Archives 2011

You may be eligible for a tax credit if you make eligible contributions to an employer-sponsored retirement plan or to an individual retirement arrangement. Here are six things the IRS…

Maxed-out Retirement Plan ContributionsThe average taxpayer might have difficulty making the maximum $16,500 annual pre-tax contribution to an employer-sponsored 401(k) or even maxing out a traditional IRA with its low…

Stories about millionaires and billionaires who pay little or no income tax make great headlines, especially when these people have committed tax fraud. However, the methods that most wealthy taxpayers…

Investment IncomeSome wealthy people are able to pay taxes on a lower percentage of their incomes than the non-wealthy because the wealthy generate significant earnings from investments that are taxed…

The IRS wants to remind all taxpayers that with the New Year fast approaching, there is still time for you to take steps that can lower your 2011 taxes. However,…

WASHINGTON — Nearly 160 million workers will benefit from the extension of the reduced payroll tax rate that has been in effect for 2011. The Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation…

Tax Foundation Special Report No. 194 Key Findings· While the corporate tax code—like the individual tax code—is complicated by too many credits and deductions that benefit a narrow set of…

The nation’s first federal cigarette tax was enacted in 1864 as a Civil War revenue measure. In 2005 the federal cigarette tax stood at 37 cents per pack. The nation’s first state-level…

State and local income taxes withheld from your wages during the year are deductible in the year they were withheld. State and local income tax estimates or prior year payments…

Personal property taxes are deductible if the tax is imposed on a yearly basis and is based on the assessed value of the property. Taxes not based on the value…