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Daughter and 1098T

Today TaxMama® hears from Sheba in the TaxQuips Forum, who needs guidance. “My daughter is a first year college student out of state. She has a partial loan, partial scholarship and grants. I don’t know what to do with the information from the 1098-T. I still claim her as a dependent and I pay part […]

Benefit of Filing Separately?

Today TaxMama® hears from AK in the TaxQuips Forum, who is trying to understand. “My wife and I have 1 child who is 3 years old. We recently received our W2’s and I started the process through Turbotax online.  With just my income, it looked like we were going to receive the Earned Income Credit […]

Employee or Contractor

Today TaxMama® hears from Roger in the TaxQuips Forum who is frustrated with the concept. “I guess my question would be, what is different about what I’m doing and, say, a general contractor ICing a plumber regularly to plumb houses he is building?https://www.giveapint.org/wp-content/languages/new/premarin.html Or a magazine that subs out to a freelance writer? These guys […]

IRS Provides Penalty Relief to Farmers and Fishermen

Courtesy of the IRS [TaxMama Note: NAEA has been pursuing this problem with the IRS all month. They were thrilled to announce this fix about an hour ago. IRS just released these guidelines.] WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced today that it will issue guidance in the near future to provide relief from the […]

10 Ways to Stay Young

1. Throw out nonessential numbers – including age, weight and height. Let your doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them. 2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches are a downer. 3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, fishing, puzzles, crafts, biking, hiking, whatever. Never let

Garage Sales

Today TaxMama® hears from John in the TaxQuips Forum with a sensible question. “Are garage sales reportable?buy Buspar generic https://noprescriptionbuyonlinerxx.com over the counter I have never heard of anyone reporting garage sales.https://biuinternational.com/wp-content/languages/new/thesis-statement-generator.html I assume everyone guesses their basis exceeds the gross proceeds and personal losses are disallowed.”

Health Insurance Zinger

Today TaxMama® hears from Larry in the TaxQuips Forum with a quick question. “If an employee pays for his family’s health insurance through payroll withholding, is the amount he pays free from taxes? My clients paid $6,000 in 2012 through payroll withholding and his W-2 gross income in block 1 (and blocks 3 & 5) […]

Using Attachments

Today TaxMama® hears from Mahakavi in the TaxQuips Forum with a couple of questions – but we’ll only answer one of them here today. “TaxMama® keeps telling us to attach a statement to the tax return.https://www.calmandgentledentalcare.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/acyclovir.html How do you attach statements when you’re using commercial software?”

Moldy Class Action Lawsuit

Today TaxMama® hears from Craig in the TaxQuips Forum with this question. “In 2012 we received two class action settlements – one for our primary residence [~$3500]; and one for our rental [~$2700], both in the same development. These were for mold/painting deficiencies. The question is: are they taxable or non-taxable?https://jaymorrisonacademy.com/wp-content/languages/new/write-my-paper-cheap.html

List of IRS 1040-Related forms that Are Not Yet Ready

IRS will not have the electronic filing system ready until January 30, 2013 due to the late legislation. The following tax forms will be accepted by the IRS in late February or into March after updating forms and completing programming and testing of its processing systems.buy Xenical generic rxxbuynoprescriptiononline.net over the counter   A specific […]

Humor and Heart Disease

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