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Tax Issues When Selling a House After a Divorce.
The home sale exclusion remains one of the biggest and best tax breaks on the books. If a married couple filing jointly qualifies, they can exclude from tax up to a half million dollars of their profit when they sell their principal residence. However, you must meet certain requirements spelled out in the tax law. Significantly, the exclusion may be jeopardized if a couple is getting divorced.
New Rules in 2023 Take a Bite out of Business Meal Deductions
As an attempt to stimulate the restaurant industry, business meals prepared by a restaurant became 100% deductible to the employer for 2021 and 2022. Prior to this change, meals were mostly 50% deductible. Now, in 2023, we are back to where we were before the pandemic, so most meals are once again 50% deductible while entertainment expenses remain non-deductible.
When Naming a Trustee for Your Estate, Ask Yourself These Four Questions
Trusts often are used for estates that have significant assets, a complicated financial situation, or when there are minor children, or children or grandchildren with special needs involved. Trusts allow individuals to exercise greater control over how and when their money is disbursed to heirs, even long after they are deceased—rather than leaving money outright to a beneficiary in a will.
New Electric-Vehicle and Home-Energy Tax Incentives
The sweeping energy law Congress passed in August 2022 includes major changes to tax incentives for consumers to electrify their homes and vehicles.
Couples Can Soon Put Over $10,000 a Year Into Health Savings Accounts
The Internal Revenue Service announced the largest ever increase to the amount Americans can set aside in health-savings accounts each year.
Check Fraud Is Increasing. Here's How to Protect Your Money.
You have most likely heard on the news about people breaking into the blue mail boxes and stealing people's mail. Check fraud has been the main target from this outcome. Below is an article to help keep you safe.