The Power of the Charitable Remainder Trust
The CRT is a very powerful estate planning tool that may enable you to reduce your liability for income and estate taxes, protect your assets AND diversify your assets in a tax-advantaged manner.
Rules for Foreigners Investing in Rental Property in the U.S.
The U.S. tax rules that apply to ownership and dispositions of U.S. real estate by foreign persons are different in some important respects from the rules that apply to U.S. persons. Also, property managers are under special rules when managing property for foreign owners, and sellers to foreign investors can be classified as withholding agents (which have important obligations and liabilities associated with the classification).
Practical Checkbook Procedures for your Business to Succeed
As we have been working through tax returns for clients this tax season, it’s alarming to see how many clients aren’t maintaining their checkbook properly, or not even having a separate checkbook at all for each of the companies they own and operate.
How to Write-Off Your Technology Expenses and Cell Phone
When it comes to these ever increasing expenses and strategies to make us more successful in our business, we should be looking for ways to deduct them.
Filing an Extension for my Business Taxes
Many business owners don’t realize that they still may need to file a tax return even if the business didn’t make any money this past year. Filing is an Extension for your business doesn’t cost anything and it’s an easy way to avoid any penalties and give you additional time to file a more accurate […]
How a Small Business Saves Taxes and Builds True Wealth
I’m not proposing setting up any sort of business to simply lose money for tax write-offs, but to build a business that allows you to make more money, and save taxes by writing things off you wouldn’t otherwise be able to.
1099 Requirements for Business Owners in 2025
Businesses need to file a form 1099-NEC for every person for whom they pay $600 or more over the course of the previous tax year. A 1099-NEC form is only necessary for people who are NOT employees, such as contractors.
What to do If I can’t pay my Taxes
Are you wondering what to do If you can’t pay your taxes by October 15th this year? Do you feel like you don’t have any options, and all is lost? Are you considering not even filing your tax return at all? The worst thing a taxpayer can do: is to do nothing at all. Here […]
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.
