Taxpayer asks: I must say I enjoy reading your blog! A somewhat tax professional myself (I deal in state taxes), I am constantly asked Federal Tax questions and use your blog as an aid! So here’s my question: Would purchasing a home, via taking over the payments, qualify for the New Home Buyer tax credit?…
Taxpayer asks: I own a house where I live with my boyfriend. I pay almost of the bills because he does not currently have a job. I’m working full time as a paralegal and I hope to go to law school some day. I really enjoy your blog. Here’s my question. Because he’s not working,…
Taxpayer asks: Hello, I am writing in behalf of my daughter who has a stimulus check from last year that she cant get cashed. She and her husband or soon to be ex have received a $900.00 check that she cant get cashed. He isn’t playing fair and has moved out of the state and…
Taxpayer asks: I work for a small corporation. We routinely issue w9 forms whenever asked. However, a new customer asked me to send them a w9 form with our name and the address of our other manufacturing location. We have multiple manufacturing locations all covered under the same tax ID, name, etc. She wants her…
Taxpayer asks: I have a weird question. My insurance doesn’t cover the cost of my birth control pills. Can I deduct them on my taxes? What about other forms of birth control, like condoms? Thanks, Taxgirl says: Wow, I didn’t realize that there were any insurance companies left that didn’t offer coverage for birth control…
Taxpayer asks: Thanks for taking the time to consider my question. I travel extensively for my job. When I travel, I have an expense account for meals and hotels. My company recently moved to a “no alcohol” policy on expense accounts. We cannot put any alcohol on our expense accounts and we cannot apply for…
Taxpayer asks: Hello, I am an independent contractor and work with teachers. If I purchase gift cards to award those that completed required assessments by the deadline given. Can I deduct the cost of these gift cards? I would appreciate any information you can provide. Many thanks, Taxgirl says: I love this question because it’s…
Taxpayer asks: I have an employee whose child care center fees just went up. So to take some of the burden off her shoulders we are paying for the rest it adds up to $300 a month. Now-her babysitter is her sister in law who works part time but does babysitting on the side. My…
Taxpayer says: Last year, my husband came into a little money. He bought a few acres in the middle of the state and put a motor home on it. He plans to build a cabin on it. Since it’s not a second home yet can we get any tax breaks on it? Taxgirl says: Who…
Taxpayer asks: Hi Tax Girl QuestionIf someone pays my Credit line directly. i.e. they write a check directly to my bank to lower my credit line balance.with their after tax dollars. Is this taxable income to me. Taxgirl says: It depends on who that “someone” is… In most cases, this would be considered a gift…