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August 02, 2012
When Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its companion bill, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (collectively known as the Affordable Care Act) in 2010, lawmakers staggered the effective dates of various provisions. The most well-known provision, the so-called individual mandate, is scheduled to take effect in 2014. A number of other provisions are scheduled to take effect in 2013. All of these require careful planning before their effective dates.
August 01, 2012
As an individual or business, it is your responsibility to be aware of and to meet your tax filing/reporting deadlines. This calendar summarizes important tax reporting and filing data for individuals, businesses and other taxpayers for the month of August 2012.
July 30, 2012
As an individual or business, it is your responsibility to be aware of and to meet your tax filing/reporting deadlines. This calendar summarizes important tax reporting and filing data for individuals, businesses and other taxpayers for the month of July 2012.
July 26, 2012
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision, has upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, the provisions together comprise the Obama health care laws. The landmark decision, handed down on June 28, focused on a key provision of the law the "individual mandate" and affirmed that it was constitutional under Congress's taxing power.
July 23, 2012
Yes, penalty relief under the IRS Fresh Start initiative was a one-time offer, which required individuals to file Form 1127-A, Application for Extension of Time for Payment of Income Tax for 2011 Due to Undue Hardship, by April 17, 2012.
July 18, 2012
A SIMPLE (Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees of Small Employers) IRA is a retirement savings plan designed specifically for small employers. A SIMPLE IRA is an IRA-based plan with ease of use features intended to encourage small employers, which may otherwise not offer a retirement plan, to create a retirement plan.
July 16, 2012
The dependency exemption is a valuable deduction that may be lost in many situations simply because some basic rules for qualification are not followed. Classifying someone as a dependent can also entitle you to other significant deductions or credits. Here is a rundown of some of the rules and their implications.
July 13, 2012
The IRS has issued new regulations that address when S Corp shareholders may increase their adjusted basis because of "indebtedness" of the S corp to them. The shareholder may increase the adjusted basis only if the indebtedness is bona fide. The new rules that elaborate on this basis principle are intended to
July 11, 2012
As summer arrives in Washington, so does the usual slowdown in legislative activity and 2012 appears to be no exception. Lawmakers have a full plate of tax-related bills on their agenda but progress is slow at best as both parties prepare for the November elections.
June 26, 2012
The Tax Court recently ruled on a case that should prove a cautionary example for taxpayers making charitable contributions. A married couple's deduction for charitable contributions of $25,171 to their church was disallowed because the written acknowledgment they received from their church did not meet the substantiation requirements under Code Sec. 170. The written acknowledgment had not included a statement regarding whether services were provided to taxpayers as consideration for their contribution.
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