CELEBRATING OVER SIXTY FIVE YEARS

CELEBRATING OVER
SIXTY FIVE YEARS

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If you’re a real estate developer or a small business owner who owns commercial real estate, you might be thinking

Estate planning can be overwhelming. One reason is that it has a language all its own. While you may be

Last minute tax-saving business tips. As year-end approaches, if you own a business you could benefit from some tax-trimming moves.

Gamblers couldn’t deduct losses. “Professional” gamblers can deduct losses equal to their winnings, but the burden of proving the deduction

Exempt status revoked, but not denied. A volunteer fire department provided fire protection, ambulance and rescue services to the community.

Summons issued to bitcoin exchange. Coinbase, the nation’s largest bitcoin exchange firm, has been served with an IRS summons seeking

Attention employers: There are three ways to set up an automatic enrollment 401(k) plan. Many Americans are unprepared for retirement

Security tips for taxpayers. The IRS suggests that you always: use security software with firewall and antivirus protections, make sure

IRS puts personal info at risk. Employees in the IRS Small Business/Self-Employed Division often don’t follow the agency’s email policies

Expecting tax cuts next year? President-elect Trump declared one of his top priorities to be passage of a “major tax

Distributor’s TV packages don’t qualify. In two similar Technical Advice Memorandums, the IRS determined that a television subscription package sold

Taxpayers denied child tax breaks. For part of a year, a married couple lived with a child from the wife’s

The last month or so of the year offers accrual-basis taxpayers an opportunity to make some timely moves that might

Accrual-basis taxpayer? One way to save tax is to properly record and recognize expenses that were incurred this year but

Retirement is often viewed as an opportunity to travel, spend time with family or simply enjoy the fruits of a

President Trump and the Republican Congress plan to act swiftly to make broad changes to the United States — including

Medicare health insurance premiums can add up to big bucks — especially if you’re upper-income, married, and you and your

The nationwide price of gas is slightly higher than it was a year ago and the 2025 optional standard mileage

Traditional estate planning strategies generally are based on the assumption that all family members involved are U.S. citizens. However, if

Once you reach age 73, tax law requires you to begin taking withdrawals — called Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) —

It’s not uncommon for people who live in states with high income taxes to relocate to states with more favorable

To help make sure you don’t miss any important 2025 deadlines, we’re providing this summary of when various tax-related forms,

Medicare health insurance premiums can add up to big bucks — especially if you’re upper-income, married, and you and your

A revocable trust — sometimes known as a “living trust” — can provide significant benefits. They include the ability to

Although the national price of gas is a bit lower than it was a year ago, the optional standard mileage

  According to the Pew Research Center, nearly a quarter (23%) of U.S. children under the age of 18 live