14 bright tax ideas for 2014

  • October 20, 2014

A sharply divided Congress may be casting clouds of uncertainty over tax law changes, but that shouldn’t deter you from year-end planning.

Add a PIG to your pen

  • September 15, 2014

Taxpayers once were able to use losses from real estate, cattle breeding, oil and gas and equipment leasing deals to offset highly taxed income. Then the government...

Outlook 2003-2010/2013 transition topics

  • September 01, 2014

Don't panic when you move from one version of Outlook to another and find a valuable tool has slipped away. It's probably still in there somewhere!

Max out on Section 179 deduction

  • August 12, 2014

While legislative efforts to extend a six-­figure Section 179 deduction seem to have stalled in Congress, business owners are left in a quandary. Should you buy...

Rent a home office to your company

  • August 03, 2014

If you’re a corporate employee, you may not qualify for home office deductions, even though you frequently work from home. Strategy: Have your company rent the...

Heart smart: AEDs in the workplace

  • July 02, 2014

There are 220,000 victims of sudden cardiac arrest per year in the United States; about 10,000 sudden cardiac arrests occur at work, according to the Occupational...

Get ‘tax insurance’ for risky business

  • June 24, 2014

Are you planning to sink money into your own or someone else’s fledgling business venture? The rewards can be high, but so are the risks. And if the business...

Dispel ‘phantom income’ on family loans

  • June 17, 2014

Suppose your adult child needs a helping hand to launch a new business or buy a home. Give the child a low- or even no- interest loan. As long as you stay within the...

ID stock shares for tax payoff

  • April 21, 2014

Due to a recent tax law change, a lot of the guesswork for computing capital gains on sales of securities has been removed from the equation.