The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued the 2018 optional standard mileage rates. They are effective beginning January 1, 2018 – even if some of them might not be applicable to taxpayers under the current tax reform proposals.
It’s the second day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2017. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). Today’s charity is SecureFutures.
You can’t go anywhere these days without hearing about those tax proposals. Tax law can be tricky. If you don’t know your personal exemption from your standard deduction, or your Schedule A from your Schedule C, I’ve got you covered. Here’s what you need to know:
It’s the first day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2017. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting one a day for – well, 12 days (I’m clever that way). Today’s charity is Respite Care Charleston.
A tax deduction for charitable giving isn’t guaranteed just because you’re feeling generous. As with everything in tax law, it’s important to follow the rules. Here are 13 tips for making your charitable donation count in 2017.
Marinello v. United States is the first criminal tax case to be argued at the Supreme Court for nearly a decade. Here’s what’s at stake.
The Senate passed their version of tax reform this week. Here’s how their version differs from the House version – and from current law.
Senate Republicans got a win last night when the final version of their tax reform bill passed, 51-49. The vote was largely along party lines: only one Republican, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), voted against it, and no Democrat voted in favor.
Republicans in the Senate have announced that they believe they have enough votes to move their latest version of the tax reform bill forward. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is warning that the bill will cause housing prices to drop.
The IRS has notched a win in its battle for data from Coinbase. The IRS may legally investigate Coinbase account holders who may not have paid federal taxes on their virtual currency profits, but the scope of the summons has been dramatically narrowed.