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Rethinking Retirement for Lower Real Rates of Return

November 1, 2022 By Stephen Nelson CPA

long-term trends in long-maturity interest rates

The recent research paper, “Long-run Trends in Long-maturity Real Rates 1311-2021,” from economists Kenneth S. Rogoff, Barbara Rossi and Paul … [Read more...] about Rethinking Retirement for Lower Real Rates of Return

Filed Under: investment, personal finance, retirement

Surviving IRS Short-Term Rental Audits

October 1, 2022 By Stephen Nelson CPA

IRs short-term rental audits don't have to end badly

Concerned about IRS short-term rental audits? Hey, you're not crazy to worry if you own a vacation rental. Short-term rentals often shelter lots of … [Read more...] about Surviving IRS Short-Term Rental Audits

Filed Under: individual income taxes, real estate

Human Capitalists in the Twenty-First Century

August 1, 2022 By Stephen Nelson CPA

Twenty-first century entrepreneurs follow different rules

I reread a great research paper recently: “Capitalists in the Twenty-first Century,” from the economists Matthew Smith, Danny Yagan, Owen M. Zidar and … [Read more...] about Human Capitalists in the Twenty-First Century

Filed Under: entrepreneurship, New business, retirement, Strategy

Employee Retention Tax Credits Still Windfall for Professional Service Firm Owners

June 28, 2022 By Stephen Nelson CPA

employee retention credits for professional service firms

Okay, you’ve already heard at least a little bit about employee retention tax credits. These credits, part of the COVID-19 relief provided by … [Read more...] about Employee Retention Tax Credits Still Windfall for Professional Service Firm Owners

Filed Under: COVID-19, employee retention credit

199A Deduction Errors Cost Small Businesses Big Refunds

May 16, 2022 By Stephen Nelson CPA

Fixing 199A Deduction Errors is awkward but a good idea.

The Section 199A deduction lets business owners avoid federal income taxes on that last twenty percent of their business income. Which sounds … [Read more...] about 199A Deduction Errors Cost Small Businesses Big Refunds

Filed Under: business taxes, Section 199A

Ten Best Roth Alternatives

April 1, 2022 By Stephen Nelson CPA

Roth alternatives exist blog post

All the talk about tax law changes, including changes to the Roth rules and then the prospect of higher tax rates for some, seems to be jacking … [Read more...] about Ten Best Roth Alternatives

Filed Under: individual income taxes, personal finance, retirement

Tax Strategy Tuesday: Real Estate Professional Tax Strategy

February 1, 2022 By Stephen Nelson CPA

The real estate professional tax strategy can save significant amounts of income taxes.

A few weeks ago, I talked about one way to get big real estate tax deductions onto a tax return, the vacation rental tax strategy. This week, I … [Read more...] about Tax Strategy Tuesday: Real Estate Professional Tax Strategy

Filed Under: individual income taxes, investment, personal finance, real estate, retirement, Tax Strategy Tuesday

Tax Strategy Tuesday: Avoid Real Estate Net Investment Income Tax

January 25, 2022 By Stephen Nelson CPA

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Are you a real estate investor? And, just to get the awkward part over, have you been pretty successful with real estate? I thought that might be … [Read more...] about Tax Strategy Tuesday: Avoid Real Estate Net Investment Income Tax

Filed Under: individual income taxes, investment, real estate, Tax Strategy Tuesday

Tax Strategy Tuesday: Move to a No Tax State Strategy

January 18, 2022 By Stephen Nelson CPA

Move to a no tax state tax strategy blog post

A tax strategy hidden in plain sight this week for our post: Maybe you should move from your high tax state to a no tax or low tax state. For … [Read more...] about Tax Strategy Tuesday: Move to a No Tax State Strategy

Filed Under: individual income taxes, Tax Strategy Tuesday

16 Ways of Qualifying for Employee Retention Credits

January 3, 2022 By Stephen Nelson CPA

Employers have 16 ways of qualifying for employee retention credits

For the last few weeks, we've been blogging on Tuesdays about tax strategies entrepreneurs and active investors can use. This week, however, a break … [Read more...] about 16 Ways of Qualifying for Employee Retention Credits

Filed Under: business taxes, COVID-19, employee retention credit

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