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- President's Proposed Tax Changes for 2014
- The budget proposal released by President Obama on April 10 includes a substantial number of proposed tax changes impacting individuals, businesses, estate taxation, energy incentives, and international issues. Although these are only proposals, they provide an insight into the administration's thinking on tax reform. An overview of the most prominent issues related to individuals and small business is provided below.
- Do Not Overlook Form 8594 When Buying or Selling a Business
- Most businesses are made up of different types of assets, and those assets get different treatment for tax purposes. How those items are identified at the time of the sale/purchase can have a significant tax impact on both the buyer and the seller. A seller will, of course, want to designate items into classes that will yield a long-term capital gain on sale and thus provide the best tax result from the sale, whereas the buyer will generally want to designate the purchased items into classes that provide the biggest up-front write-offs.
- Beware of Bogus IRS Emails
- Every tax-filing season, the scammers and ID thieves try to sucker people into providing personal and financial information through the use of phony e-mails.
- Is Your Withholding Enough?
- Our "pay-as-you-go" tax system requires that you make payments of your tax liability evenly throughout the year. If you don't, it's possible you could owe an underpayment penalty. Some taxpayers meet the "pay-as-you-go" requirements by making quarterly estimated payments. However, when your income is primarily from wages, you meet the requirements through wage withholding and you rely on your employer's payroll department to take out the right amount of tax. Unfortunately, what payroll withholds may not be enough!
- Plan Your Taxable IRA Withdrawals
- Your age at the time that you make a taxable withdrawal from your Traditional IRA account can make a big difference in the amount of tax that you will pay. Generally, there are three periods within your lifetime where different tax rules apply:
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