Have you (or your corporation) been expensing too much or too little? Either way it’s not a problem. You see, you can change the amount you’ve been expensing without a lot of hassle. In fact, you can claim Section 179 expensing even if you didn’t expense a dime in the first year. Want to find out how you can file a 1040X to change your Section 179 expensing? Read our new … [Read more...]
Don’t kill your vehicle’s Section 179 deduction
The good news… The IRS allows you to amend your Section 179 deduction. The bad news… If you choose to use the IRS mileage rates, the tax law grants you no Section 179 deduction and no ability to amend your tax return to claim it. But hang on. All is not lost. You can still recover many of those lost deductions by switching to the actual expense method explained in our … [Read more...]
Tax-free supper money
When your employees work overtime, do you provide them with supper or other meal money? If you do, is that meal-money a tax-free fringe benefit, or is it additional W-2 compensation to the employees? You’ll find answers to these questions, plus a lot more, when you read my new article titled Tax Tips: Tax-Free Supper Money Tax Tips. Three ways our fact-filled article can … [Read more...]
Tax tips for owners of multiple businesses
Did know that when you own more than one business, you need to consider the IRS’s “grouping” rules that apply for passive loss purposes? At first glance, the need for this disclosure may cause you to groan. But it shouldn’t. You see there’s a useful audit-proofing aspect to this disclosure that can actually work for you! You’ll get the details when you read our new article … [Read more...]
Bank foreclosure auction
A foreclosure is always a sad event. But did you know that when the bank forecloses on a home, tax law comes into play in some surprising and often beneficial ways… especially this year? The fact is, tax law treats recourse and nonrecourse mortgages in completely different ways. If you want to learn how tax law treats recourse and nonrecourse home mortgages in a foreclosure, … [Read more...]