What the heck is a 1099-K? It’s a new tattletale form designed to help the IRS know more about your income sources when you’re filing taxes. Its targets are the many people who run online businesses, sell at swap meets, or have home-based businesses but who don’t necessarily report all their income. The 1099-K tells [...]
Have you noticed that women’s sizes in catalogs now go up to 6X? Twenty years ago, you were lucky to find clothing in size 1X. January is when we look in the mirror and resolve to be smaller by the end of the year. It’s when all the weight-loss resolutions kick in. Let’s see what [...]
It’s a fresh, clean new year. We indulged ourselves last month and ended the year with a blast. Now, it’s time to come back down to earth and face financial reality. Luckily, I have some tax tips you might find helpful as you try to stick to your financial goals and resolutions. 2012 brings us [...]
How many times have you read articles about saving money on your taxes at the last minute? Are you bored out of your mind by repeatedly reading about the same things? Well, as it happens, the same things tend to work and make sense for saving money all year. Are there any new ideas I [...]
Looking over my projected tax return, it seems my husband and I cannot itemize our deductions. The interest rate on our mortgage is so low that we no longer have enough interest to take Schedule A over the standard deduction for married couples. I’m now looking for other options for my charitable tax deduction. Do [...]
Babies bring us happiness—and tax benefits. I have a number of tax tips that will help you figure out the tax benefit you’re entitled to with a new baby. It’s just a little added bonus to your bundle of joy. Tax Tips: What are some tax benefits for parents? The dependency exemption is worth $3,700 [...]
Merry Brodie and Bill Nemeth on the show. 2011 Tax Questions Answered. And as usual, providing personal finance advice, real estate advice and consumer advice on the Ilyce Glink Show November 13, 2011 on WSB Radio. As 2011 winds down, this week's show was dedicated to giving listeners an opportunity to have their tax questions [...]
Today, we're answering your tax questions on the Ilyce Glink Show. We have Merry Brodie, an Enrolled Agent and owner of several Jackson Hewitt Franchises in the Atlanta area, and Bill Nemeth, an Enrolled Agent who is president of the Georgia Association of Enrolled Agents (4GAEA.org). What is an Enrolled Agent? Here's a summary from [...]
When you sell a Second Home, you may not get the tax advantages unless the home was an investment property and can defer capital gains. Q: We are considering selling a second home to find another one closer in proximity to our permanent home. We do not want to sell until we find another house [...]
Last month, while I was frantically trying to finish up a Pennsylvania client’s tax return, I discovered that we had missed a $500 to $650 state property tax credit for seniors. To snag that credit, it seemed that the return should have been filed by June 30. But, oh ho! The state had extended the [...]
