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1.Youcan’tuseitemizeddeductionsinceSTDismorefavorable;-結論:抵稅錢不能少花;and2.Evenyouelect“itemized”,thereissthcalledPhaseoutofitemizeddeductions:IncomePhaseoutneedtoAddBackTheIRSlimitsitemizeddeductionsafterthefollowingincomethresholds-2009:
ForMarriedfilingSeparatetaxpayersthethresholdis$83,400andforallotherfilingstatusesthethresholdis$166,800.結論:繳稅錢不能多掙。
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(2010-04-05 21:14:28)

Whatisthekiddietax?It'sataxthat'sappliedonyourchild'sinvestmentincomeofmorethan$1,900.Thetaxismeanttodiscourageparentsfromreducingtheirowntaxesbyshiftinginvestmentstotheirchildren,whonormallyhavelowertaxbrackets.Whileitonceaffectedonlychildrenunderage14,itcanbeimposedfor2009ontheinvestmentincomeofchildrenuptoage23,dependingonthecircumstances.NOTE:Thetaxappliesonlytoinvestmentincome,suchasinte...[閱讀全文]
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1099-B:RSUwithsamelot-when2formsarereceivedTurboTaxnotcalculatingcorrectlyUpdated:3/22/2010ArticleID:7953WeareawarethattherearelimitationstooursupportofthisspecificsituationinTurboTax.Wewilladdressthisforthe2010TurboTaxproduct.Inthemeantime,ifyouareexperiencingthissituation,youcanusethestepsbelowtoworkaroundthelimitation.WorkaroundSuggestion#1Mostuserswillfindthismethodtheeasiesttounderstanda...[閱讀全文]
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(2010-04-04 17:50:41)

省稅,得從AGI開刀。AGI是綱,綱舉目張。
然後,再作SchA的文章。SchAisnothingbutareceiptofyourspending.Taxpayerspendsmoneytobuytaxdeductions,nottaxcredits.ThatisthereasonIcallita“ratebuydown”.Agoodexampleismortgageinterest.Often,weheardofthatfromREagent.“Buyahouse,itsmortgageistaxdeductible!”Isthistrulyanadvantage?Yes,ifyouoweotherdebtswhicharenon-deductibleandyouusethemoneyyoufreeupbyma...[閱讀全文]
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(2010-04-04 17:44:09)

thisishowTurboTaxcalculateseffectivetaxrateeffectiveFedtaxrate=line60ofform1040/line37;
whilemymathisthis.
EffectivetaxrateforbothFed&CA=(form1040line60+form540line31+SS+Medicare)/form1040line22.
俺從來不用effectivetaxrate。itismeaningless.simply,everymore$youmakewouldbetaxedathighesttaxbracket,noteffectiverate.
不是線性函數,平均稅率隻是好看罷了,否則,內心極不平衡,弄得不...[閱讀全文]
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(2010-04-03 17:05:44)

For2009(and2010,too)theHopeEducationcreditisreplacedbytheAmericanOpportunityCredit.Thenewcreditisworth$2,500perstudent,basedonthefirst$4,000ofqualifyingeducationalexpenses.TheHopeCreditonlyallowedforan$1,800taxbreak.Inadditiontouppingthecreditamount,theAmericanOpportunityCreditcanbeclaimedforexpensesforthefirstfouryearsofpost-secondaryeducation,versusthefirsttwoyearsofexpensesallowedundertheH...[閱讀全文]
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http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/fq/2009_rt-eng.html
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(2010-04-01 15:46:09)

Idon’tknowhowpplegetitcalculated.Tome,10%isreachable.Hereishow.everyonecanBUYDOWNthetaxrateifonewouldliketospendtaxdeductibledollarsasmuchaspossible,i.e.SchA,C,D,E,etc.然而,省稅不省錢。Areyouwillingtodoso,then?Haveyoueverheardofthisad-buymore,savemore!Howtheheckcouldpplesave?!Iwonderhowmuch10%taxpayhasleftyou?Youmayaskwhatmypointis.省稅不是目的。不是嗎?還有好多花銷是不能抵稅的呀。學會賺錢及...[閱讀全文]
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ManyfriendshaverecentlysentmeQQHandaskedhowcomehis/hercalculationshowshighertaxonline44thanTurboTax.(Aha,TurboTaxdoesyourbigfavor!Behappy!)Verygoodquestion!Taxmadetricky!Whathappensisthis.Thetaxtableisnotforeveryone,eventhoughonestaxableincome(line43ofform1040)isunder$100K.Havingsaidthat,thesametaxableincome(line43)doesn’tnecessarilyresultinthesametaxpayable(line44).Howcouldthatbe?Istronglys...[閱讀全文]
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(2010-03-24 15:24:30)

http://www.perpetualwealthadvisors.com/Resources/Tax2009.htm
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