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Is Ryan’s Medicare Proposal the Right Kind of Change?

22 May 2011

It was one of those jaw dropping, rubbing your eyes, cleaning out your ears moments. Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, thought by many to be a frontrunner for the GOP nomination, went out on a limb and criticized his own party’s plans for Medicare reform. Speaking on Meet the Press, Gingrich said about the Republican plan: [...]

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IRS Asks for Input on Health Care Law

10 May 2011

For as long as I’ve been banging away on the keyboard about tax and tax policy, I don’t believe I’ve seen anything more polarizing than the “new” health care act which was signed into law last year. From the so-called Cadillac plans to the increased 1099 reporting requirements, no single piece of legislation has generated [...]

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Medicare and Self-Employed Taxpayers

28 February 2011

See folks, this is why you should always read the comments in the blog. We’ve been having a discussion about whether Medicare Part B is deductible as a self employed health insurance premium in the comments at this post: The A, B, C and Ds of Medicare. The old Pub 535 said no. And the [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Claiming Independent When You’re Not

30 January 2011

Taxpayer asks: I was in college until May, and have been supporting myself since. I just filed my taxes for free at turbotax.com, filed as an independent, and got the email that my return has been accepted. Then my parents told me that they claimed me as a dependent so that they could keep me [...]

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The A, B, C and Ds of Medicare

25 January 2011

Here’s your big disclaimer upfront: I’m not a Medicare guru. I don’t work for Medicare. I don’t receive Medicare. But I do know enough to see that there’s some pretty awful information floating around which has lead to some confusion on the tax side. Let me see if I can help sort some of it [...]

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Word of the Day: Rumormongering

5 January 2011

Apparently, the rumor mills are at it again. I’ve received three emails already this morning to this effect: I’ve been told by several friends that my employer provided health care benefits will be subject to regular income tax treatment in 2011. I pay a monthly amount that partially pays for a high-deductible Blue Cross policy. [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Health Care Bill Unconstitutional?

13 December 2010

Taxpayer asks: I heard today that the courts ruled Obamacare unconstitutional. Does that mean that we don’t have to worry about those new 1099s now? taxgirl says: There are a couple of pieces to this question. First things first: the health care bill is still law. Procedurally, what happened was that a federal court in [...]

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Self-Employed Folks Get a (Tax) Break

25 September 2010

As the debate over health care and health care costs continued to draw attention, it appeared as if the smallest of businesses, those who are self-employed, were being ignored. Most of the health care related tax breaks and credits have been focused on businesses with employees but those who are self-employed or primarily family owned [...]

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Does Congress Understand Who Works in Small Businesses?

20 September 2010

Last month, I went on vacation and I saw America. No, I didn’t do some month long cross country trip (though with three kids and a dog in the car, it felt a little longer than it actually was) – just a few hours up the road to Maine. Along the way, we opted not [...]

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No Tax on Health Care Benefits for 2010 or 2011 or…

10 July 2010

How can you tell it’s an election year? By the sheer number of scare tactics and outright lies being shuffled about. An email is making the rounds – again – suggesting that health care benefits will appear on forms W-2 and will be taxed. I was alerted to this fact on yesterday via reader email [...]

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