Dec 5, 2019 | Retirement, Social Security, Tax
Decisions regarding Social Security can be deviously complicated. There are thousands of rules, thousands upon thousands of additional codicils to clarify the rules, annual changes, and recent legislation, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA), which drastically...
Dec 5, 2019 | Business, Tax
If you use part of your home regularly and exclusively for business you may be entitled to a deduction for the expenses associated with maintaining that work space whether you are self-employed or an employee. However, for an employee expenses are deductible only if...
Nov 26, 2019 | Business, Tax
Employee parking expenses – how much can your business deduct? The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) resulted in many tax law changes. One of them was the new rule for determining the deductible portion of employee parking expenses. Under the new Section 274(a)(4),...
Nov 25, 2019 | Charitable Giving
I inherited my mother’s IRA and I’m required to begin taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) this year. Can I have the withdrawals transferred to a charity and not report them as income? Taxpayers are allowed to donate up to $100,000 ($200,000 for a couple) of...