We often get asked by clients and their employees, “When Should I File a New W-4?” At a minimum, we suggest reviewing your filing annually. Often, a large refund or tax bill is a good reminder to check your withholding. The IRS offers its own Tax Withholding Estimator that is very useful. If you [...]
Do you have a child attending college this fall? Whether the school has remote learning or classroom instruction—or a hybrid—you may be entitled to various tax breaks on the 2020 return you will file in 2021. Here are four of the tax benefits on the books. American Opportunity Tax Credit: This credit, which has expired [...]
On Friday, August 28th, the IRS issued Notice 2020-65 to provide details for implementation of the Presidential Memorandum issued by President Trump on August 8th that provided a deferral of certain payroll taxes for employees. What we know now: The employee’s share of Social Security tax withholding (6.2%) is deferred for applicable wages paid [...]
Many retirement plans are written using Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pre-approved documents. Pre-approved plans must be restated every six years to update their plan documents to reflect recent legislative and regulatory changes since the previous restatement, to maintain their tax qualified status. The six-year restatement period is known as a “cycle”. The last restatement [...]
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act encourages taxpayers to contribute to worthy charitable causes during this unprecedented health crisis. Accordingly, here are three key tax breaks in the new law for individual and corporate donors in 2020. 1. Deduction for non-itemizers: Normally, you may write off contributions to charitable organizations, subject [...]
The new Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act includes two key provisions providing relief to taxpayers with student loan debt. One provision applies to Direct Loans, Perkins Loans and Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) obligations owned by the U.S. Department of Education; the other expands the benefits of a fringe benefit plan for employees. [...]
Despite recent tax law changes, there still is no place like home from a tax perspective. Following are five key tax breaks associated with home ownership. Sale of principal residence: As long as you meet certain requirements, you can exclude from federal income tax up to $250,000 of gain for single filers and $500,000 for [...]
We hope by now you probably know that the CARES Act, passed in March, enables taxpayers with a required minimum distribution (RMD) due in 2020 to skip the payment this year. But did you know that you can roll your funds back into your retirement account if you have already taken your RMD this year? You [...]
If your business is starting to emerge from this year’s slumber, you may be inclined to acquire new equipment or other assets to help generate more income. In addition to the Section 179 allowance, which allows your business to expense up to $1.04 million of the cost of assets placed in service in 2020 (subject [...]
Last week, Governor Ivey announced a $100 million small business grant program for AL small businesses known as Revive Alabama. The program will reimburse small businesses up to a combined $100 million for expenses they have incurred due to operational interruptions caused by the pandemic and related business closures. These grants are being funded with [...]