...

November 26, 2008

The Act prohibits any person engaged in the business of betting or wagering (as defined in the Act) from knowingly accepting payments in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful Internet gambling. Such transactions are termed “restricted transactions.” The Act generally defines “unlawful Internet gambling” as...

November 13, 2008

A first-time homebuyer is an individual who has not had an ownership interest in a principal residence for three years prior to the purchase of the principal residence to which the $7,500.00 2008 tax credit would apply. Should first time home buyers be married and filing...

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