Get to know TaxConnections Member George Mentz, JD, MBA, GAFM Global Academy of Finance and Management, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

George Mentz presented at the recent TaxConnections Internet Tax Summit where he discussed the top tax ideas for the Presidential Candidates, 2016, with insight on possible changes to the tax code and tax reform.  Listen to this intense discussion about the candidates and to the key tax issues that can help working families become more productive and help make this country great again.

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Clifford Benjamin, United States Tax Association, Daytona Beach, Florida
Why Are Home Based Businesses Being Targeted For Audits?

A Former 30 IRS Agent Tells All, Stuart Sobel, President, Tax Media Network, Inc.
How Tax Returns Are Selected By The IRS For Examinations

Ronnie Williamson, Ace Tax Resolution, Manhattan Beach, CA
Enter The Mind of a Taxpayer Today And You Will Discover They Are Afraid of The IRS! 12 Million People Are In Trouble With The IRS Each Year. Are You A Small Business Or An Read More

It’s a good time to get planning for this year’s tax challenges. For tax year 2015, there are annual inflation adjustments for more than 40 tax provisions, including the tax rate schedules, and other tax changes. The tax items for tax year 2015 of greatest interest to most taxpayers include the following dollar amounts. Keep in mind that the AFA (Affordable Care Act) will increase many taxes on capital gains, income, and other areas including reducing tax deductions for high income earners and families.

Income Tax Rates: The tax rate of 39.6 percent affects singles whose income exceeds $413,200 ($464,850 for married taxpayers filing a joint return), up from $406,750 and $457,600, respectively. The other marginal rates – 10, 15, 25, 28, 33 and 35 percent – and the related income tax thresholds are described in the revenue procedure.

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As goes taxation, so goes society

As Charles Adams argued in his classic book, “For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes On The Course Of Civilization“, as go the taxing practices of a nation, so goes the nation. Given that taxes are a certainty, tax laws are a certainty, and those laws speak volumes about the “state of the nation” and the “values of the nation”. Tax laws evolve on an almost daily basis. The changes in tax laws reflect changes in societal values.

In 1924, the Supreme Court of the United States, per Justice McKenna ruled in Cook v. Tait that U.S. “citizenship taxation” was constitutional. Since that time Cook v. Tait has been cited to justify the constitutionality, although not necessarily the propriety, of “citizenship Read More

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Shamen Dugger, McGladrey LLP, San Francisco and San Jose, CA

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Join TaxConnections as we present incredible Tax Experts on Small Business Day at the Internet Tax Summit on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 beginning at 8:00AM (PDT).

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Why Are Home Based Businesses Being Targeted For Audits?
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♦ September 21st – U.S. Citizens Living Abroad And How Taxpayers Are Being Harmed

♦ September 22nd – U.S. Multinational Corporate Tax Issues – Train Your Tax Department Day

♦ September 23rd – Small Businesses And Home Based Businesses And Why They Are Being Targeted For Audits

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You Are Invited To Be Part of Internet History…
Join TaxConnections as we present incredible Tax Experts on Corporate Tax Day at the Internet Tax Summit on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 beginning at 8:00AM (PDT).

Gather your entire tax department and listen/watch these smart corporate tax experts providing you with the most up-to-date information.  Click below for the Agenda and your VIP Ticket for Corporate Tax Day.

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You Are Invited To Be Part of Internet History…
Join TaxConnections as we present incredible Tax Experts on Expatriate Day at the Internet Tax Summit on Monday, September 21, 2015 beginning at 7:30AM (PDT).

 

Listen to stories from Expatriates around the world and learn from these Tax Experts about what to do to stay compliant with U.S. Tax Laws. Learn about FBAR, FATCA, Amnesty or Quiet “Voluntary Disclosure” of Foreign Bank Accounts, Exit Taxes and so much more. Read More

When in Rome, live as a Homelander” does, when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere.
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Americans abroad are constantly told that they should “come clean”. They should file their U.S. taxes. This assumes that they are somehow “unclean” or perhaps “dirty”. The life of an “American abroad” is about three things:

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Introducing Tax Expert Ron Wainwright, Tax Partner, Cherry Bekaert LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina

Join Ron Wainwright at TaxConnections Internet Tax Summit as he presents information on the “Patent Innovation Box”, Tuesday, September 22nd at 11:00AM (PDT).

Ron will be discussing how this was designed to encourage companies from the United States to make their profits and establish their Research and Development Facilities specifically in the European Union.

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Introducing Tax Expert Doug Eckert, Tax Partner, Brown, Smith, Wallace, St. Louis, Missouri

 

Doug will be presenting at TaxConnections Internet Tax Summit and discussing the repatriation of funds without paying double taxation and various techniques you will want to know about.  His presentation begins Tuesday, September 22nd at 10:00AM (PST).

Gather your tax department for this informative session with Doug Eckert.

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