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| List of Tax Records To Keep |
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When preparing your taxes, the goal is obviously to deduct every last penny you can. Many people are amazingly good at it. Just keep in mind you need receipts for the deductions. |
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| Taxes for Day Traders and Investors |
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Whether you are an active day trader or just put money into the market for long term gains, taxes are something you need to address. The IRS views traders and investors differently. |
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| Deducting The Cost of Moving To A New Job |
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In our modern society, moving to a new location because of a job is a fairly frequent event. While moving is hardly enjoyable, you do get some deductions out of it. |
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| Moving Expenses – What Can You Deduct? |
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You are moving to a new town to take a job. It is going to cost money to make the move. The question that should come to your mind is whether you can deduct any of this stuff. |
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| Solving Social Security: Fire the Politicians! |
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There is no "Social Security Trust Fund"... no investments and no Investment Managers. There was always a tax plan for funding the benefits, but never an Investment Plan. This is a gigantic Government designed and controlled Ponzi scheme that has worked incredibly well in spite of congressional tinkering and prohibitively high cost. |
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| Inheritance Tax, A Concise Guide |
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With ever-increasing property prices, more and more people’s assets are now worth more than the inheritance tax threshold of £285,000, which has never been increased in proportion to the recent property boom. With a rate of 40% inheritance tax on any assets above the £285,000 threshold in the estate, this can really put a dent in what your heirs receive from your estate.
Inheritance tax is levied upon a person’s death. Once all of their assets have been totalled up, anythi... |
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| D&T Hosts Special Workshop on Goods and Services Tax |
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Deloitte & Touch will soon be hosting a workshop on Goods and Services Tax (GST). The GST collection accounts for almost one-fifth of the entire tax collection of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), which amounts to US$ 3.4 billion (This data is supported by the IRAS Annual Report for the financial year 2004-2005). Hence, the IRAS attaches a great deal of importance to GST and its registered collectors. |
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| Debt Settlement – What About The Income Taxes? |
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If debt seems to be on your mind quite often in recent months, there’s a high probability that you’ve looked into your options and found that debt settlement is growing in popularity as an alternative to bankruptcy. This is especially true since the new bankruptcy law went into effect back in October 2005. Debt settlement, as you may know, is a process by which creditors agree to accept less than the full balance owed (usually around 50% or less) to settle an account. The rem... |
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