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Practical Tax Tips for Individuals Investing in Qualified Opportunity Funds

Practical Tax Tips for Individuals Investing in Qualified Opportunity Funds

Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOF) are corporations or partnerships that hold at least 90% of their assets in IRS designated qualified opportunity zones (QOZ) with the goal of rebuilding low-income communities. Qualified Opportunity Funds, used as an alternative to a direct investment in a qualified opportunity zone property, offer an opportunity for individual investors to defer […]

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Tax season: Tips for a speedy refund and how to avoid gumming up the works

Tax season: Tips for a speedy refund and how to avoid gumming up the works

Happy official tax season! This file photo shows part of a 1040 federal tax form printed from the Internal Revenue Service website. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)  The Internal Revenue Service says it’s here to serve, and issued a plea for understanding on the first day of the 2021 filing season: “We are real people serving real

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Caution: Married filing joint taxpayers need to combine Advance Child Tax Credit payment totals from IRS letters when filing

Caution: Married filing joint taxpayers need to combine Advance Child Tax Credit payment totals from IRS letters when filing

Advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) A word of caution to all married parents filing a joint return for tax year 2021 who received advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments in 2021: you must combine the total amounts shown in box 1 of both IRS Letters 6419 when you file your federal income tax return this

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Tax season: Tips for a speedy refund and how to avoid gumming up the works

Tax season: Tips for a speedy refund and how to avoid gumming up the works

Happy official tax season! This file photo shows part of a 1040 federal tax form printed from the Internal Revenue Service website. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) The Internal Revenue Service says it’s here to serve, and issued a plea for understanding on the first day of the 2021 filing season: “We are real people serving real

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“Tax Preparers Near Me”? There’s a Better Way to Find a Tax Professional

“Tax Preparers Near Me”? There’s a Better Way to Find a Tax Professional

Verify the Tax Preparer’s Credentials There are a lot of people out there claiming to be a “tax professional.” However, just because someone advertises tax preparation services, it doesn’t mean that they have the skill, education, and expertise to properly prepare your tax return. So, to increase the odds of finding a qualified tax preparer,

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Tax tips for 2022, including how to get more child tax credit cash

Tax tips for 2022, including how to get more child tax credit cash

Many words could be used to describe the outlook for the 2022 tax season, ranging from milquetoast terms, like challenging or problematic, all the way to more honest forecasts, such as one horrific tax headache on the horizon.  The Internal Revenue Service will begin accepting and processing federal income tax returns on Jan. 24. Theoretically, the earlier

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The home office deduction: Why you probably can’t claim it, even if you work from home

The home office deduction: Why you probably can’t claim it, even if you work from home

The pandemic has shifted the way Americans work — perhaps forever. Remote work has become part of our new normal and in September of last year alone, 45% of full-time employees reported working from home in some capacity, according to a Gallup survey. And if you’re one of the millions of remote workers who works from

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