If you had no taxable income in 2018, you might think you can’t claim the home-office deduction. That would be a big mistake. Why? Because even if you didn’t earn a nickel of taxable income, your home office can produce three significant tax benefits for you. We’ll tell you what they are and how to take advantage of these totally-legal tax breaks when you read my new … [Read more...]
Life Insurance Policy Loan—A Tax Nightmare
Do you have an insurance policy that has built up an internal cash value? Are you taking loans from your policy, or letting the policy ride with premiums being paid from the cash value? If the answers to these questions are “yes,” be very careful. You see, if you don’t handle things correctly, you can fall into the life insurance policy-loan trap. Allowing your life … [Read more...]
What Can I Do If My K-1 Omits 199A Information?
Your tax reform’s 199A deduction doesn’t arrive on a silver platter compliments of the IRS. No. You have to calculate the deduction yourself, and to do so you need to receive complete and accurate K-1 information. But what happens if the pass-through entity doesn’t provide the complete, necessary information you require? (And by the way, this happens far more often than … [Read more...]
TCJA Planning: Terminating Your S Corporation Election
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) may get you thinking about whether it makes sense to change your form of business entity. Maybe you’re considering turning your S corporation into a C corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship. If you’re currently running a C corporation, you’ll have to terminate it and elect to switch to another form of business entity. How do … [Read more...]
IRS saves many vehicles from the TCJA bonus depreciation debacle
Do you own a tax-law-defined luxury automobile, crossover vehicle, pickup truck, or sport utility vehicle? If you do, this issue of the Tax Reduction Letter makes “must” reading. Why? Because the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act lets you deduct 100-percent of the cost of qualifying assets. It makes one major exception. I’m talking about the $8,000 bonus depreciation cap that … [Read more...]