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IRS Announces 2013 Tax Rates, Standard Deduction Amounts and More

15 January 2013

Tweet The IRS has released the tax tables for 2013 as well as the cost-of-living adjustments for inflation for certain tax items. But wait… before you read any further, promise me something? You understand that these are the applicable rates for the tax year 2013, right? They are NOT the rates that you’ll use to [...]

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House Passes Senate Budget Bill Convincingly: We Have A Tax Deal!

2 January 2013

Tweet Well, color me surprised. The House voted on the budget after all, and they voted up or down, rather than amending the Senate bill. The House voted “Yea” and they did so quite convincingly (257 YEA to 167 NAY). Here’s what the bill does: Income tax The tax cuts were extended – permanently – [...]

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All You Need to Know About IPOs, Going Public and Stock Options

14 May 2012

Tweet Admit it. For weeks now, you’ve been dropping the terms “IPO” and “going public” and “stock options” in water cooler conversation and at cocktail parties and you don’t really know what they mean. Or how they make people rich. Or why it matters to you. And it’s totally Facebook’s fault. As you know, Facebook [...]

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Tax Season Cheat Sheet: Most Noteworthy Tax Changes of 2011

2 April 2012

Tweet We’re down to the wire! Tax season is nearly over for the 2011 tax year: just 15 days remain until Tax Day (remember that you have until April 17, 2012, to file your 2011 individual federal income tax return). If you haven’t yet filed, here’s your chance to get caught up on what was [...]

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Taxes from A to Z: K Is For Kiddie Tax

15 March 2012

Tweet K is for Kiddie Tax. It’s no secret that Congress is concerned about tax fraud. With loopholes and exceptions galore (all, ahem, actually created by Congress), Congress believes that taxpayers are trying to evade taxes left and right. And who among these thieving schemers are the worst offenders? These folks: That’s right, kids. In [...]

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Hey Congress, Why Don’t You…? Fix the AMT

1 September 2009

Tweet Eric Satterley writes: An immediate need is to change the alternative minimum tax recapture law. On stock options you were forced to pay the alternative minimum tax even if you exercised any options (even if you did not sell the stocks). The law was that you could recapture/apply the tax paid toward the capital [...]

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Congressional Officials Critical of Tax Breaks in Proposed Stimulus Plan

12 January 2009

Tweet As blogged previously, Obama’s proposed stimulus package is meeting resistance – on both sides of the aisle. Key members of the Senate Finance Committee have criticized plans for a $3,000 tax credit for new hires, citing that it wasn’t the most effective means of promoting employment. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) said, “I’d rather spend [...]

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Quick, While the Nation’s Distracted, Let’s Pretend to Fix the AMT!

24 September 2008

Tweet While the nation’s attention was turned to the financial bank crisis, the House passed a bill increasing the exemption level for the alternative minimum tax (AMT) to $46,200 for individuals and $69,950 for married couples filing jointly. The motion passed by a margin of 393-30. The bill provides about $2,000 of relief each to [...]

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House Passes Tax Bill to Repeal AMT; White House Threatens Veto

26 June 2008

Tweet Defying the White House, Representatives in the US House voted to prevent about 22 million taxpayers from being hit by the alternative minimum tax (AMT). What? Oh yeah, just like with any headline, there’s more. The idea of AMT relief was originally endorsed by the GOP (such as Senator McCain). The problem with AMT [...]

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