Working from Home These Days? IRS Might Allow a Deduction
Working at home due to the pandemic? A quick summary of rules around receiving a related tax deduction.
Working at home due to the pandemic? A quick summary of rules around receiving a related tax deduction.
The IRS extends tax filing and payment deadlines from April 15 until July 15.
AMG National Trust plans to mail out 1099-B, 1099-DIV, 1099-INT and 1099-MISC statements for the 2019 Tax Year as follows. Accounts holding investments with all necessary tax information received are expected to be printed and mailed by February 13, 2020. Clients should expect to receive them the week of February 17, 2020, depending on the…
With the passing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 in December, a number of tax law changes were made that may affect individual taxpayers.
The taxpayers won this one—at least in North Carolina. That was the result of a rare unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision on June 21, 2019, that rejected North Carolina’s claim that it can tax the undistributed income from a non-grantor trust based in another state if the beneficiary is a North Carolina resident. A New…
Now that the federal deduction for state and local taxes is gone, should I consider changing residency from my high income-tax state to one with lower or no state taxes?
The Opportunity Zone investment program ushered in by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provides an unprecedented ability to reduce capital gains taxes. If an investor realizes and rolls a capital gain into a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF) this year and holds the investment for 10 years, he or she gets a step-up in…
A new refund scam has emerged that threatens to ensnare thousands of unwary taxpayers who use direct deposit.
QUESTION: I just lost my state and local tax deductions in the recent tax reform, and I have no mortgage interest to deduct. Is there anything I can do to lower my taxes? ANSWER: The new tax law eliminates miscellaneous deductions, and limits state and local tax deductions to $10,000. This means married taxpayers without…
Thanks to recent federal tax reform, you can now use your kids’ college funds, or 529 plans, to pay for up to $10,000 a year for primary and high school expenses.