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Estate Planning: Crummey Trusts

Are you interested in reducing the amount of possible estate taxes you may have to pay? Do you desire to avoid paying gift taxes, but have concerns about gifting your children or grandchild large sums of money when they are perhaps too young to handle it responsibly? Then a Crummey Trust may be the answer […]

Form 1120S Penalties and Interest

Form 1120S (US Income Tax Return for an S Corporation) is used to report the income, gains, losses, deductions, credits, and related items, for any tax year covered, of a domestic corporation or other entity that elects to be treated as an S corporation by filing Form 2553. If the IRS accepts the election, Form […]

Obtaining Private Letter Rulings

At certain times, tax planning may involve taking a position on a tax return that is uncertain, or even controversial. If the position involves a potentially large liability, taxpayers may be left with the undesirable choices of either taking a risk in reporting the position or deciding not to and paying a much larger tax. […]

IRS Announces 2012 Standard Mileage Rates

On December 9, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service issued the 2012 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on January 1, 2012, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: […]