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Traveling Abroad for Business? Keep These Deduction Tips in Mind
As with domestic travel (i.e., travel within the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia), you can deduct all of your travel expenses if the trip is entirely for business purposes. Otherwise, you’re entitled to travel deductions only if the primary purpose of the trip is business-related. Again, the days spent on business versus pleasure are critical, although the IRS is lenient in treating certain days as “business days.”
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Truckers: Highway Use Tax Returns Due Sept. 2
Hey truckers, "got your ears on?" The Internal Revenue Service is reminding truckers and other owners of heavy highway vehicles that in most cases, their next federal highway use tax return is due on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014.
Business Expenses: Map Out Deductions for Travel in the U.S.
It is well-known in tax circles that taxpayers can deduct the cost of traveling “away from home” on business. For this purpose, your tax home is usually your principal place of business. As an example, if you live and work in New York and fly to L.A. for a two-day whirlwind of business negotiations, the round-trip airfare is clearly deductible.
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Wolters Kluwer, CCH Tax Data Chosen by IRS for 10th Consecutive Year to Help Millions File Returns
For the 10th year in a row, Wolters Kluwer, CCH has been selected by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for its comprehensive sales tax rate and taxability tables to help millions of taxpayers across the country prepare their tax returns. With access to updated information from thousands of tax jurisdictions provided by Wolters Kluwer, CCH, tax filers can determine whether they'll save more by deducting state and local sales taxes they've accrued during the year instead of taking standard or itemized tax deductions.
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Businesses Paid $671 Billion in State and Local Taxes in 2013, Up 4.3%
Business taxes account for 44.9% of all state and local taxes.
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5 Ways to Get Tax Deductions for Local Transportation Uses
Frequently, the IRS challenges deductions for business-related driving expenses, especially when they involve local travel. Start with this basic premise: To qualify for transportation deductions, you must be traveling away from your tax home to a business location. For this purpose, your tax home is generally your principal place of business, not the place where you live, eat and sleep.
Tax Series: Protecting Travel & Entertainment Deductions
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Despite the thousands of revisions to the tax code that are made each year, the IRS continues to focus on travel and entertainment (T&E) deductions in audits of business taxpayers.