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Can You Claim a Tax Deduction for Tips or Overtime Income?
If you received tips or overtime pay in 2025, you may be eligible for a new deduction when you file your income tax return!
Businesses: Act Soon to Take Advantage of Clean Energy Tax Incentives
While legislation signed into law in 2025 extends or enhances many tax breaks for businesses, it ends some clean energy tax incentives. Fortunately, your business may still benefit from certain clean energy breaks if it acts in the first half of 2026.
Make Smart Choices With a Sudden Windfall
An unexpected influx of money (such as from an inheritance, bonus, legal settlement or lottery win) can feel exciting and full of possibility. But without a clear plan, that financial good fortune might not last as long as you’d hoped.
2026 Tax Law Changes for Individuals
Here’s a sampling of some significant tax law changes going into effect this year!
5 Smart Tips for Individual Year-End Tax Planning
Even during the last two months of the year, you can take steps to reduce your 2025 tax liability. Here are five practical strategies to consider.
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts for Your Business
Employers seeking to offer family-friendly benefits may want to consider flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for dependent care.
Say Goodbye to Paper Checks
Beginning Sept. 30, 2025, the federal government will generally no longer issue paper checks, including those for tax refunds, Social Security benefits and more.
Can Your Business Benefit from the WOTC?
Employers who hire new workers may qualify for a tax benefit, but they shouldn’t wait too long. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a valuable federal tax credit that incentivizes employers to hire from certain targeted groups that face employment barriers.
Tax Breaks for Medical Expenses
Depending on your situation, you may be able to claim certain medical expenses as deductions on your tax return. However, you must itemize deductions, and having enough expenses to qualify can be challenging. Here are five tips to keep in mind !
Two Important Changes for Businesses under the New Tax Law
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) introduces a range of tax changes that will impact businesses. Many provisions set to expire this year are now being extended or made permanent. Below is a snapshot of two important changes to help you with tax planning in the fourth quarter of 2025 and going forward.
Enhanced SALT Tax Break Will Help Many Homeowners
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted on July 4, will allow more taxpayers to fully deduct their state and local tax (SALT) expenses (including property tax). Here are the details.
Before a Weather Emergency Closes Your Business, Make a Plan
To lower the risk of closure and improve your chances of a strong recovery, establish a comprehensive emergency plan before disaster strikes. FEMA recommends the following multi-step approach to help safeguard your business.
3 Family-Friendly Tax Benefits in the New Tax Law
The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) brings a wide range of tax changes, with several key updates designed to support families. Among the many provisions, here are three with the potential to lower your tax bill.
The QBI Deduction: Good News for Eligible Business Owners
If you’re a small business owner or you’re self-employed, there’s good news on the tax front. The Section 199A qualified business income (QBI) deduction, a powerful tax-saving opportunity since 2018, was initially set to expire in 2025. But thanks to the recent enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), it’s not only here to stay, it’s also improved.
The Quirky Math of Partnership Income
When it comes to taxation, partners in a business may find the math a bit puzzling. You may discover that the amount of partnership income you’re taxed on is more than the amount that was distributed to you. That’s a quirk of taxation that lies in the way partnerships and partners are taxed.
Bonus Depreciation Gets a Reprieve
The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act makes permanent 100% first-year bonus depreciation for the cost of qualified new and used assets acquired and placed in service after Jan.19, 2025. If you’d been holding off on investing in qualified assets such as office furniture, equipment and off-the-shelf computer software because 2025 bonus depreciation had been only 40%, you may want to move ahead now.
Timing a Roth IRA Conversion
Now might be a good time for some taxpayers to convert their traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. Here’s why!
Clean Vehicle Credits Expire September 30
If you’ve been pondering the purchase of a new or used electric vehicle for yourself or your business, you may want to buy sooner rather than later to take advantage of available tax credits.
Should You Be Making Estimated Payments?
If your federal tax withholding isn’t enough to cover your total tax liability, you may need to make estimated tax payments. This typically applies if you have income from sources such as interest, dividends, capital gains or self-employment.
Key Tax Law Changes for Individuals and Businesses Under the OBBBA
On July 4, President Trump signed into law the far-reaching legislation known as the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). As expected, it extends and enhances many of the tax breaks from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).