Hans Kasper, MS-CPA, PS

Tax Newsletters

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February 2012 tax newsletter

IRS Offers Deals to Companies Claiming Contractors
Home Office Deductions Demand Exclusivity
Making Sense of Mutual Fund Taxation
Tax Calendar

January 2012 tax newsletter

Make Disability Insurance Less Taxing
Dealing with Required Distributions
Weighing the Benefits of Medicare Advantage
Tax Calendar

December 2011 tax newsletter

Contrarian Investing Vs. Momentum Strategies
Dodge a Real Estate Tax Trap with a Like-Kind Exchange
Trim the Tax on Your Social Security Benefits
Tax Calendar

November 2011 tax newsletter

Year-End Tax Planning for Investors
Year-End Tax Planning for IRAs
Year-End Tax Planning for Long-Term Capital Gains
Year-End Tax Planning for Itemized Deductions
Tax Calendar

October 2011 tax newsletter

Estate Planning Beyond Estate Taxes
Income Tax and Estate Planning With Your Parents
Don't Take a vacation From Estate Planning
Tax Calendar

September 2011 tax newsletter

Freeze Your Credit to Foil Identity Theft
Convertibles Offer Bond-like Yields, Stock-like Potential
A SIMPLE Solution for Company Retirement Plans
Tax Calendar

August 2011 tax newsletter

Check the Number of 529 Plans
Coverdell Accounts Can Cover Precollege Costs
Taking Credits for Higher Education
Coping with the Kiddie Tax
Tax Calendar

July 2011 tax newsletter

Health Insurance Reporting is Delayed
Social Security After Death or Divorce
Consider Dividend Paying Stocks
Tax Calendar

June 2011 tax newsletter

Choosing the Right 401(k)
Avoid Higher Medicare Premiums
Small Businesses Fight Soaring Health Care Costs
Tax Calendar

May 2011 tax newsletter [click the link to the left]

With Savings Bonds, Prepaying Tax May Be a Good Tactic
Use Appreciated Assets for Charitable Donations
Going for the Gold
Tax Calendar

April 2011 tax newsletter

State Taxes Can Crimp Your Cash Flow
Plan Now For Expanded 1099 Reporting
Deduct, don't Depreciate
Be Sure About Beneficiaries
Tax Calendar

March 2011 tax newsletter

Income Tax Rates Hold Steady
Easing the Burden of Estate Tax
Tax Calendar

Divorce and Taxes YouTube Video

A 5 part video covering:

Common law vs. Community property law (Washington) vs. Separate property agreements.
Filing status: Separate, Joint, Head of Household.
Estimated tax splitting.
Unfiled, past due tax returns and substitute returns.
Current and past due taxes and who pays them.
Why you want to give your attorney an IRS Form 2848 and what they should do about with it.
How to split a retirement plan correctly.
Extensions.
Tax credit and deduction carryovers and who gets them.
Is alimony taxed?
Is child support taxed?
Who gets the itemized deductions?
Who gets to deduct the kids? Child care credit, tuition credits, and child tax credits.
IRS audit and divorce.
Do you want to change the beneficiaries in your will, retirement accounts, bank and brokerage accounts?
Who is liable on the credit cards, home mortgage, and other debts?
Should the business be valued?