When you do your taxes, do you claim the home-office deduction? If the answer is “yes,” and you’re not claiming depreciation as part of that deduction, you could be making a big mistake. Oh, sure. It’s perfectly legal to take a pass on the depreciation, but why do that? If you don’t claim depreciation, you’re probably losing after-tax cash! If you want to learn which … [Read more...]
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New IRS property-repair rules save you money
It’s seldom that the IRS retreats and reinstates old rules and regulations that actually save taxpayers money. But that’s exactly what has happened. Thanks to a “re-think” by the IRS, you’ll no longer have to wade through 256 pages of regulations to determine whether your fix-up is a “repair” or an “improvement.” That’s right. The onerous rules that went into effect on … [Read more...]
How to avoid the Section 179 rental equipment “Gotcha”
Do you operate as an S or C corporation? If the answer is “yes,” you know it’s smart to get money out of your corporation without exposing it to payroll taxes or double taxation. One proven way to do this is to rent equipment to your corporation. But if you do rent Section 179 personal property to your corporation you’ll have to confront one big “gotcha” and two high … [Read more...]
How to save money by paying more taxes!
No. It’s not a typing mistake. It makes perfect sense to pay more taxes this year if we do head over the fiscal cliff at midnight on December 31. As you probably know, the fiscal cliff refers to major changes in the tax law that will take effect starting January 1 if our lawmakers don’t get their act together. And these changes involve huge tax increases. Which means it may … [Read more...]
Nine year-end strategies for claiming business-vehicle deductions
Thinking about buying or selling a business car, truck, van, or motor home? Then you need to read my new article right now. Why? Because I’ll tell you how to get some substantial vehicle deductions and avoid vehicle buying/selling tax mistakes this year… which is going to come to an end very soon. If you handle things the right way, you could wind up with more spendable … [Read more...]