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The April 15 deadline for filing federal income tax returns is looming. Maybe you're still working up your 1040 forms, and muttering under your breath for missing.
The most important step in saving for retirement is participating in your 401(k). By familiarizing yourself with 401(k) limits in 2014 and making retirement planning a priority, you're sure to get ...
A 401(k) is one of the best retirement savings vehicles around. Money you invest grows tax-deferred, and depending on the type of 401(k) you have access to, you may either get a tax deduction when ...
A Qualified Employee Discount is defined in Section 132(c) as any employee discount with respect to qualified property or services to the extent the discount does not exceed (a) the gross profit percentage of the price at which the property is being offered by the employer to customers, in the case of property, or (b) 20% of the price offered for services by the employer to customers, in the ...
Few tax laws cause as much confusion as those that apply to the gift and estate tax, and 2014 is no different. Fortunately, the major changes in recent years have been to your advantage.
A further trap awaits the unwary U.S. investor who donates depreciated assets – assets on which there have been losses in value – to charity. The gift actually forfeit the tax deductibility of the capital losses, and only the depreciated (low) market value at the time of the gift is allowed to be deducted, rather than the higher basis.
Gross income includes "all income from whatever source", and is not limited to cash received. It specifically includes wages, salary, bonuses, interest, dividends, rents, royalties, income from operating a business, alimony, pensions and annuities, share of income from partnerships and S corporations, and income tax refunds. [3]
If any gift exceeds the annual limit, you’ll file a gift tax return on IRS Form 709. This is purely an informational return with no tax due until you cross the lifetime limit of $12,092,000 (for ...