U.S. Federal Income Tax: Self Employment & Paying Self Employment Tax

As a regular employee of a company, you are required by the Internal Revenue Service to have withheld from you earnings FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) and Medicare taxes. FICA is also known as the Social Security tax. You pay these taxes into the government and they are used for retired, unemployed, and disabled Americans and their dependants in the form of Social Security payments and Medicare benefits. The Self Employment (SE) Tax is similar to these aforementioned taxes except that they are for self employed individuals and are imposed on self employed earnings. It allows those who are self employed to be eligible for these benefits later in life, just as an employee is.

Grassley Pushes For Change To Executive Pay Tax Laws

Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley said on Wednesday that he will continue to examine whether the tax policy that appears to encourage backdating needs to be changed.

Back Taxes, You Forgot to File, Now What?

The tax liability that IRS computes stands as the collection amount UNTIL you file your tax return for that year. And of course their tax return almost always generates a higher tax liability then if you had filed your own taxes!

IRS Sets Telephone Tax Refund Amounts

In a recent decision, a federal court overturned a telephone tax that has been charged for years. Given the result, the IRS has decided to issue refunds for past collected taxes.

IRS Audits and the Percentages

For most Americans, the mere suggestion of an IRS audit is enough to require the changing of the pants. So, what percent chance do you have of an IRS audit?

Farmland Assessment Program in New Jersey - The Story Of One Farm

This is a story about one farm in New Jersey and how developmental pressure caused property taxes to increase to the point where the farm had to be sold. It is also the story of how legislators in Trenton, with the swift adoption of the farmland assessment program, responded to the angry overtaxed farmers who buttonholed them. It also examines the provisions of the current three year rollback tax provisions contained in the farmland assessment program and how the value of that rollback tax has been eroded over time.

Donate Car For Tax Deduction - The Rules

You want to donate your car and take advantage of the car to donate for tax deduction, but it seems really confusing trying to figure out this deduction. Don't worry you aren't alone. Find out more...

Federal Income Tax Deduction - Give Me The Basics

Federal income tax deduction, you've heard the term before, but what is it exactly? Well, what a federal income tax deduction is a statutory requirement of the United States law. Find out more...

Revaluation or Malassessment In New Jersey

- A revaluation is an activity performed by the local tax assessor for the municipality to appraise all real property within its borders according to the prevailing market value. The difference between a revaluation and a reassessment is that the assessor hires a revaluation company to perform the work if it is called a revaluation versus doing the work in house with the staff of the assessor's office in the case of a reassessment. The sole constitutional purpose of a revaluation is to spread the property tax burden equitably among all property owners within a municipality. Generally, delays in updating assessments to reflect changing physical and economic conditions lead to Malassessment

Home Ownership Tax Deductions

Americans over pay $945 million worth of taxes every year because they aren’t aware of what they should be deducting. Many homeowners are not aware of the additional tax deductions they can take.

Free Tax Filing

The preparation of tax documents and filing of tax returns is a complicated process and requires professional handling. Professional help is generally expensive and can burn the pockets of taxpayers if availed of. Taxpayers can also prepare tax files on their own but there are risks of committing errors when a large number of deductions and exemptions are taken into consideration. As a result, taxpayers seek professional help even though it is expensive. In recent times however, some tax experts and tax companies have started offering free tax filing services.

Tax Relief Attorneys

Tax-relief attorneys are attorneys who help taxpayers with tax-related issues and, in particular, assist taxpayers with obtaining all of the tax relief that they are eligible for from the federal and state tax authorities. Most tax-relief attorneys focus on providing their clients with services related to offer in compromise, full audit representations, and penalty abatement petitions. Tax-relief attorneys work as private practitioners or are employed with tax firms. Most of these tax firms have dedicated tax personnel who also undertake preparation of tax forms and filing of taxes, apart from helping clients with obtaining tax relief.

Tax Returns

Taxes are compulsory charges or levies collected by states or anything that functions like a state. In a modern society, taxes are usually levied in money. Taxes have always been gathered in one way or the other. Tribal governments used to collect taxes either in the form of labor, produce or even gold.

Income Tax Preparation

People do not generally think much about taxes, except during the annual tax season. For millions of Americans, it's probably the most dreaded time of the year and most people mark it on their calendars along with holidays and birthdays. However, there is no joy associated with April 15th, the deadline for filing of tax returns.

Online Tax Filing

Over the past decade, Internet technology has revolutionized the way things works and has changed the lifestyle of people completely. The Internet provides a great deal of information for people requiring knowledge on any topic. The conventional way of filing taxes with the IRS has been opposed by online tax filing systems in recent times. Online tax filing systems have virtually eliminated the delay that used to be associated with filing papers with government bodies.