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1040-SR For Seniors

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Seniors age 65 and older are getting a new tax return to fill out. It's called 1040-SR. IRS has released the draft of for 2019. It has the…

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Is Gambling A Business?

Deductions & credits

Spending time gambling doesn't always make it a trade or business. Remember the word hobby. IRS loves to use that on anyone that basically has some sort of…

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Deducting Tools from Tax Returns

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Had an email come in this week and the gentleman was asking me... he was obviously out buying some tools and wanted to know if he could deduct…

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Tax Preparation Fees

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People often ask, can I still deduct my tax preparation fees? And the answer is well, not for a few more years. From 2018 to 2025, that is…

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Medical Deductions

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Medical deductions. When you're looking at your medical deduction for 2019, it's 10% of your adjusted gross income - up from 7.5 in 2017 and 2018. Besides that,…

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Tax Deductions on Rental Properties

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Tax deductions on rental properties. Remember, besides the fact that you can take off all the maintenance that you have on that property, you're going to depreciate the…

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Is There a Homebuyers Credit?

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Is there a homebuyers credit? No longer. 2007 there was one and we had to pay back $500 every year and then in 2008 they gave another one…

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Home Office

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Home office. You know, many years, we've been taking home office for small businesses as a deduction. But coming about five years ago or so they came up…

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