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Summertime Tax Tip 2009-03 Many parents who work or are looking for work must arrange for care of their children under 13 years of age during the school vacation. Here are five facts the IRS wants you to know about a tax credit available for child ca...
Tax Tip: Five Tax Facts about Summertime Child Care Expenses
20th July 2009Summertime Tax Tip 2009-03 Many parents who work or are looking for work must arrange for care of their children under 13 years of age during the school vacation. Here are five facts the IRS wants you to know about a tax credit available for child ca...
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IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2009-02 Anyone starting a new business this summer should be aware of their federal tax responsibilities. Here are the top seven things the IRS wants you to know if you plan on opening a new business this year. 1. First, you m...
Tax Tip: Top Seven Tips for Taxpayers Starting a New Business
19th July 2009IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2009-02 Anyone starting a new business this summer should be aware of their federal tax responsibilities. Here are the top seven things the IRS wants you to know if you plan on opening a new business this year. 1. First, you m...
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IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2009-01 Tax Tip: Many taxpayers spend time during the summer months polishing their résumé and attending career fairs. If you are searching for a job this summer, you may be able to deduct some of your expenses on your tax r...
Tax Benefits for Job Seekers
19th July 2009IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2009-01 Tax Tip: Many taxpayers spend time during the summer months polishing their résumé and attending career fairs. If you are searching for a job this summer, you may be able to deduct some of your expenses on your tax r...
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In Information Release 2009-64, issued last week, the Internal Revenue Service announced that is publishing a series of periodic "summertime tax tips." The stated purpose behind issuing these tips is to provide useful and concise advice on topics that af...
IRS “Summertime Tax Tips” and the Alternative Minimum Tax
19th July 2009In Information Release 2009-64, issued last week, the Internal Revenue Service announced that is publishing a series of periodic "summertime tax tips." The stated purpose behind issuing these tips is to provide useful and concise advice on topics that af...
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The Patch Each year for the past several years Congress has "fixed" the AMT problem by enacting a temporary "patch." With the signing of the stimulus bill this past February, 24 million taxpayers who otherwise would have been in the AMT in 2009 are sp...
The Annual Alternative Minimum Tax “Patch” and “Indexing” Explained
27th June 2009The Patch Each year for the past several years Congress has "fixed" the AMT problem by enacting a temporary "patch." With the signing of the stimulus bill this past February, 24 million taxpayers who otherwise would have been in the AMT in 2009 are sp...
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The Alternative Minimum Tax is a parallel tax system that is an integral part of our Federal income tax system. It expands the amount of income that is taxed by adding items that otherwise are tax-free under the regular tax, and by disallowing many deduct...
Why Do You End Up Paying the AMT?
23rd June 2009The Alternative Minimum Tax is a parallel tax system that is an integral part of our Federal income tax system. It expands the amount of income that is taxed by adding items that otherwise are tax-free under the regular tax, and by disallowing many deduct...
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The Alternative Minimum Tax is an integral part of our Federal income tax system. It is a separate, but parallel, system to what we refer to as the "regular" income tax. The AMT expands the amount of income that is taxed by including items that otherwise...
Ways to Reduce Alternative Minimum Tax
23rd June 2009The Alternative Minimum Tax is an integral part of our Federal income tax system. It is a separate, but parallel, system to what we refer to as the "regular" income tax. The AMT expands the amount of income that is taxed by including items that otherwise...
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Retirees usually are the most surprised of all taxpayers when they find themselves in the Alternative Minimum Tax. Unfortunately, there is no "age exemption" - if you have the right blend of income and tax deductions, it hits you just as hard as it hits e...
Alternative Minimum Tax Planning - Importance of Controlling Your Income Retirees
18th June 2009Retirees usually are the most surprised of all taxpayers when they find themselves in the Alternative Minimum Tax. Unfortunately, there is no "age exemption" - if you have the right blend of income and tax deductions, it hits you just as hard as it hits e...
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The degree of control that small business owners and the self-employed have over the timing is much greater than that of employees, and also depends on the structure of their businesses. For example, if a person is small business owner, and thus self-empl...
Alternative Minimum Tax Planning - Importance of Controlling Your Income Small Business Owners & the
18th June 2009The degree of control that small business owners and the self-employed have over the timing is much greater than that of employees, and also depends on the structure of their businesses. For example, if a person is small business owner, and thus self-empl...
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It's a pretty safe bet to say that the vast majority of folks do not have an understanding of the Alternative Minimum Tax. In this next "mini-series" of articles we're going to try to give you just an outline of it, not a full-semester course as our title...
Alternative Minimum Tax 101
18th June 2009It's a pretty safe bet to say that the vast majority of folks do not have an understanding of the Alternative Minimum Tax. In this next "mini-series" of articles we're going to try to give you just an outline of it, not a full-semester course as our title...
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Shortly after April 15 President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden released their 2008 income tax returns. What these tax returns showed is that the President is not paying the Alternative Minimum Tax, but that the Vice President is still stuck in...
Obama and Biden release tax returns – Vice President still stuck in the Alternative Minimum Tax
18th June 2009Shortly after April 15 President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden released their 2008 income tax returns. What these tax returns showed is that the President is not paying the Alternative Minimum Tax, but that the Vice President is still stuck in...
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From Title 26 of the United States Code - also known as the Internal Revenue Code: "Subchapter A of chapter 1 (relating to determination of tax liability) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new part: "Part VI - Minimum Tax for Ta...
Origin of the Alternative Minimum Tax - 1969 (yes, the same year as Woodstock)
18th June 2009From Title 26 of the United States Code - also known as the Internal Revenue Code: "Subchapter A of chapter 1 (relating to determination of tax liability) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new part: "Part VI - Minimum Tax for Ta...
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The second quarter for estimated tax purposes actually is a bit of a misnomer. The "quarter" consists of taxes for the months of April and May alone, unlike a normal three-month quarter. In any event, these estimated taxes must be paid by next Monday, Ju...
Estimated taxes – planning for 2nd quarter Alternative Minimum Tax payments due June 15
13th June 2009The second quarter for estimated tax purposes actually is a bit of a misnomer. The "quarter" consists of taxes for the months of April and May alone, unlike a normal three-month quarter. In any event, these estimated taxes must be paid by next Monday, Ju...
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If your highest tax bracket under the Regular Tax is higher than your highest tax bracket under the AMT, what does this mean? It means that by incrementally adding more income, you will be gradually working your way out of the AMT. You can test this and ...
Alternative Minimum Tax Planning - Importance of Differing Levels of Income
13th June 2009If your highest tax bracket under the Regular Tax is higher than your highest tax bracket under the AMT, what does this mean? It means that by incrementally adding more income, you will be gradually working your way out of the AMT. You can test this and ...
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Here is a checklist of different types of income, as specifically applicable to the category of taxpayer known as Investors. The other categories - Employees, Small Business Owners & the Self-Employed and Retirees - will be discussed in future articles. ...
Alternative Minimum Tax Planning - Importance of Controlling Your Income Investors
13th June 2009Here is a checklist of different types of income, as specifically applicable to the category of taxpayer known as Investors. The other categories - Employees, Small Business Owners & the Self-Employed and Retirees - will be discussed in future articles. ...
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