Showing posts with label benefit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label benefit. Show all posts
Sunday, August 29, 2021

Abusing A Tax-Exempt

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I am looking at a tax-exempt case that went off the rails. There are rules in the tax-exempt area to encourage one to keep their nose clea...
Saturday, October 17, 2020

The Tax Doctrine Of The Fruit And The Tree

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  I am uncertain what the IRS saw in the case. The facts were very much in the taxpayer’s favor. The IRS was throwing a penalty flag and a...
Sunday, October 27, 2019

The Stealth Tax On Your Social Security

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Social security benefits first became taxable in 1983. The law was relatively straightforward: ·         Half of one’s social secu...
Saturday, June 1, 2019

The Kiddie Tax Problem

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You may have heard that there are issues with the new kiddie tax. There are. The kiddie tax has been around for decades. Stand...
Sunday, December 16, 2018

The Parking Lot Tax

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Last year’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a 21% tax on transportation-related fringe benefits provided by nonprofits. That does not so...
Sunday, September 9, 2018

The Abbott Laboratories 401(k)

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Something caught my eye recently about student loans. A 401(k) is involved, so there is a tax angle. Abbott Laboratories is using thei...
Saturday, July 28, 2018

Spotting A Contribution

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Do you think you could spot a tax-deductible donation? Let’s begin by acknowledging that the qualifier “tax-deductible” kicks it up a ...