Category Archives: Self-Employed

No Notary

Today TaxMama hears from Mark from Brooklyn, who asks, “is income from a notary public considered income for the EIC (the Earned Income Credit)?buy ivermectin online pavg.net/wp-content/languages/new/where/ivermectin.html no prescription Most people I asked, said at their first instinct that, yes it is. But when I make them aware that this income is exempt from self-employed […]

IRS National Standards Update for October 1, 2007

Redesigned Allowable Living Expense Standards Effective Oct. 1, 2007 Courtesy of IRS IRS released the 2007 Allowable Living Expense standards Oct. 1. The standards are used to help determine the ability of a self-employed or individual taxpayer to pay a delinquent tax liability. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96543,00.html There is a more detailed breakdown of Food, Clothing and Other […]

LLC and SE Income

Today we hear from Dave in Idaho who tells us, “Some of my friends have a rather successful business formed as an LLC. Their CPA told them that they could file as a partnership and not report any self-employment income, even though they are all actively working in their business. Is this true? And where […]

IRS Issues Summer 2007 Statistics of Income Bulletin

Courtesy of IRS – IR-2007-153 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced the release of the summer 2007 issue of the Statistics of Income Bulletin, featuring data from 21.5 million individual income tax returns that reported non-farm sole proprietorship activity in tax year 2005. Profits from all non-farm sole proprietorships totaled $269.9 billion in […]

My Acting Career

Today Mary tells us that she just moved to New York to pursue an acting career. Mary says, “I currently work as a secretary, but I plan to take auditions and classes in my days off and evenings. I would like to deduct my classes and other such expenses as business expenses related to my […]

Flipping Houses

Today TaxMama hears from Geri in North Carolina, who asks, “What can you tell me about flipping Houses? Is this a Schedule C Business, or Schedule D? There is a lot of different information out there, about how to handle flipping houses for tax purposes.”

Tax Calendar for Small Businesses on IRS.gov

Tax Calendar for Small Businesses on IRS.gov Are you running a small business? Would you like a calendar packed with valuable business tax information? The IRS is offering a free calendar to help you keep track of tax deadlines and important dates throughout the year. You might be surprised to learn that the IRS publishes […]

What is the Penalty?

Today TaxMama hears from Rebecca in the Carolinas who has this problem, “I’m on payroll; so I have withholding. But my husband is supposed to pay quarterly taxes, because he is self-employed. He didn’t do it at all in June. I got concerned. So I used the voucher and mailed a scant $100.00 check. It […]

Mixed Tele-Signals

Today TaxMama hears from Charles in Louisiana, who tells us. “I have an Internet consultation business (LLC) and I use my Internet connection and mobile phone primarily (but not exclusively) for business.order flagyl online medstaff.englewoodhealth.org/wp-content/languages/new/order/flagyl.html no prescription Should I be able to expense these?http://www.ijasrjournal.org/wp-content/languages/new/paper-writings.html ”

Summer Jobs

Today TaxMama hears from Michelle in MN who wants to start out right. “If I were to earn summer income of $900 or less through casual labor, online surveys, mystery shopping, and garage/eBay sales, how should I go about reporting all this stuff? Would I have to establish myself as a business in order to […]

EIN for Two Businesses

Today TaxMama hears from Linda in VA who has this story. “We have a small residential construction business and have established an EIN. We also have a very busy notary business. Until now we have used our Social Security numbers when registering as independent contractor to do notary work. We’d like to get better organized […]

New Round of IRS Audits Coming This Fall

IRS Updates National Research Program for Individuals IR-2007-113, June 6, 2007 WASHINGTON — Internal Revenue Service officials today announced plans to launch a new National Research Program (NRP) reporting compliance study for individual taxpayers that will provide updated and more accurate audit selection tools and support efforts to reduce the nation’s tax gap. The latest […]