Follow the tax rules when you borrow from your corporation
If you're a business owner and your company lends you money, you'll enter it in the books as a shareholder loan. However, if your return [...]
Have a financial talk with elderly parents
One day you may find yourself taking care of an elderly parent who is in declining physical or mental health. This can be stressful, both [...]
Taxes and your child’s summer job
With the school year over, your teenager might be taking a summer job. If so, you both may have questions about taxes. Here are some [...]
Six rules for avoiding credit card disaster
Here are the rules to help keep you from becoming a credit card victim. Credit cards should be a convenience for payment, not a source [...]
Ideas for helping your child buy a home
Are you looking for a way to help your child with buying a home? Some strategies you might consider include lending your child money, gifting [...]
Tax records: What should you keep, and what can you toss?
Once you've filed your 2012 tax return, you may wonder what records you can toss and what you should keep. Here are some suggestions. Keep [...]
You can correct tax return mistakes
What should you do if you find that you made a mistake on your 2012 tax return after it's been filed? Perhaps you find that [...]
FBAR filing due soon
The IRS and the Treasury Department are getting increasingly interested in U.S. citizens who maintain foreign bank, savings, and investment accounts. If you have any [...]
Don’t fall for this #1 tax scam
Crooks wanting to steal your identity are using bogus e-mails and websites designed to look like genuine IRS communications. You might expect the April 15 [...]
Check your 2013 tax withholding
If you have a sizable refund of your 2012 taxes, it may be time for you to check your withholding. After all, when you overpay [...]
