We often talk about tracking your mileage and expenses for tax purposes. But, what are you supposed to do with it? Let’s go over the basics on reporting business mileage on your tax return.
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As this year’s tax season heads towards its end, we continue to see more and more self-filers who have received notices from the IRS reassessing their tax liabilities due to mistakes or miscalculations on their original returns. In many cases, the filers should have no tax liability, but a missing form or incorrect information triggers a hefty IRS tax bill.
Tax Question:
How does PST work and how is it different from GST?
Facts:
PST (Provincial Sales Tax) is a provincially-levied retail sales tax that is generally applied to goods or services acquired for personal use in British Columbia, unless there is a specific exemption.
GST (Goods and Services Tax) is a federally-levied value added consumption tax that is applied to the supply of most of the goods and services purchased in Canada.
If you are an American living abroad, you may have taken advantage of the automatic 6-month tax filing extension by filing Form 4868 by the original due date of your return (April or June 15). If so, now is the time to get moving on your tax return filing. October 17th is just around the corner!
Tax Question:
When is my deadline to file my corporate tax return, and if I miss the deadline, what are the consequences?
Facts:
All companies have six months from the end of their fiscal year to file their T2 corporate tax return.
Regardless of whether or not you are able to pay your tax liability in full, you should file all tax returns that are due. To do so, file your past due return the same way that you would file a timely return. Contact me directly for more specifics as you see fit.
If you received a notice from the IRS, be sure to send your past due return to the location indicated on the notice that you received.
The year end date is important as it identifies the end of a corporation’s business year and can have an impact on tax planning. It has to be determined for a corporation’s first tax filing and is typically the last day of a month.
So what year end date should you choose?
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, better known as FATCA, was enacted March 18, 2010 and requires filing IRS Form 8938. It is important to note that this foreign financial asset reporting requirement does not replace or otherwise affect a taxpayer’s obligation to file a FinCEN Form 114. Basically, if you are a US taxpayer holding foreign financial assets you must file IRS Form 8938 if you have an obligation to file IRS Form 1040 reporting income.
I recall the first year my wife and I filed a joint return. I was a graduate student with a part-time job. She was fresh out of nursing school and employed at a local hospital. When we prepared our tax return, we owed $400. That was a lot of money in 1970, especially for people in our situation. What happened? We were victims of having multiple sources of income between the two of us and did not have the correct amounts withheld from our incomes.
The Cleveland Cavaliers pulled off the impossible: coming back from 3-1 series deficit in the NBA Finals, playing two games on the road, and ultimately winning the championship. It would seem far-fetched to say that they took a massive loss on Sunday night. But that was partly the case as they ran into an exorbitant “duty days” tax, commonly known as the Jock Tax.
April 18 was this year’s deadline for most people to file their federal tax return and pay any tax they owe. If you are due a refund there is no penalty if you file a late tax return. If you owe tax, and you failed to file and pay on time, you will most likely owe interest and penalties on the tax you pay late. To keep interest and penalties to a minimum, Read More
Yes, this year taxpayers have an extra 3 days to get their taxes filed or to file for an extension. And whenever a procrastinator is given more time, they will inevitably stay true to their nature and put off filing until the very last minute.
This behavior is so well known to professional tax preparers and firms that the Wall Street Journal recently published an entire Read More
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