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1099 Rules for Business Owners in 2023

Businesses will now file Form 1099-NEC for each person in the course of the payor’s business to whom they paid at least $600 during the year. This payment would have been for services performed by a person or company who IS NOT the payor’s employee.

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How to Pay Your Kids in Your Business

This has to be one of the most under utilized tax strategies by small business owners with families today. Many don’t realize that paying their children under age 18 is an excellent strategy to minimize their tax liability, not to mention it creates a host of other ancillary benefits.

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Should I file an Extension for my Personal Taxes?

Should you file an extension for your personal taxes? Contrary to popular opinion, it is not the end of the world if you don’t file your personal 1040 tax return by April 15th. In fact, there are several great reasons NOT to file on April 15th and file an Extension instead. This year “Tax Day”

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10 Ways to Write-Off Your Pet on Your Taxes

In this article, I will break down 10 ways to write-off your pet on your taxes. If you’re a pet owner, you know the joy and companionship a pet can bring to your life. But did you know that you may be able to write-off some of the expenses associated with owning a pet on

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Maximizing Tax Savings with Cost Segregation

Are you a rental property owner looking to reduce your tax liability and heard that cost segregation is the silver bullet you have been missing out on? Well, it’s a tricky answer. Cost segregation is often an oversold strategy because it truly is an amazing strategy and it sounds incredibly sexy (at least to us

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The Real Estate Professional Tax Strategy

I’m often surprised how many taxpayers get fixated on being a Real Estate Professional as their primary tax-planning goal, while others avoid it like the plague. Yet, there are still others that don’t even know what the fuss is all about.

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The Most Common IRS Penalties and How to Avoid Them

There are three (3) common IRS penalties that hit individual taxpayers the most. They can easily be avoided with a little planning. Listen…paying taxes is difficult enough, don’t add insult to injury by having to pay penalties and interest on top of income taxes. The Late Payment Penalty – Not paying what I owe by

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Moving to a Different State to Save on Income Tax

If you’re considering making a move to save on state taxes, create a master spreadsheet with all of the possible taxes, cost of the move, savings in the cost of living, etc., and carefully determine if it makes sense on paper. Then, if does, get to work taking the steps to actually move your residency or domicile. It doesn’t happen overnight.

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How Short-Term Rentals are Taxed

More and more real estate investors are adding ‘short-term rental’ properties to their portfolios and with a lot of success. However, many still have questions about where to place them in their tax and legal structure.

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How to Self-Direct my IRA or 401k

You can actually invest in real estate, promissory notes, precious metals, cryptocurrency, small businesses, and concert tickets, or raw land. Your broker may tell you that you can’t do this and it’s prohibited. They’re blatantly wrong.

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