In 2020 lawmakers put in place several provisions that allowed for additional tax benefits for individuals and businesses making charitable donations. As in 2020, the following tax benefits are in place: • Taxpayers who do not itemize can claim a deduction of up to...
The federal government has begun to distribute child tax credit payments. You can expect to receive these payments monthly if your adjusted gross income is under $400,000 if filing as Married, or $200,000 if filing as Single, Separate or Head of Household. Please keep...
The CARES Act extensions and pandemic provisions bill allows taxpayers to roll over unused amounts in their health and dependent care flexible spending arrangements from 2020 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2022. This provision also permits employers to allow employees to...
2020 is a unique year as far as required minimum distributions (RMDs) are concerned. The CARES Act has suspended the requirement for most 2020 IRA distributions–including some 2019 distributions that you might have personally elected to delay until 2020. For our...
2019 Personal tax returns do not need to be filed until 7/15/20. 2019 taxes due, as well as 1st quarter estimated tax payments, are not due until 7/15/20. NOTE: 2nd quarter estimated tax payments are still currently due on 6/15/20! 2019 IRA & HSA payments can be...
The IRS recently released the mileage rates for 2020. Beginning Jan. 1, the business mileage rate decreased one-half of a cent for business travel driven and three cents for medical and certain moving expenses as compared to the rates for 2019. The charitable rate is...