The bottom line is that if your estranged spouse or X spouse is inappropriately claiming your child as a dependent you may encounter problems with the IRS. If you are the custodial parent one solution that seems to help is to file your taxes...
Generally, most income you receive is considered taxable but there are situations when certain types of income are partially taxed or not taxed at all. Examples of NON Taxable income include: Adoption Expense Reimbursements for qualifying expenses Child support payments Gifts, bequests and inheritances Workers' compensation...
An enrolled agent (EA) is a federally licensed tax practitioner who has technical expertise in the field of taxation and is empowered by the US Treasury to represent taxpayers for audits, collections and appeals before the IRS. Only enrolled agents demonstrate their competence in matters...
Alimony or Child Support Received Commission statement Completed Form 433- A, B or F Copies of delinquent tax returns and /or ASFR returns Explain in detail why the taxpayer is not able to full pay or borrow to pay Employer’s information including work number Investment income Life insurance policies cash out value Number...
Liquidating payments made by a partnership to a retiring partner are governed by §736. In general, if the payments are in exchange for partnership property, the amount received in excess of the exiting partner’s outside basis in his partnership interest is taxed as capital gain. On the other hand, if the payments represent...
Bartering is the trading of one product or service for another. Usually there is no exchange of cash. However, the fair market value of the goods and services exchanged must be reported as income by both parties. A barter exchange functions primarily as the organizer...
Unless of course you are married and filing a joint tax return, whereby the IRS essentially classifies both individuals together as a single tax payer, you should take care to allocate costs equitably for items of shared ownership. In US Tax Court Summary Opinion 2010-15 (Sword...
Generally, a claim for credit or refund of an overpayment must be filed by the taxpayer within three years from the time the return was fi led or two years from the time the tax was paid, whichever is later [§6511(a)]. There are exceptions for example, §6511(d)(2)...
The Alternative Minimum Tax, or AMT, is a parallel tax system to the standard tax system. Every taxpayer is responsible for paying the higher of the regular tax or the alternative minimum tax. The difference between the two tax calculations is determined using IRS Form...
Okay this is pretty huge in regards to some of the IRS Examination Appeals work I have been doing lately. The bottom line is that you need to follow the asset classification rules if you are going to engage in cost segregation depreciation. The following...