Personal Financial Advice from a former Certified Financial Planner
Small business tax deductions are important in order to offset high business taxes levied against small business owners and entrepreneurs. This is especially true for work from home entrepreneurs who file as sole proprietors, or as a Limited Liability Company aka LLC, with sole proprietor tax status. Small business owners …
It’s Federal Income Tax Time, here in America. The due date for filing your income taxes, and the dreaded Form 1040 is, as usual, April 15th. (No extra days to file taxes in 2023. Those pesky Washington D.C. holidays have moved on to other days..) But, before you can file …
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 …
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, …
Patreon is a website that allows people to contribute funds to support the work of artists and creators. When you get money, do you have to pay taxes on Patreon? If so, what are the Patreon taxes for creators? Is Patreon tax deductible? Let’s start from the beginning. Is Patreon …
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 …