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Although day trading is neither illegal nor unethical, it can be highly risky. Most individual investors do not have the wealth, time, or temperament to make money or sustain the losses that day trading can bring. Satisfying the rules that permit special tax treatment for day traders is difficult.

If you were a victim of a major natural disaster, the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 has special rules about retirement plan and IRA distributions, retirement plan loans, how to compute disaster losses, and relief for non-itemizers. Employers may qualify for a new employee-retention credit.

The recent COVID-related tax relief legislation, passed late in December, extends and enhances deductions for cash charitable contributions.

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Here are the business tax due dates for February 2021.

COVID-19 has touched nearly every aspect of the lives of every American, including our financial health. There will be some tax implications that many people have not considered. Watch the following video for some possible tax consequences so you can be prepared when tax time comes.

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Great news for 2021 and 2022 only. The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 allows businesses to deduct 100%, instead of just 50%, of business meal expenses meeting certain requirements.

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A frequent question is whether inherited assets are taxable. Generally, they are not until they are sold, and then only to the extent that the sales price exceeds the fair market value of the asset at the time of the decedent's death. There are exceptions to this rule, such as traditional IRAs and other deferred untaxed income of the decedent.

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An individual must have compensation in order to contribute to an IRA, unless the individual is a non-working or low-earning spouse who is allowed to contribute to his or her own IRA based upon the compensation of the working spouse.

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First, there was the usual April 15th deadline. Then, there was July 15th. If you filed for an extension, your deadline was October 15th - and now that date has come and gone. What happens now if you missed it?

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Operating a SMB is hard work - and it's vital to know the financial health of your business at any time. Whether you're assembling your financial reports yourself or have hired professional help (like us), here are 12 metrics that can help you monitor your success.

To say COVID-19 has made 2020 a disastrous year for just about everyone would be an understatement. However, 2020 has given rise to more than the usual tax-planning opportunities. Thus, you may find it appropriate to schedule a tax-planning appointment well before the close of the year to take advantage of the tax benefits and strategies available for 2020.

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Are you an investor in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc.? If so, when you sell those securities, you will undoubtedly want to minimize your gains or maximize your losses for tax purposes. To do that, you'll need to know your tax basis in the investment (asset), which makes it important to keep track of the basis in all your investments.