Personal Financial Advice from a former Certified Financial Planner
Recently, the Democrats passed a bill called the American Rescue Plan Act, that made some changes and updates to the child tax credit. This was quickly spun as either a middle-class tax cut or raising taxes on the poor. It’s weird to see how people can distort what is really …
Higher gas prices have one silver lining: a higher IRS mileage deduction standard rate. Every year, the IRS updates the standard amount one can deduct for each mile driven for business or miles driven for charitable purposes. The amount of the IRS standard mileage rates deduction is based upon various …
Not all tax numbers stay the same over time. Many income limits and other tax numbers are adjusted each year, either for inflation, or by another statutory mandate. These tax numbers include the tax tables and tax brackets for each year, for example. It also includes IRA contribution limits. The IRS …
The tax tables for 2022, which determine the tax brackets for 2022, used by most people in Spring of 2022, while filing their 2022 taxes, have been set by the IRS. As always, there are seven different tax brackets based upon the taxpayer’s filing status. The different brackets are the …
Here comes tax time for that huge group of Americans who wait until the proverbial last minute to file their income taxes. For them, crunch time is approaching, and they need to find all those tax receipts and records that they will need to file Federal Income Taxes. Fortunately, one …
401k contribution limits prevent higher income taxpayers from stuffing too much money tax-free into their 401k plans. Each year, the IRS adjusts tax numbers due to either tax law changes, or statutorily mandated adjustments. However, in some cases, the tax amounts are tied to inflation so that they automatically adjust. In …
If you can’t get your taxes filed on April 15, 2022, don’t worry! You get a few extra days this year, and you can always file for an extension. Normally, Tax Day is April 15th, However, Washington D.C. celebrates a legal holiday called Emancipation Day on April 15th this year, …
What is the standard deduction amount for 2022 and 2021? The IRS updated the number and it’s a little bit higher this year. When filing income taxes, taxpayers can choose to either itemize tax deductions, or take the standard tax deduction amount. The IRS adjusts how much the standard deduction …
A home office tax deduction can be a great way to reduce your taxes if you own a small business. The home office deduction gets a bad rap because a few years ago, deducting a home office was seen as an “audit trigger.” However, that issue was blown out of …
There has been some grumbling about the way banks handled the new $1,400 stimulus payments, but the reality is that the treasury did not fund those deposits until today (Wednesday). We can talk all you want about how guaranteed the money was, and that big banks like Wells Fargo and …
