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Understanding Tax Terms: Installment Sales

Understanding Tax Terms: Installment Sales

If you use an installment sale to help sell property, you can benefit from tax deferral and possibly lower your overall tax bill. But you need to watch out for certain tax traps if you do. Installment sale defined Generally, you create an installment sale when you...
Time for a Checkup

Time for a Checkup

Are you withholding enough for your taxes? As we enter mid-year, it’s a good time to check your tax withholdings to ensure you haven’t been paying too much or too little. This is especially true if your income was impacted by the pandemic or you have a...
Borrowing Money from Your 401(k)

Borrowing Money from Your 401(k)

Good idea? …not so much For years you have put away money from your pay into your employer provided 401(k) retirement savings account. Your employer may have even matched 50% of your contribution. Now you want to take some of this money out in the form of a loan...
The Household Employee Problem

The Household Employee Problem

Don’t get caught by the nanny tax This often overlooked bookkeeping and payroll tax requirement can cause a tangle of tax problems if not handled correctly. Could you be impacted? This is what you need to know. Nanny tax explained In an effort to capture income...
Advance Child Tax Credit Payments Starting NOW!

Advance Child Tax Credit Payments Starting NOW!

What everyone should know The American Rescue plan signed in March, 2021 requires the IRS to pay out ½ of enhanced Child Tax Credits (CTC) to eligible taxpayers beginning this month. A tall order, and one filled with land mines. If you have children or know of anyone...