The stay-at-home mandates stemming from the Coronavirus Pandemic are leading many to file for unemployment benefits for the first time. These much needed benefits can help workers who’ve lost their job find financial relief during this uncertain time. If you’ve lost your job or fear you may lose your job during the global health crisis, the information below can help answer any questions you have about filing for Unemployment during the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Read MoreTax season is here and if you’re dreading April 15th, this news might brighten your spirits. Congress has resurrected tax provisions that expired on December 31, 2017. In what has become much too common practice, Congress resurrected the dead provisions retroactively to January 1, 2018. Goody, goody! You can amend your 2018 tax returns to claim the deductions.
Read MoreDon’t kiss your tax benefits goodbye. This article simplifies the choice paradox by first addressing two of the 11 possibilities for education tax benefits and then taking the complexity out of them.
Once you see the rules simplified and the easy methods for planning your income so that you qualify for the tax benefits, you are going to smile. In fact, you may feel like you defeated those lawmakers who tried to paralyze you with choices.
Read MoreHave you procrastinated about setting up a tax-advantaged retirement plan for your small business? If the answer is yes, you are not alone.
Still, this is not a good situation. You are paying income taxes that could easily be avoided. So consider setting up a plan to position yourself for future tax savings.
For owners of profitable one-person business operations, a relatively new retirement plan alternative is the solo 401(k).
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