Dec 5, 2019 | Personal Finance, Tax, Uncategorized
by Patrick J. McCormick When clients admit to a retroactive failure to meet filing requirements involving their offshore assets, the overarching question is typically the proper route for making a disclosure to the U.S. IRS. For a multitude of reasons, ‘‘quiet’’...
Dec 5, 2019 | Personal Finance, Tax
Spending a little bit of time thinking about your expenses for the year might lead to lower taxes. We often see taxpayers cheat themselves when it comes to the following: Medical expenses for themselves and their dependents. These are harder to deduct for federal...
Dec 5, 2019 | Personal Finance, Retirement, Uncategorized
Sadly, the money that we defer from taxes in our 401(k)s and IRAs during our working lives must eventually leave the shelter of the retirement umbrella whether we like it or not. What is a required minimum distribution? The discussion below is not relevant to...
Dec 5, 2019 | Personal Finance
By Clayton Himstedt, CPA, MBA The passing of a loved one is often a very difficult time in an individual’s life. In the case of a long term illness, the loved one has the time to inform family members of the estate assets and the proper distribution of those assets....
Dec 5, 2019 | Personal Finance, Tax
By Arthur M. Brown, JD, LLM, CPA Levine, Staller, Sklar, Chan & Brown, P.A. Many of our clients associate estate planning with tax planning. While estate planning is often driven by a desire to minimize estate tax, tax savings is only one aspect to consider....
Dec 5, 2019 | Affordable Care Act, Personal Finance, Tax
by Clayton Himstedt, CPA Now that the holidays are behind us, we can start focusing on everyone’s favorite time of year, tax time. Throughout the month of January, your 2015 tax documents will begin arriving in your mailbox. The best time to provide your tax...
