How To File Offer In Compromise

IRS provides a package for filing an offer in compromise. The package includes the latest version of form 656, forms 433-A and 433-B. This package helps lessen the hassles of the complicated procedures of an application.

Calculating Depreciation For Your Investments

Analyzing real estate investments? Trying to understand the tax benefits of equipment depreciation? Make sure you tap Microsoft Excel's depreciation functions...

If You Filed an Extension for Your Taxes – Time's Almost Up

During a beautiful summer day, it is easy to forget some of the things you have to take care of. If you filed an extension on your taxes earlier this year, the deadline is approaching.

Recommendations Of New Jersey's 1997 Property Tax Commission

Recommendations of the Governor's 1997 Property Tax Commission that through August 2, 2001 have been enacted by law or by regulation and those which have had just bills introduced. Governor Whitman asked the Property Tax Commission she created in 1997 to study the property tax problem in New Jersey and offer recommendations that would help county, school, and municipal officials ease the burden of property taxes on New Jersey residents. The 60 specific recommendations of the Commission are listed in summary form below. Following the specific recommendation is a citation to the law, regulation or bill that followed or a statement that (No law, regulation or bill has been forthcoming). It appears that after the 60 recommendations of the Governor's Property Tax Commission were issued in September of 1998, 11 recommendations had one or more bills introduced to implement them, 6 recommendations were implemented by Executive Order No. 88, and one recommendation was implemented by a constitutional amendment.

Income Tax Burdens For the Non-Spouse Beneficiary: Perils of Failing to Roll a 401k into an IRA

With proper planning you can put in place the mechanisms to stretch taxable distributions from an inherited IRA. The distribution rules that come into play at the death of the retirement plan owner are usually found in a plan document that few employees or advisors ever read.

Class-action Lawsuit Filed Over Bush Tax Refund Program

According to lawyers, millions of small businesses and low-income taxpayers will be excluded from a Bush administration tax refund program.

Michigan Lawmakers Abolish State Business Tax

Michigan state legislature has voted to approve the abolition of the state business tax starting in 2008. The move is a bid to boost investment and job creation.

The Basics of IRS Property Auctions

Buy a home, car, helicopter, NFL team or whatever for one measly dollar. Ah, we must be talking about IRS property auction hype.

Tax Break for College Tuition Payments

If you are writing a college tuition check, there may be a hidden tax break that will allow you to deduct a part of your college tuition payment. In order to do this, you must utilize a 'Section 529' College Savings Plan in one of the 26 states that provide a tax deduction or credit when you deposit the money.

Filing a Joint Tax Return With Your Spouse

They say the world works on a concept known as balance. To counterbalance the joys of your honeymoon, you get the misery of filing a joint tax return with your spouse.

Business Tax For At Home Enterprise

Knowing the revised tax laws can help a home-based business in filing its business tax.

State Tax Refunds

Nearly 67 percent of all taxpayers around the country are entitled to state tax refunds, and the amount of these refunds is worth lining up for. In the state of California, for example, refunds averaged around $760. The average for most other states was about $550 in 2005.

Tax Fraud Lawyers

Some individuals and organizations do not follow the standard procedure of paying their share of taxes to the government. By not doing so, they are committing a crime under the income tax laws of the US. The act of flaunting the rules and laws institutionalized for the proper functioning of the government is considered a serious offence. These types of crimes are termed as white-collar crimes in legal circles, as civilized citizens with no history of crimes commit these offences.