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...]
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How to switch from IRS mileage to actual expenses
Are you getting the most out of your business-vehicle deductions? If you’re using the IRS standard “mileage-rate” method, have you ever wondered what you need to do to switch to the actual expense method? I’ll show how to make that switch the right way when you read my new article titled Tax Tips: You Can Switch from the IRS Mileage Rate to the Actual-Expense Method. Three … [Read more...]
Can a 5 lb. Gold Paperweight Qualify for a Tax Deduction?
When “cost recovery” replaced “depreciation” in the tax code, savvy business owners found that this can be a huge money-saver. You see, when that section of the law was enacted, it created new business deductions for business-use antiques and other assets, like gold, that can increase in value. But like anything else that involves the IRS, you have to know how to handle the … [Read more...]
Watch out! Your vehicle “lease” may not be a lease
Sometime it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck. But it turns out, upon closer examination, that it isn’t really a duck! That’s the story with vehicle leases. You see, there are a lot of tax rules on the books that make what looks like a lease, turn out to be a purchase. And what looks like a conditional sales agreement can turn out to be a … [Read more...]
Time to take those last-minute tax deductions
The clock is ticking and soon it will be 2012. Which is why you should act now and check out the proven end-of-year tax-planning strategies I highlight in my new article. These last-minute tax planning ideas can help you create or push more deductions into this year so your 2011 tax bill will be lower. Lots of extremely useful information is waiting for you in my new … [Read more...]