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Definition – A record in hand is worth a deduction

LCarpenter / September 8, 2018


When you give, you get. That's true in the case of tax deductions for charitable contributions too, as long as you have records.

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Definition — Losing the deduction

LCarpenter / September 1, 2018


One casualty of the December 2017 federal tax law was the personal casualty and theft loss deduction.

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Definition — Stirring up the salt

LCarpenter / August 25, 2018


Are you watching your sodium levels by limiting your salt intake? The IRS says the time has come to limit the SALT on your tax return too.

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Definitions — Proposing a deduction

LCarpenter / August 18, 2018


In the language of math, 199 is an odious number. In the language of tax, 199 is an internal revenue code section.

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Definitions — Based on debt

LCarpenter / July 21, 2018


In the world of karma, no debt goes unpaid. In the world of tax law, the question is whether the debt is bona fide.

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Definition — First time here?

LCarpenter / May 12, 2018


There's a first time for everything...including relief from tax penalties.

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Taxing Definitions

Definition — Puzzling out the basis

LCarpenter / May 5, 2018


Love is the basis for everything except S corporation stock. For that, income, losses, deductions, and credits are what count.

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Definition — The tipping point

LCarpenter / April 21, 2018


To tax those tips or not?

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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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Taxing Definitions

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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