Today TaxMama hears from Rhonda in Florida with this dilemma. “I purchased a condo in Florida in 1996. It was my primary residence for about 5 years. Then I got married, moved in to my husband’s condo and rented mine out. It was a rental property for the past 5 years. Since I originally purchased […]
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Today TaxMama hears from the Minister’s wife in Kentucky, who tells us, “My husband’s housing allowance is exempt from taxes. We are currently building a home, while temporarily living with relatives until its completion.buy Cymbalta online https://medstaff.englewoodhealth.org/wp-content/languages/new/ no prescription Will we be able to deduct any of the expenses from the construction of this new […]
Today TaxMama hears from Bill in Maryland who asks, “What is the biggest mistake made by investors?”
TaxMama has so many questions in the Tax Parlor and from her MarketWatch article this week, that I’ve spent about three times as many hours answering them. Many of the answers are posted in the Tax Parlor – https://taxtwist.com/forum.php?varset=s:13-pm:m-se:265-fo:13 They cover areas like dealing with out of state jobs, Whirlpool’s buyout of Maytag stockholders, taxes […]
Today TaxMama hears from Melissa in the Tax Parlor, who tells us , “Hello! I am a real estate agent (independent contractor) and I was just offered a very part time consulting position for a local non-profit neighborhood organization. I will be researching the neighborhood real estate market and reporting back to the non-profit. This […]
Today TaxMama hears from Marti in the Tax Parlor, who tells us , “I recently got married and we are trying to figure out the best ways to save money on taxes. We sold a property and plan to use the criteria for paying no capital gains on it. We own another property together and […]
Today TaxMama hears from Mike in the Tax Parlor who tells us “My wife and I formed an LLC and began doing business last January. We are a home-based craft business and have done all our business under my SSN not a Tax ID #. Can we file our expenses/income for the business under our […]
Today TaxMama hears from Bill in the Tax Parlor who asks, “How do you write off the purchase price of an operating business?”
Today TaxMama hears from Ben in FL who tells us, “I am completing an audit for a client. The Revenue Agent refuses to give me her proposed adjustments so they can be analyzed and refuted, if possible. She wants a closing signed without any discussion. Is this normal and what means do I have to […]
Today TaxMama hears from Jerry who says, “I’m finishing up my tax return in Turbo Tax and they have two options – a review by a tax professional for $29.95 and audit defense for $49.95. Are those good values, or should I hire my own personal tax professional?”
Today TaxMama hears from William Perez, our Taxes.About.com https://taxes.about.com/ guide who brings up some interesting points about divorce and tax issues in response to yesterday’s Eva, Great question from a reader. I have a client in a similar situation. They are separated but not yet divorced. The other spouse has filed all returns as MFS. […]
Today TaxMama hears from Don in Ocala, FL who wants to know, “if I withdraw funds from my 401k, are they taxable under state law?”