Tag: exemption

  • EIDL, Restaurant Grants Offer Relief to Struggling Small Businesses

    EIDL, Restaurant Grants Offer Relief to Struggling Small Businesses

    The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed into law in early March, aims at offering widespread financial relief to individuals and employers adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The law specifically targets small businesses in many of its provisions. If you own a small company, you may want to explore funding via the Small Business…

  • Hire Your Children This Summer:  Everyone Wins

    Hire Your Children This Summer: Everyone Wins

    If you’re a business owner and you hire your children (or grandchildren) this summer, you can obtain tax breaks and other non-tax benefits. The kids can gain on-the-job experience, save for college and learn how to manage money. And you may be able to: Shift your high-taxed income into tax-free or low-taxed income, Realize payroll…

  • Three Big TCJA Changes Affecting 2018 Individual Tax Returns and Beyond

    Three Big TCJA Changes Affecting 2018 Individual Tax Returns and Beyond

    When you file your 2018 income tax return, you’ll likely find that some big tax law changes affect you — besides the much-discussed tax rate cuts and reduced itemized deductions. For 2018 through 2025, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) makes significant changes to personal exemptions, standard deductions and the child credit. The degree…

  • Personal Exemptions and Standard Deductions and Tax Credits – Oh, My!

    Personal Exemptions and Standard Deductions and Tax Credits – Oh, My!

    Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), individual income tax rates generally go down for 2018 through 2025. But that doesn’t necessarily mean your income tax liability will go down. The TCJA also makes a lot of changes to tax breaks for individuals, reducing or eliminating some while expanding others. The total impact of…