Choosing the Right Health Insurance during Enrollment
There are truly several tricks or strategies to maximizing your tax-writes and acquiring the correct health insurance policy.
Subcontractor vs Employee – 7 Warnings
The IRS consistently warns taxpayers to not get caught paying ‘employees’ as ‘sub-contractors’. But believe it or not, the IRS, may be the least of your worries. There are 7 deadly results that could occur by trying to call an ‘employee’ a sub-contractor when it’s truly not the case.
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).
The New Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
The new law first imposes a lower dollar limit on mortgages qualifying for the home mortgage interest deduction. Beginning in 2018, taxpayers may only deduct interest on $750,000 of new qualified residence loans ($375,000 for a married taxpayer filing separately), and the limits apply to the combined amount of all mortgage loans. Moreover, the extra $100,000 of home equity interest is gone entirely.
Why Buy Your Parent’s Home and Rent it Back to Them
There are several ways to handle a parent’s home depending on their particular health or financial situation. At a bare minimum, your parents should have a Revocable Living Trust to ensure the orderly and effectively transfer of the home to the family and avoid probate in states where the expense is significant.
Ways to Succeed at Tackling Student Debt
Student loans cause a great deal of stress in the lives of many Americans. From keeping track of payment deadlines or living in constant fear of not being able to make their next payment, the whole process can be overwhelming. The bottom line is even if you are making payments and chipping away at your […]
10 Steps to Purchasing Your Next Rental Property
I recommend to ALL of our clients to purchase at least one rental property a year for tax planning and wealth building benefits.
How to Invest in Opportunity Zones to Save Taxes
This tax incentive allows investors to reduce taxable gains and possibly obtain tax-free growth if they re-invest capital gains into real estate within designated Opportunity Zones
Avoiding problems with the IRS and the “Dirty Dozen”
All of us want to save taxes, but at the same time stay out of trouble with the IRS. In fact, I would hope we would even have a higher standard of being honest and ethical in the manner in which we all report our income, deductions and file our tax returns. We live in […]
