Social Security is in great peril, and a solution is needed. What are the strengths, and more importantly the weaknesses, of the present Privatization proposal? What are the positive elements of the S ...
Reading financial statements may not be like leisurely reading a good novel, but when it comes to your own company, your investments, or potential investments, you have money at stake in being able to ...
A guide to writing a business plan, which can be a major factor in securing loans and investments for businesses. The guide covers what should be included in the plan, as well as what information shou ...
Sin City is evolving once again. Because of the comparatively low price of Las Vegas real estate, investors from all across the country, have been scooping up housing bargains as fast as they are bui ...
Once you have finished preparing and filing your income tax return, what do you do with your supporting documentation? Which records do you need to keep, how should you file them, and how long do you ...
You may have had federal income tax withheld from your pay all year, and wonder if you really need to file a return. Or you may think you didn’t make enough money to have to file a return. But it ...
When you start up a business and set up your accounting, what values do you assign to your assets? Or, when you acquire property by purchase, exchange, conversion, or other means, what value should b ...
If you have investments in stocks or mutual funds, you may receive ordinary dividends, qualified dividends, capital gain distributions, stock dividends, or distributions that are a return of capital. ...
Schedule D is used to report capital gains and losses on assets held for personal or investment purposes. You may need to use Form 4797 to report gains or losses on sales, exchanges or other disposal ...
Wash sales and short sales are special types of securities transactions for tax purposes. Losses on wash sales are generally not deductible, and may affect the basis of the new securities acquired. ...
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, there are exchanges of property that are not taxable, and the gain or loss on the exchange does not have to be recognized. The tax effect is postponed until the ...