Cut Your Client's Tax Bill

Cut Your Client's Tax Bill

Individual Planning Tips and Strategies

Bischoff, William

John Wiley & Sons Inc

08/2020

288

Mole

Inglês

9781119724537

15 a 20 dias

556

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Chapter 1 1-1

Maximizing Tax Benefits for Sales of Capital Gain Assets and Real Property 1-1

Current capital gain and dividend tax rates 1-3

Tax-smart strategies for capital gain assets 1-8

Tax-smart strategies for fixed-income investments 1-12

Planning for mutual fund transactions 1-14

Converting capital gains and dividends into ordinary income to maximize investment interest write-offs 1-19

Planning for capital gain treatment for subdivided lot sales via IRC Section 1237 relief 1-22

Land is not always a capital asset 1-29

Beneficial capital gain treatment allowed for sale of right to buy land and build condo project 1-33

Escape taxable gains altogether with like-kind exchanges 1-35

Primer on the 3.8% net investment income tax 1-49

Chapter 2 2-1

Planning for Employer Stock Options, Employer Stock Held in Retirement Accounts, and Restricted Stock 2-1

Employer stock options: Tax implications 2-2

How to handle employer stock received in a qualified retirement plan distribution 2-12

Restricted stock: Tax implications 2-14

Chapter 3 3-1

Maximizing Tax Benefits for Personal Residence Transactions 3-1

Qualification rules for gain exclusion privilege 3-2

Excluding gain from sale of land next to residence 3-13

Excluding gains in marriage and divorce situations 3-14

"Electing out" of gain exclusion privilege 3-18

Sale of former principal residence "freed up" suspended PALs from rental period even though gain on sale was excluded 3-19

Understanding the tax implications of personal residence short sales and foreclosures 3-21

Tax angles when client converts personal residence into rental property 3-29

How the TCJA affects homeowners 3-33

Chapter 4 4-1

Tax Planning Opportunities with Vacation Homes, Timeshares, and Co-Ownership Arrangements 4-1

Rules for "regular" vacation homes (as opposed to timeshares and co-ownership deals) 4-2

Rules for timeshares and vacation home co-ownership arrangements 4-7

Playing the gain exclusion game with multiple residences 4-10

Chapter 5 5-1

Tax Planning for Marital Splits and Married Same-Sex Couples 5-1

Separate versus joint returns for pre-divorce years 5-3

Avoiding pre-divorce tax fiascos with IRA and qualified retirement plan assets 5-11

Planning to achieve tax-effective splits of IRA and QRP assets 5-12

Planning to achieve equitable after-tax property divisions 5-18

Treating payments as deductible alimony 5-21

Tax developments affecting married same-sex couples 5-29

Chapter 6 6-1

Tax-Saving Tips for Self-Employed Clients 6-1

"Heavy" SUVs, pickups, and vans are still big tax-savers 6-2

Combine "heavy" vehicle with deductible home office for major tax savings 6-8

Home office deduction options 6-10

What to do when both spouses are active in the self-employment activity 6-20

Simplified compliance rules for unincorporated husband-wife businesses in non-community property states 6-27

Update on tax-smart health savings accounts 6-30

Section 199A - The qualified business income deduction 6-37

Should your client's business switch to C corporation status? 6-44

Chapter 7 7-1

Tax-Smart College Financing Strategies 7-1

Education tax credits 7-2

Deduction for higher education tuition and fees 7-8

Deduction for student loan interest 7-9

Coverdell Education Savings Accounts 7-11

Tax-free interest from U.S. Savings Bonds 7-12

Electing the accrual method for U.S. Savings Bonds 7-15

Splitting investment income with the kids 7-17

How a closely held business can deduct college expenses paid for the owner's adult child 7-30

"Last-minute" suggestions for procrastinators 7-32

Glossary Glossary 1

Index Index 1

Solutions Solutions 1

Chapter 1 Solutions 1

Chapter 2 Solutions 4

Chapter 3 Solutions 5

Chapter 4 Solutions 7

Chapter 5 Solutions 8

Chapter 6 Solutions 10

Chapter 7 Solutions 13
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