We get all sorts of fascinating questions from established US Taxpayers as well as those experiencing internationalism for the first time. It seems regardless of the degree of sophistication in US income tax filing obligations most people are out to lunch when it comes to...
Remember your US Income Tax extension request is ONLY for additional TIME to FILE your tax forms, your income tax payments, estimated or otherwise, are still due April 18th 2016. Most US Taxpayers forget that income tax payments are due in April, even if an extension request for more time to...
Being married to a fermentation biologist has allowed me access to a wide swath of fascinating experiments involving media from bio-fuels to home brew. So no matter how many esoteric Internal Revenue Codes I vamp up in public or in social gatherings-like an idiot savant, I...
My friends at the Colorado Department of Revenue Tax Division have been hard at work amending and repealing several different personal and corporate income tax regulations with a handful of notable mentions for non-residents and part year residents alike. The absolute biggest change to the CO 104...
I am getting to be an old man now and so profoundly thankful that the lessons of tax-free compounding were impressed upon me at an early age. It has made a huge difference in my financial well being and subsequent happiness. You too can use...
Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH) summarized by my friend Shirley Callahan EA. Some highlights include: Everyone will appreciate the permanency of the enhanced Educator Expenses, the Sales Tax deduction, and the R&D Credit. Section 179 is made permanent at $500,000 phasing out at...
The following is an article I coauthored with my friend Beth Logan for the November/December edition of the EA Journal. Beth is the Treasurer of the Massachusetts Society of Enrolled Agents. In addition to taxes, she is a small business consultant. She has two electrical engineering...
Over Thanksgiving I was asked to explain in basic sound bite terms the federal tax implications of the various health savings options. Caught off guard I stammered as eyes glazed over, heads drooped, and relatives closest to me pounced. It was brutal. "Aren't you an Enrolled Agent?" ...
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) first introduced in 2003 via IRC § 223(b)(2)(A) were legislatively intended for individuals covered by high-deductible health plans to generally allow for preferential income tax treatment on money saved for medical expenses. Now that ObamaCare is indeed hitting a LOT of taxpayers in the wallet with...