year-end tax strategies

7 Year-End Tax Strategies for Individuals

Maria Grinkrug, CPA Tax Planning For Individuals, Tax Reform Leave a Comment

With the end of the year quickly approaching, it’s time to plan how you will limit your personal tax liability for 2019. You will want to be sure your year-end …

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ASC 842: What’s so tricky about the new lease accounting standard?

Barbara Carmody, CPA Business Management, Lease Accounting Leave a Comment

At first glance, the lease accounting standard (ASC 842) seems relatively simple: Just add an asset and a liability to the balance sheet. The two accounts would offset, so no …

IRA checkwriting

How to Use IRA Checkwriting in Retirement to Save on Taxes

Steven G. Albert, CPA, MST Tax Planning For Individuals, Retirement Plans 1 Comment

For more than four decades, the individual retirement account (IRA) has been the go-to savings vehicle for retirement savers who are looking for a current tax deduction and tax-deferred earnings. …

new lease accounting standard

What does the new lease accounting standard mean for your business?

Barbara Carmody, CPA Business Management, Lease Accounting Leave a Comment

When the new lease accounting standard, Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 842, is implemented, all leases will have to be reported on the balance sheet. A ‘right of use’ asset and …

taxpayer first act

Everything you need to know about the Taxpayer First Act

Glass Jacobson Wealth Advisors Tax Planning For Individuals, Tax Reform Leave a Comment

As of July 1, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service has been put on notice. The Taxpayer First Act has been passed by Congress with bipartisan support, and signed into law …

medicare tax

IRMAA: The Hidden Medicare Tax

Alan I. Fox, CPA, CVA Tax Planning For Individuals, Personal Finance Leave a Comment

What is IRMAA? IRMAA stands for Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount. Many of us pay premiums for Medicare Parts B and D just like any health insurance. But high income enrollees …