Contributions

The Magic Number

August 30, 2011

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Today TaxMama hears from Bill in the TaxQuips Forum, who is carrying a heavy load. “My wife and I pay almost $150k per year in Federal taxes and another almost $50k in state income taxes with most of it coming from W2 earnings.  I’m really tired of paying this much money to those in government [...]

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Comic Relief

July 26, 2011

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  Today TaxMama hears from K Syl in the TaxQuips Forum, who has a fun idea.  “I have an Internet marketing business – a blog on comic books. The blog will have links for ordering comics to generate income on the blog and Pay Per Click ads. Large portions of the site will be devoted [...]

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275,000 Organizations No Longer Tax Exempt

June 10, 2011

Courtesy of IRS: IRS Identifies Organizations that Have Lost Tax-Exempt Status; Announces Special Steps to Help Revoked Organizations WASHINGTON –– The Internal Revenue Service today announced that approximately 275,000 organizations under the law have automatically lost their tax-exempt status because they did not file legally required annual reports for three consecutive years. The IRS believes [...]

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Crazy Cat Lady Takes On IRS

June 9, 2011

By David Stone, EA [TaxMama Note: This is the where I first read about the Tax Court case referenced in today's TaxQuip.  Thanks David! ] Every town has a crazy cat lady, with way too many cats littering her property. Neighborhood kids walk past the house and wonder if it’s haunted. Adults drive past and [...]

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Deducting the Class Snake

June 9, 2011

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Today TaxMama hears from Susan in the TaxQuips Forum with a fun case. “Assuming that I won’t make my son pay for it out of his allowance, for volunteering me to take care of the class snake for the summer… Can I deduct the cost of the frozen rats it eats? And what about if [...]

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Donating Real Estate

November 22, 2010

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Today TaxMama hears from Peggi in the TaxQuips Forum, with this problem. “I have a rental house that is in a distressed area.  I cannot get it rented, it keeps getting broken into.  I can donate the house to the LRA for a tax credit.  Would this be more beneficial than trying to sell it [...]

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10 year-end tax planning tips

November 5, 2010

CHICAGO, Nov. 4, 2010 – Grant Thornton LLP wants to remind America that it’s the perfect time to consider some holiday season tax planning strategies as 2010 winds down.  “People need to be paying special attention to their year-end tax planning in 2010,” said Justin Ransome, a partner in Grant Thornton’s Washington National Tax Office. [...]

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Charitable Donations

June 4, 2010

The United Way realized that it had never received a donation from the city’s most successful lawyer. So a United Way volunteer paid the lawyer a visit in his lavish office. The volunteer opened the meeting by saying, “Our research shows that even though your annual income is over two million dollars, you don’t give [...]

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Timeshare for Charity

April 8, 2010

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Today TaxMama hears from Barb from Kentucky in the TaxQuips Forum, who asks. “What amount can a  person deduct for giving 2 weeks use of their timeshare to a charity?  People tend to pay $800 a year for these 2 weeks.” http://taxmama.com/forum/taxquips/timeshare-weeks-donated/

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Vet Services Donated

April 6, 2010

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Today TaxMama hears from K in the TaxQuips Forum, with a common kind of question. “I own a veterinary clinic that provides discounted services to certain non-profit rescue groups. I have well documented records showing the amount the services would cost at regular price and the discounts that were given. Is there a way to [...]

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