Wage Threshold for Household Employees
2008 Changes The social security and Medicare wage threshold for household employees is $1,600 for 2008. This means that if you pay a household employee… Read More »Wage Threshold for Household Employees
2008 Changes The social security and Medicare wage threshold for household employees is $1,600 for 2008. This means that if you pay a household employee… Read More »Wage Threshold for Household Employees
The standard deduction for people who do not itemize their deductions on Schedule A (Form 1040) is, in most cases, higher for 2009 than it… Read More »Standard Deduction Increased
The COBRA subsidy program was scheduled to expire on Dec. 31, 2009. But a late reprieve from the government keeps the program up-and-running awhile longer.… Read More »COBRA subsidies extended
If you retire from the armed services based on years of service and are later given a retroactive service-connected disability rating by the VA, your… Read More »Special Limitation Period for Retroactively Excluding Military Retirement Pay
2009 Nonbusiness energy property credit. This credit, which expired after 2007, has been reinstated. You may be able to claim a nonbusiness energy property credit… Read More »Residential Energy Credits
The “first-time homebuyer credit” isn’t just for first-time homebuyers anymore. Thanks to a new tax law change, longtime homeowners may also qualify. Under the new… Read More »New homebuyer credit rules
Beginning January 1, 2009, the monthly exclusion for commuter highway vehicle transportation and transit passes increased to $120 and the monthly exclusion for qualified parking… Read More »Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefits
2008 Changes The amount you can deduct for each exemption has increased to $3,500 for 2008. You lose part of the benefit of your exemptions… Read More »Personal Exemptions
The new “Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009” extends and expands the tax break for net operating losses (NOLs) created by the 2009… Read More »Double tax benefit for NOLs
Revocation of release of claim to an exemption. For tax years beginning after July 2, 2008 (the 2009 calendar year for most taxpayers), new rules… Read More »New Rules for Children of Divorced or Separated Parents
2009 The limit on the exclusion for payments made on a per diem or other periodic basis under a long-term care insurance contract increases for… Read More »Increase in Limit on Long-Term Care and Accelerated Death Benefits Exclusion
Keeping detailed records of employee travel expenses is a hassle. But there’s a way your business can simplify matters without any tax downside: Use the… Read More »IRS raises per diems for 2010