The holiday season is upon us! Around this time of year, we are often asked about optimizing charitable tax deductions, including whether you can take charitable donations without itemizing. There are many strategies available to decrease your tax burden through making donations. Below we will discussing a few different methods including bunching as well as […]
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Dear Clients and Friends, We hope you are enjoying the beginning of spring. As we get closer to our individual tax deadline (4/18/23), we wanted to send a reminder about Illinois Extensions Payments. Illinois does not allow third party tax software to process extension payments electronically. If you have a balance due with your extension we […]
Dear Clients & Friends, Rising inflation is a burden on us all, but the good news is that the state of Illinois is helping ease the burden by suspending the 1 percent sales and use tax imposed on groceries for one year, as of July 1, 2022, and instituting a ten-day sales tax holiday in […]
According to the Pew Research Center, 50.3% of US adults aged 55 and older are now retired—partly as a result of labor force shifts related to Covid-19. This means a lot of people are facing changes in their tax obligations. So, what do you need to know? Of course, the biggest change in retirement is […]
Last July, approximately 36 million of qualified families began receiving the first of six monthly payments for the Advance Child Tax Credit (CTC). As part of the President’s American Rescue Plan Act, the CTC had been raised to $3,600 per child under age 6 and $3,000 per child between 6 and 17 years of age. […]
IRS Issues New Rates for 2022 There have been many cost of living rate changes by the IRS to account for inflation. The following are just a few (a more complete list to follow): For those using an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving expenses this year, the IRS has issued the following new […]