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Is Your Company a Hobby or a Business?

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Is Your Company a Hobby or a Business? Amanda Han is going to guide us through the IRS’ definition of what constitutes a legitimate, tax-paying business. This is really key for tax purposes and these tax tips will help you decide what you are. The lines can sometimes be unclear and that too can be [...]

Real loopholes to obtain tax free distributions from your retirement accounts?

Thursday, November 5, 2009

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Real loopholes to obtain tax free distributions from your retirement accounts? Retirement planning is an important facet to your overall portfolio strategy. Without proper tax & distribution information, you could over pay or be penalized on your actions. If you’d like to take advantage of these loopholes, seek a professional who has experience in qualified [...]

Retirement Plans make Great Deductions for Employers

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Retirement Plans make Great Deductions for Employers They key to having your own business is maximizing your deductions and one of the best ways to do that is to create a retirement plan for your employees. Here’s what Amanda has to say on the topic…..Enjoy, Megan. Amanda Han’s Keystone Korner For the past several weeks, [...]

Deadlines for Creating Retirement Plans in your Business

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Deadlines for Creating Retirement Plans in your Business As a small or large business owner, you may be wondering if you can get a company-wide retirement plan together in time for this year or for next and what the deadline is. Here are some ideas on that from my favorite tax gal, Amanda Han. Thanks [...]

Forming a Retirement Plan within Your Business

Friday, October 16, 2009

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Forming a Retirement Plan within Your Business When creating your business entity, the question of retirement planning comes in to play as well. Young professionals don’t always think this long-term but it’s good business. This first article is a brief intro on the 4 types of plans available to business owners. The following articles will [...]

First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit Update

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit Update On this episode of The Mortgage Hotline Sean La Rue talks to listeners about the first time home buyer tax credit. Share and Enjoy: Sphere: Related Content

Top Ten Tax Tips–Outside the Box

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

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Top Ten Tax Tips–Outside the Box As I mentioned, I hate talking about taxes but I love finding experts who love to talk about taxes. I found this Top Ten List that is really smart and wanted to share it with folks who are like me–hate doing it but know it’s necessary. From retirement planning [...]

Beware: IRA Distributions in 2009 are different than other years

Monday, October 12, 2009

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Beware: IRA Distributions in 2009 are different than other years Amanda Han of Keystone CPA, Inc. in Irvine, California always has useful little tax tid-bits. This will be an ongoing series that should supply you with some little known or subtle tax tips. I’m not one for memorizing tax code because that holds not interest [...]