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What Is the Tax Benefit of Opportunity Zone?

Real estate & rentals

Opportunity zones. Opportunity zones are economic development tools that can be designed for you to spur more development in lower or rural areas. If you are an investor…

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Dr. Friday Talks About Itemizing Your Taxes

Deductions & credits

If you're thinking about itemizing, do remember that we do have a $10,000 cap on what we refer to as the salt tax, which is state and income…

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Can I Deduct the Interest On My Mortgage?

Deductions & credits

Interest expense. Keep in mind that back on the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, they reduced the amount of mortgage interest that you can have. Many…

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Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief

Real estate & rentals

Friday Tax and Financial firm. To get more info go to www.drfriday.com. Dr. Friday 0:10 Mortgage forgiveness debt relief. The maximum amount of discharge debt out of principal…

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How To Prepare For Your Taxes

Real estate & rentals

And we are into the last month of this year. It is time to start really seriously thinking, do a rough run through on your taxes. Did you…

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What Is A 1031 Exchange?

Real estate & rentals

And I talk to a lot of clients about what's called a 1031 Exchange or Like-Kind Exchange. I will tell you at the time that I'm recording this…

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What You Should Know About Interest Expense

Real estate & rentals

Interest expense. Keep in mind that back on the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, they reduced the amount of mortgage interest that you can have. Many…

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Make Sure You’re Maximizing Your Taxes

Deductions & credits

This year, you're going to have $12,400 for a single filer and $24,800 for a married couple as our standard deduction. Now, if you haven't filed your taxes…

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What Is A 1031 Exchange?

Real estate & rentals

One of my favorite tax rulings is a 1031 exchange. That would be as if you have a rental property and let's say maybe you live in Utah…

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Renting Your House To Your Children

Deductions & credits

Renting your house seems like a pretty easy concept. You rent it out, someone rents it, and then you have it. But sometimes you know what? Your son…

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Is My Second Home Tax Deductible?

Deductions & credits

So here's the question, if you have a second home, is it tax-deductible? And the answer could be yes. If it's not a rental, we can write it…

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