Taxes July 25, 2025
Advanced Section 1202 (QSBS) Planning for S Corporations
Section 1202 provides for a substantial exclusion of gain from federal income taxes when stockholders sell qualified small business stock (QSBS).
February 25, 2013
New web-based preparation and e-filing system for non-profits filing Form 990-EZ
New online tax filing system for Form 990-EZ
February 25, 2013
U.S. Income Tax turns 100, Comparing 1913 to 2013 income tax rates
Taxes used to be a lot simpler: The ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment, which established the modern federal tax law, was proclaimed 100 years ago on February 25, 1913.
February 25, 2013
U.S. debt hitting Americans: Sequester spending cuts don’t help optimism
When it comes to the nation's debt, payback time might be here.
February 25, 2013
Nevada considering sales tax on accountants & other services to lower income tax rate
When it comes to creating a services tax, the Legislature could cast a wide net, taxing nearly every service at a lower rate and reducing the sales tax on goods in the process -- a Republican idea.
February 24, 2013
Former Wells Fargo banker helped fraud ring cash IRS tax refund checks
A former Wells Fargo Bank employee in Anchorage admitted in federal court Thursday that she helped members of an identity theft and tax fraud ring open illegitimate bank accounts and cash fraudulent checks.
February 24, 2013
In Jesse Jackson Jr case, IRS and prosecutors focused on excessive indulgence
Prosecutors took a tougher stand against Jesse Jackson Jr. than his wife, Sandi, because they viewed him as the one who enabled the couple's seven-year $750,000 spending binge in which campaign dollars were spent on luxury goods, celebrity memorabilia, spa treatments and even a trip to Disney World.
February 24, 2013
Senate may consider online sales tax in 2013
Not a new tax. A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators hope to accomplish is the passing of a bill that would better enable states to collect taxes on transactions.
February 24, 2013
Indiana economy up, but still not ‘robust’
The Leading Index for Indiana, while rising slightly from its revised January level, still does not reflect a robust picture of the state's economy to start off the year. That's the bottom line, according to IU Business Research Center economist Tim Slaper, who put together and analyzes the index.
February 24, 2013
The Oscars: Academy Awards “Swag Bags” are taxable income, and the IRS is watching
Each Oscar nominee will receive an "Everybody Wins at the Oscars" gift basket, aka Swag Bag, worth just less than $48,000.
February 24, 2013
Vacation home buyers need to consider hidden costs: Property and State Taxes, Other Costs
People considering a vacation home need to consider other costs, like taxes.
February 24, 2013
California corruption trial – Fate of 6 former city leaders in hands of jury
Feb. 23 — Before jurors left the courtroom to deliberate, the prosecutor took a final shot at the six former City Council members accused of corruption. “The one-percenters of Bell,” he called them, a band of small-town politicians who had “apparently forgotten who they are and where they live.” After four weeks of testimony, a...…
February 24, 2013
Virginia state senate approves Medicaid changes to budget
The Virginia State Senate voted 31-8 on Friday to approve amendments to the state’s two-year budget, including language to allow Medicaid expansion pending reforms in the state’s program. Twelve senators lodged a protest against the Medicaid language after Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling ruled that it could not be separated from the budget for a separate...…