Tax strategies

For those with less than $150,000 in adjusted gross income who collected unemployment benefits this past year, the COVID relief bill allows them to receive up to $10,200 of those benefits tax-free.

“Even the easy returns are not simple right now,” a CPA says.

Estate planners are keeping a close eye on the department’s agenda, anticipating the possible revival of several regulatory projects shelved by the Trump administration.

It’s not just $1,400 checks. Here’s what advisors need to know about other financial perks in the massive stimulus package.

Roth conversions and backdoor Roths ease COVID financial pain for wealthy earners this tax season

A Biden proposal to change the tax deduction for contributions to a tax credit could have serious implications.

All trusts named as beneficiaries before the SECURE Act may need to be updated, says one analyst.

Bitcoin and other digital currency investors face tax headaches and IRS scrutiny this filing season.

Now political momentum is building to raise taxes on the wealthy and support families and small businesses during the pandemic.

A COVID-wrecked economy has changed the calculus for some financial planners.

The agency’s commissioner is upbeat, but tax preparers and financial planners worry that this year could be especially chaotic due to the COVID pandemic.

Unexpected windfalls and limitations may accrue to WFH clients — and their financial planners.

Some business owners can get hurt by workarounds to the $10,000 limit for state and local tax deductions.

Your clients may have heard conflicting advice — they must change their IRA beneficiaries, spend down their IRA as soon as possible, dismantle their trust, or immediately convert their traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, Sophia Duffy writes.

Experts have identified a dozen credits, deductions and more as worth particular attention this year.

The simplest method involves having one traditional IRA and one Roth IRA, making one annual non-deductible contribution to the traditional IRA, and converting it before any gains or interest accrues.

Tax professionals are starting to hear questions from their clients ahead of the official start of tax season about a variety of issues related to COVID-19.

While qualified contributions won’t necessarily give clients the biggest tax bang for their buck, there are exceptions to the rule, Jeffrey Levine writes.

If your clients are owners of a passthrough business entity, you may want to investigate whether or not electing-in to a state’s SALT Cap work-around is advisable.

Biden’s Treasury secretary pick promised to “work with members of Congress” to decide whether the HNW will be protected from any reversal of Trump tax cuts.