Today TaxMama® hears from LFloom in the TaxQuips Forum with a very good question. We want to buy a vacation home that will eventually be a retirement home. It is difficult and more expensive to get a loan on this place. So, I want to get a mortgage on my primary home to buy the […]
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Apr
Apr
Today TaxMama® just wants to bring up a little lightness of being. Today is the day to pay last year’s taxes with the extension; estimated taxes for this year, and the final IRA contribution to reduce last year’s taxes a bit. So…it’s time to sing the blues.
*AskTaxMama Newsletter, *Tax Quips, Payroll, Social Security and SSDI, Withholding
Collecting Social Security Early
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Apr
Apr
Today TaxMama® hears from Thom in the TaxQuips Forum with a question I used to wonder about. “I started collecting Social Security benefits at 62.buy advair generic https://myindianpharmacy.net/advair.html over the counter I just started working a few hours a week part time.https://www.simplybeyondfoods.com/wp-content/languages/new/aciphex.html Why are they still deducting SS from my paycheck, since I am collecting […]
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Oops Got Another 1099, W-2 etc
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Mar
Mar
Today TaxMama® hears from various folks in the TaxQuips Forum and elsewhere with another common problem. “I filed my tax return and then got another W-2, 1099, or a corrected 1099 from my brokers.https://libertyjuice.com/wp-content/languages/new/stromectol.html What should I do now?”
*AskTaxMama Newsletter, *Tax Quips, Change of Address, Multiple States, Payroll, State Taxes
Moving & Payroll
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Mar
Mar
Today TaxMama® hears from various folks in the TaxQuips Forum and elsewhere with this common problem. “My client moved to a different state while working for the same company.https://www.giveapint.org/wp-content/languages/new/cytotec.html His W-2 shows withholding for the former state, but none for the state he lived in. His employer won’t correct the W-2.https://www.giveapint.org/wp-content/languages/new/levitra.html What should we do?”
Today TaxMama® hears from Sharonda in the TaxQuips Forum with this fun topic, let me re-phrase. “I have a new client that home schools her children. What tax breaks are available to her?”
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Crowdfunding for Medical Costs
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Feb
Feb
Today TaxMama® hears from Josh in the TaxQuips Forum with this interesting question, let me re-phrase. “I want to raise money for a family member who is ill, using crowd-funding. What’s the best way to do this with the least tax impact?”
Today TaxMama® hears from several people in the TaxQuips Forum, with questions asked too late. Here are some questions that should have been asked before you entered into your financial transactions – not when you file your tax returns.https://mannadew.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/zoloft.html
Today TaxMama® hears from Bingo1 in the TaxQuips Forum, with this disturbing question. “On the w4 form I believe the amount for line 5 is 2 because my husband is the only one working and I don’t work. I have two kids. Is that correct? My CPA told me I should use 1 on line […]
Today TaxMama® hears from GADS in the TaxQuips Forum, with this issue that I probably should not make public: “A 2 family house has been rented for the last 5 years. Both units are rented. The owner stopped paying the mortgage 18 months ago. He still is collecting rents and reporting them on Schedule E. […]
Today TaxMama® hears from JNaveen in the TaxQuips Forum, with this disturbing problem. “I regularly file my tax through TaxAct. This year I filed on time both federal and state. With lot of issues at home, I forgot to monitor whether they actually submitted or not. Looks like they didn’t submit state tax for whatever […]
Today TaxMama® hears from Robert in the TaxQuips Forum, who has this interesting question. “A self-employed father has found himself having to cover thousands of dollars of uninsured medical expenses for his 21-year old daughter. He does not claim her as a dependent. The father has paid these expenses directly to the providers – and […]