Mar 12, 2019 | Firm Updates, Individual Tax, Tax Tips
Did you make large gifts to your children, grandchildren, or other heirs last year? If so, it’s important to determine whether you’re required to file a 2018 gift tax return—or whether filing one would be beneficial even if it isn’t required. Filing requirements...
Mar 5, 2019 | Firm Updates, Individual Tax, Tax Tips
It’s not just businesses that can deduct vehicle-related expenses. Individuals also can deduct them in certain circumstances. However, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) might reduce your deduction compared to what you claimed on your 2017 return. For 2017, miles driven...
Mar 1, 2019 | Firm Updates, Individual Tax, Tax Tips
If you have a retirement plan account, please see important deadlines below in 2019: March 15 – Employer Contribution Deadline for Partnerships and S-Corporations Income tax returns for calendar-year businesses structured as a partnership or S-corporations are due...
Feb 19, 2019 | Firm Updates, Individual Tax, Tax Tips
While the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) reduces most income tax rates and expands some tax breaks, it limits or eliminates several itemized deductions that have been valuable to many individual taxpayers. Here are five deductions you may see shrink or disappear when...
Feb 5, 2019 | Firm Updates, Individual Tax, Tax Tips
The IRS opened the 2018 income tax return filing season on January 28. Even if you typically don’t file until much closer to the April 15 deadline, this year consider filing as soon as you can. Why? You can potentially protect yourself from tax identity theft—and reap...
Feb 1, 2019 | Firm Updates, Individual Tax, Small Business
One of the provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—the Section 199A Deduction for Qualified Business Income of Pass-through Entities (S199A)—is generating great anticipation for many taxpayers. This section of tax law provides a deduction to individuals, trusts, and...