by Leif Jensen | Apr 18, 2011 | General |
Full-time workers continue to have a hard time meeting the test to be a real estate pro, as a recent Tax Court case demonstrates. The passive loss rules don’t apply to losses of folks who spend over half of their working hours and more than 750 hours per year...
by Leif Jensen | Apr 18, 2011 | General |
A break for small firms on reporting the value of health coverage on W-2s: The IRS won’t require it for 2012 W-2 forms, either. The Revenue Service already suspended the reporting rule for 2011 W-2s that will be filed in early 2012. That relief applied to all...
by Leif Jensen | Apr 17, 2011 | General |
It has been repealed, President Obama has signed the legislation to repeal the expansion of the 1099 reporting rules. The law which scraps the requirement that businesses issue 1099s when paying $600 or more to corporations or for goods. Also gone is the rule making...
by Leif Jensen | Apr 17, 2011 | General |
Employees who file individual taxes based upon their W-2 can get refunds in spite of the unpaid deposits. Employees catch a break when employers don’t deposit withheld taxes: They still can claim a credit for the withheld income taxes when they file,according to IRS...
by Leif Jensen | Apr 17, 2011 | General |
Business owners can not escape liability for the firm’s unpaid payroll taxes, even though they didn’t know about the shortfall, an Appeals Court says. The bookkeeper for a business failed to deposit the company’s employment taxes. The owners first learned about her...
