Today TaxMama® hears from Paul in the TaxQuips Forum, who says. “On my W-2 why does Code W say “Employer contribution to HSA” when it is the employee who made the contributions?https://www.natas.co.uk/dev/wp-content/languages/new/personal-statement-writer.html ”
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Today TaxMama® hears from TacoBrielle in the TaxQuips Forum, with a common misconception. “I can’t seem to get a definitive answer about this, so I’m asking here.https://www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/fluoxetine.html I filed my federal return with a refund amount of $1,132. This refund went to the IRS for previous tax debt that was still owed to them.https://www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/propecia.html However, […]
Dear Family, We’ve answered a lot of questions this week. They just flooded in from all over, between Yahoo! and KFWB, and MarketWatch and Equifax, the articles and interviews were out there, with new people finding a resource.
Dear Family, It’s been a long day. Everyone seems to be working late. I am getting emails from the East Coast well after 8:00 pm their time. Of course, me? I’ve been on hold a lot of the day. The Tax Preparer Hotline (aka Practitioner Priority Service) hung up on me a few times. Once […]
Today TaxMama® hears from Chuck in the TaxQuips Forum, with this question. “So I received a 1099-MISC after I filed my taxes last year. (Yes I jumped right out there and got ‘em done and in.) What do I need to do to now so Uncle Sam doesn’t come looking for me? Ahem… file a […]
Dear Family, Well, finally. I’ve been waiting for the IRS to release their guidelines for farmers and fisherman. Normally, they have a special provision to make only one estimated tax payment – as along as they pay it all by January 15th. But…the IRS didn’t have forms ready and they didn’t have depreciation computations ready […]
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) […]
[TaxMama Summary: As long as the employer and employees follow the IRS guidelines, employees will be allowed to donate their sick pay, vacation pay or personal leave payments to the organizations helping victims of Hurricane Sandy. Effect on Employees: The amount donated will not be added to employees’ wages – so they will not have […]
[TaxMama Note: We’ve been waiting for this.] Effective Oct. 2, 2012, the IRS implemented two separate clarifying changes to its temporary procedures for issuing Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs).https://www.fiercereads.com/wp-content/languages/new/resume-writing-service.html First, the IRS will allow individuals studying in the United States under the Student Exchange Visitors Program (SEVP) to get ITINs under a streamlined procedure. SEVP […]
Today TaxMama® hears from Gina in the TaxQuips Forum who’s going around in circles. “I have not been able to get in contact with my tax guy for months. I’m afraid he may be ill, dead or out of business – and I live too far away to go to his office. I sent my […]
Today TaxMama® hears from Richard, who wants to come in from the cold. “I was in rough financial shape for several years and have not filed a tax return in three years. How do I go about squaring up with the IRS now that my finances have improved?”
In a Chief Counsel Memorandum (CCM) dated May 1, 2012, released July 13, 2012, IRS addressed the issue of Medicare premiums and the self-employment health insurance deduction. For years IRS has stated in its publications that Medicare premiums do not qualify for the self-employed health insurance deduction. In early 2011 IRS stated in its […]