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Making Smarter Retirement Account Distributions by Asking When, Why, and Where
As a proactive client, you often ask your tax professional about the tax effects of taking distributions from your retirement accounts. Unfortunately, it seems that proactive clients are in the minority. More often, your tax professional only learns about your retirement account distribution when the Form 1099-R arrives with your other tax documents. Proactive tax planners can improve their tax savings strategies by asking the when, where, and why that can help reduce negative tax consequences and can make you look like a problem-solving rock star to your clients. Whether you are looking for proactive ideas to implement on your own, or you want to be a problem-solving rock star with your tax planning clients, keep reading to learn how to make smart retirement account distributions.
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Lessons Learned from the Tax Court: An Olive Branch in Tax Court
“Everything is deductible until the audit” is an adage frequently repeated in the tax preparation industry. Generally, it’s mentioned tongue-in-cheek, but today’s taxpayer (and her tax pro boyfriend) may have taken it a bit too literally. Additionally, cutting corners may seem like a time-saving strategy in the moment, but the potential to backfire can’t be ignored. In this case, the taxpayer is about to learn things the hard way.
Two Tax Systems: The Fundamental Divide That Shapes Every Client Strategy
As tax professionals, we must recognize a profound truth that most Americans never fully grasp: The United States doesn’t have a single tax system, it has two fundamentally different systems operating in parallel. Understanding this dichotomy is perhaps the most important insight you can share with your clients, as it forms the foundation for virtually every advanced tax strategy.
When Your Client’s Business Fails: Easing the Tax Pain
The Internal Revenue Code provides several meaningful tools to ease the tax pain when a business fails. The problem is that many of these provisions require advance planning, timely action, or both. If you’re not looking for them, you’ll miss them, and your client will pay for it. In this article, we’ll look at net operating losses, Section 1244, worthless stock and bad debts, the hobby loss rules, cancellation of debt, and key opportunities to look back at prior years.
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