- Surprised by the Alternative Minimum Tax?
- When looking over your tax return, do you notice an amount on line 45? If an amount is entered there, it is because you are subject to the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The AMT is a generally punitive method of computing income tax that does not allow some of the tax preferences and deductions that regular tax computation allows. When an AMT computation results in a higher tax, the higher tax applies, and the additional tax from the AMT is added on line 45 of your return.
- Don’t Miss out on the Electric Vehicle Credit
- If you are considering purchasing a new car or light truck (less than 14,000 pounds), maybe you should consider one of the many electric vehicles currently being offered for sale and take advantage of a federal income tax credit worth as much as $7,500.
- Married to a Non-U.S. Citizen?
- With modern transportation the world continues to shrink, and it is increasingly common for a U.S. citizen to marry someone from another country who is not a U.S. citizen. If this describes your marital circumstances, there are some special tax filing issues you will have to deal with. Based on your particular situation, the filing issues could be very complicated or straightforward. But in either case, someone knowledgeable with non-U.S. citizen issues should complete the preparation of your return.
- Have Fewer Than 50 Employees? Here is How the Health Care Act Affects You
- When Congress came up with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), they carved out two basic categories of businesses, those with 50 full-time employees and/or full-time equivalent employees (FTEEs) and those with fewer than 50 employees. Under the ACA, businesses in the first category have a requirement to offer affordable insurance to their full-time employees and their dependents. If you are an employer with fewer than 50 full-time employees or FTEEs, you are not subject to the insurance requirement, but there are still some ACA issues you need to be aware of.
- Delaying Mandatory Taxable IRA Distributions - Are Qualified Longevity Annuities the Answer?
- People are living longer these days, and they may be concerned about outliving their retirement income, especially since tax law requires them to begin taking mandatory distributions from their retirement plans (such as IRAs) once they reach age 70.5. These distributions, called required minimum distributions (RMD), are generally determined by dividing the retirement account balance at the end of the preceding year by the individual's life expectancy from an IRS annuity table.
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