Archive for the ‘Taxes’ Category:

Tax Form 8949 – Instructions for Reporting Capital Gains & Losses

{ Posted on Feb 22 2012 by Kira Botkin }
In an effort to help make filing taxes easier this year, we are breaking down the various IRS tax forms to help you know if you need them, and how to use them. If you have capital gains or losses to report ...Read More »

Even critics of the safety net…

{ Posted on Feb 18 2012 by Dan Crawford (Rdan) }
This article in the New York Times (Even critics of the Safety Net) presents a gentle desription of some voter feelings about the political and economic 'issues' of this economy and election. I have a lot of different feelings about ...Read More »

Financial Planning Guide for Musicians & Performing Artists

{ Posted on Feb 02 2012 by Jason Van Steenwyk }
In addition to having been a professional or semi-professional musician throughout my entire adult life, I’ve also served as a life insurance advisor and retirement planner for other musicians. Unfortunately, I have found that most musicians are not very savvy ...Read More »

CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook: Tax Expenditures

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Menzie Chinn }
The CBO has just released the Budget and Economic Outlook. The document is full of extremely useful information, and provides a useful anodyne for some of the reality-free analyses floating around (examples here). For now, I'll just highlight two interesting ...Read More »

CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook: Tax Expenditures

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Menzie Chinn }
The CBO has just released the Budget and Economic Outlook. The document is full of extremely useful information, and provides a useful anodyne for some of the reality-free analyses floating around (examples here). For now, I'll just highlight two interesting ...Read More »

An Introduction To IRS Tax Levy

{ Posted on Jan 31 2012 by Nate B }
What is IRS tax levy? It is a legal seizure of property to satisfy a tax debt. Tax levy is one of the ways the government can insist upon your repayment what you owe a government department. It can take ...Read More »

Federal Tax Brackets for Singles

{ Posted on Jan 09 2012 by Z }
As tax season begins, Americans should start to discover the different Federal Tax Brackets, how tax brackets work, and what percentage of their income will be taxed in each. You can think of Federal tax brackets as “benchmarks” for taxation ...Read More »

Romney’s Tax Proposal by pgl

{ Posted on Jan 08 2012 by Dan Crawford (Rdan) }
Romney’s Tax Proposal The Tax Policy Center provides its review of which taxpayers will pay more and which ones will pay less under the tax proposal introduced by Mitt Romney. A really short summary goes as follows:(a) The well ...Read More »

Corporatism and taxes

{ Posted on Jan 08 2012 by Dan Crawford (Rdan) }
by Linda BealeCorporatism and taxes Corporatism is the term used to describe a economic and governmental approach that favors large entities over people, including adopting rules and regulations to suit the regulated entities, tilting legislation to protect corporate entities ...Read More »

PayPal Tax Forms – IRS 6050W

{ Posted on Jan 06 2012 by Z }
2011 will be the first year on record that business owners who use PayPal to process payments will have their own tax forms from PayPal. The rules as passed require PayPal account owners to file another form to claim their ...Read More »