Slow Refunds

Some refunds will be held up by the IRS.   Filers who are claiming the earned income tax credit as well as taxpayers claiming the refundable child tax credit will have to wait until Feb. 27 before their refunds are deposited into their bank accounts.   And...

Control

Retaining too much control over a company costs an inventor a tax benefit. The Royalties he got from patent transfers do not qualify for capital gains treatment. Inventors who sell to an unrelated person their entire interest in a patent they created before commercial...

2018 property taxes paid in 2017

The $10,000 cap on deducting state and local taxes is causing chaos.   In an attempt to beat the deduction crackdown coming in 2018, many homeowners rushed out January to prepay 2018 property tax liabilities, in the belief they could deduct them on 2017 returns,...

Need a Passport?

Do you need or want to apply for or renew a passport?   Then you need to make sure that your taxes are paid up and current.   The State Department can deny and has revoked U.S. passports of individuals with federal tax debts in excess of $51,000 and on whom...

IRS Outsourced Debt Collectors

Surprise the Service’s private debt-collection program is off to a shaky start.   A 2015 law called for the agency to turn over many inactive tax receivables to private debt collectors in an effort to recoup overdue taxes owed by taxpayers.   The IRS began...

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