Brief History First let’s start with a brief history on the Roth IRAs and how paying taxes today might* avoid them at retirement time (distribution). The word might* in the previous sentence is because we never know if Roth IRA will be taxed in the future (i.e. Social Security benefits began to be taxed in
With the increase cost of living (inflation) and other factors, one in five Americans has no retirement savings and over half of them consider that they have not enough for retirement. Based on our experience, we consider that the vast majority of Americans is not ready for retirement as a) cost of healthcare and homecare
If you have a visa, you might be wondering if you have to file taxes in the United States. Well, it depends. First a reminder that lawful permanent residents (green card test) who work in the US and US citizens have to file US taxes. Note that if you are a US citizen, you have
As discussed often, the S Corporation requires the officer to have a reasonable salary (w2). The reasonable requires your salary to be: In line with the net profit or losses of the company - A start up company having losses might not have officer salary (neither owner distributions) You should perform a benchmark for your
In a common partnership, you will find a) general partners - running the business and responsible for the debts and b) limited partners - similar to investors where the money at risk is the amount contributed and not being involved in the day to day. The general partners will be subject to the self-employment tax
Cost Segregation is one of the big words use by tax gurus and tax strategists to potentially make you pay less taxes. Cost segregation is simply accelerating depreciation on real estate assets that are usually subject to 27.5 residential and 39 commercial to some items (parts of the building) at 5, 7 or 15 years
Thanks to the Secure Act 2.0 passed in 2022, there is another option for the overfunded 529 starting 2024. In the past, if you used those funds for non-education purposes, you had to pay your tax income and a 10% penalty on the earnings. Some of the rules to consider are: You can roll the
To close the year 2024, we bring to your attention a case on the news (NYTimes) a mind blowing case where a tax preparer through a network of franchises ATAX stole more than $145 million from the IRS. Back in April 2024, the IRS make the case public and issued a press release (see link
Since the pandemic, there is a higher mobility on the working force and even companies switching headquarters to more tax friendly environments. As a member of the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission, we considered extremely relevant the comparison of State and Local taxes in different territories. Taxes is one of the factors for business and individual
On December 23rd, the US Court of Appeals - Fifth circuit reinstated the BOI (Beneficial Ownership information) filing requirement. The reinstatement made a few changes to the reporting deadlines which in many cases is now January 13th 2025 (instead of January 1st, 2025). As a result, you are now required again to file the BOI
