Like any classic “Spaghetti Western”, the recent major tax law has some “good” elements with regards to residential real estate, some “bad” outcomes, and some “ugly” aspects, too … with the “u” in ugly standing for unclear, unknown, and unresolved. These various factors are laid out below. But the main overriding feature of the law … Continued
That pesky AMT survives the new tax legislation but will impact far fewer tax payers. Alternative minimum tax (AMT), the tax application to limit tax breaks, was on the chopping block but ultimately survived. Complex and unpredictable, the AMT ceiling was substantially raised. The good news for most current AMT payers is that they may … Continued
Now that we are well into the final quarter of the year, it’s time to think ahead to what is approaching taxpayers in just few short months. At this time every calendar year, the various government agencies release updated figures for a range of items such as retirement contribution limitations, gift & estate tax exemptions … Continued
Since 1993, the federal government has incentivized investment in small businesses through favorable tax treatment in order to keep the economic engine running. Those efforts have proven successful, as small businesses created nearly two million of the roughly three million private-sector jobs generated in 2014 and more than seven million of the 11 million jobs … Continued