Individual taxpayers may be able to claim medical expense deductions on their tax returns. However, the rules can be challenging, and it can be difficult to qualify. Here are five points to keep in mind: You must itemize to claim the deduction and have quite a few expenses. The medical expense deduction can only be [...]
Nearly every business needs a website, but it’s not always easy to determine which costs of running one are deductible. Fortunately, established rules that generally apply to the deductibility of more long-standing business costs provide business owners with a basic idea of how to anticipate and handle the tax impact of a website. And the [...]
So many of the documents we all use in our personal lives these days are digital. However, there are still many that you should retain as hard copies. These include: Birth, marriage and death certificates Social Security cards Tax returns Passports Estate planning documents, such as deeds and wills Be sure to safeguard [...]
The IRS has released guidance that includes the 2024 inflation-adjusted amounts for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). The benefits of HSAs include: contributions are made on a pretax basis; funds can be withdrawn tax-free to pay for a variety of medical expenses, such as doctor visits, prescriptions, chiropractic care and long-term care insurance premiums; and [...]
When Do You Use Sales Receipts? Invoices? Statements? QuickBooks offers multiple types of sales forms that are appropriate for different situations. Here’s a look at when they’re used and how to create them. QuickBooks is very good at providing tools for creating the business forms you need. If you’ve already created records for your customers [...]
When a married couple files a joint tax return, each spouse is “jointly and severally” liable for the full amount of tax on the couple’s combined income. That means the IRS can pursue either spouse to collect the entire tax – not just the part that’s attributed to one spouse or the other. This includes [...]