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Definition — The tipping point

LCarpenter / April 21, 2018


To tax those tips or not?

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Decisions — Directly prohibited

LCarpenter / April 14, 2018


You can't do that. The Beatles sang the song and the US congress wrote the law: certain transactions are prohibited when you own an individual retirement account.

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Definition — Identifying the employer

LCarpenter / April 7, 2018


What's your number? If you're required to file certain business tax returns, the answer is an employer identification number, or EIN.

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Definition — Penalizing the preparer

LCarpenter / March 31, 2018


According to the Return Preparer Office of the IRS, as of March 1, 2018, 728,049 individuals had current preparer tax identification numbers.

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Definition — Virtually taxable

LCarpenter / March 24, 2018


If you want to know the value of money, both real and virtual, you can try to borrow some. Or, in the case of digital currency, you could ask the Internal Revenue Service.

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Decisions — Timing is everything

LCarpenter / March 17, 2018


The time may never be just right, but there is a right time for everything, including reporting income.

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Decisions — Equally taxing

LCarpenter / March 10, 2018


Hypothetically speaking, what are the odds you have income when your employer pays for your tax return preparation?

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Decisions — Adjusting the interest

LCarpenter / March 3, 2018


When a CPA deducted interest on a rental mortgage, was he being reasonable?

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Decisions — Desperately seeking symmetry

LCarpenter / February 24, 2018


Symmetry is appealing in architecture, math, physics, poetry, music, art, nature, and tax law.

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Decisions — Traveling with taxes

LCarpenter / February 17, 2018


Not all who wander are lost, but sometimes their tax deductions are.

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