Personal Tax

November 10 - Report Tips to Employer If you are an employee who works for tips and received more than $20 in tips during October, you are required to report them to your employer on IRS Form 4070 no later than November 10. Your employer is required to withhold FICA taxes and income tax withholding for these tips from your regular wages. If your regular wages are insufficient … [Read more...] about November 2015 Individual Due Dates

Article Highlights:  Distribution Hazards Trustee-to-Trustee Transfers Rollovers Taxability Withholding Requirements Early Withdrawal Penalty When an individual retires or leaves an employer's service, the individual will be required to take a distribution from the employer's retirement plan (if the employer had a plan). Depending on the employee's age and the plan's … [Read more...] about Retirement Plan Distribution Pitfalls

Article Highlights: Who Qualifies for the Standard Deduction Who Is Not Allowed to Use the Standard Deduction Income Limitations for Itemized Deductions Phase-out of Itemized Deductions Looking ahead to the filing season for this year’s tax returns, a frequent question is whether you should keep track of tax-deductible expenditures or simply settle for the standard … [Read more...] about Should You Itemize Your Deductions for Taxes?

Article Highlights: Advance Premium Tax Credit Family Income Family Size Reporting Changes to the Marketplace Repayment of Credit Married Filing Separately If you are one of the many individuals or families who purchase their health insurance through the federal or a state government health insurance marketplace and are receiving an advance premium tax credit (subsidy … [Read more...] about Marketplace Insurance Checkup

Article Highlights: 2014 Uninsured Penalty Notices Flat Dollar Amount Penalty Percentage of Income Penalty Penalties Increase in 2015 and 2016 A tweet from an Indiana resident by the name of Benjamin Miller, including a picture of the IRS notice he received advising him that he owes $2,344 as a penalty for not having health insurance, has gone viral and ignited a … [Read more...] about Was Your No-Health-Insurance Penalty A Surprise?