Hobby Loss Rules - Section 183
Jun 23, 2011
Under Section 183 of the Internal Revenue Code if an activity is not engaged in for profit the losses from the activity are limited to the revenue received.
In Dennis v Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2010-2...
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IRS Waiver of 60 Day Roll Over Rule for IRA
Jun 23, 2011
If funds are taken out from an Individual Retirement Account in other than a trustee to trustee transfer, an individual has 60 days from the date of the transfer to roll over the amount into another IR...
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Passive Activity Losses and Credits Limited
Jun 23, 2011
In a recent U.S. Tax Court Case entitled Moss v. Commissioner 135 T.C. No. 18 (2010). an individual who owned four real estate rental properties could not count the hours that he considered himself "on...
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Bonus Depreciation and Code Section 179 Expensing - Recent Changes
Jun 23, 2011
Under the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Acto of 2010 (P.L. 111-312) the following changes were made with regard to Bonus Depreciation and the Section 179 Expensing...
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Transfers of Property to Legal Entities and Reassessment of Property Taxes in California
Jun 23, 2011
Under Revenue and Taxation code section 61(j) in California, all transfers of real property interests to or from a legal entity results in a change in ownership that is subject to reassessment for prop...
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Who Must File an FBAR?
Jun 22, 2011
The Treasury has issued new regulations to clarify that FBAR's (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts) are required when several conditions are satisfied. These are:
A U.S. Person
had a "fi...
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FBAR Filing Due Soon.
Jun 20, 2011
Just a reminder for anyone that has a foreign bank account that had a balance that exceeded $10,000 in the calendar year. If you did an FBAR filing is due by June 30, 2012. If the return is not filed t...
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Use Tax Returns in California
Jun 15, 2011
The Board of Equalization in California is requiring "qualified" taxpayers to file Use tax returns whether they owed any Use tax - this applies for the last three taxable years to include 2008, 2009, a...
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Estate Taxes, Income Taxes and Transferee Liability
Jun 11, 2011
When a person dies an IRS lien is automatically placed on the estate for the payment of any estate tax liability and any income tax liability.
The executor of the estate is responsible to pay all taxe...
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Understanding your IRS CP 2000 Notice
Jun 08, 2011
You received an IRS CP 2000 notice in the mail; now what? The CP
2000 notice is sent by the IRS to show proposed changes that they are
making to your income tax return. The changes that the IRS pro...
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