The rules for home-office deductions are particularly tough for corporate employees. Even if you legitimately use a home office for business purposes, you may not be...
If you're thinking of investing in gold, do it inside your retirement plan. As opposed to the maximum federal tax rate of 15% on most other long-term gains, the maximum...
If your organization is limping through the economic downturn, you’ve no doubt considered cutting down your labor burden to save money. Before you resort to...
Question: “Does anyone know how to stop pagination at a certain point in a Word document? I’ve had to do this many times, but every time is difficult and...
Now that you’ve put your 2008 tax return to bed, you were probably hoping to rest for a while. But no such luck: You discover that you made an error on your tax...
Q. Say an employee driving his own car on company business to make a bank deposit gets into an accident and is slightly injured. Is it his responsibility to go to his...
Through long years of experience, advertisers and advertising agencies
have uncovered some basic principles of sound advertising strategy,
copywriting, and design. The...
It’s a common mistake: You might overpay the Social Security tax due to a change in jobs, self-employment or other circumstances. Worst of all, overpayments...
Multinational materials processing company Saint-Gobain is suing a Houston competitor, Centronic LLC, and two former Saint-Gobain employees, alleging they illegally...
Internet direct mail typically generates a response rate between 1 and 20 percent. The copy in your e-mail plays a big role in whether your e-marketing message ends up...
Undoubtedly, you want to make things as easy as possible on your heirs, from both a financial and emotional standpoint. Strategy: Investigate the idea of using a...
Q. I own old Savings Bonds with lots of accrued interest. I might keep them in my estate or donate them to charity. If I donate them, can I deduct the full value without...
Suppose you had responded to an advertisement from a manufacturer of forged steel valves and requested more information. How would you react to this reply?
You can choose between two main types of charitable lead trusts (CLTs): nongrantor (or nonreversionary) trusts and grantor trusts. Which one should you use? It depends...
Instead of discarding old items, you might try to sell them on eBay or
similar Web sites. Do you face any tax consequences with these types of sales? Maybe.
Willy Sutton was a depression era bank robber. He was wanted for robberies in Miami, New Orleans, and New York. After his capture in 1950, a reporter asked...
