One of the advantages of operating your own business is hiring family members. However, the employment tax requirements for family employees may vary from those that apply to other employees.…

When beginning a business, you must decide what form of business entity to establish. Your form of business determines which income tax return form you have to file. The most…

Estimated tax is the method used to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes and income tax, because you do not have an employer withholding these taxes for you. Form 1040-ES,…

To file your annual tax return, you will need to use Schedule C (PDF) or Schedule C – EZ (PDF) to report your income or loss from a business you…

Generally, you are self-employed if any of the following apply to you. You carry on a trade or business as a sole proprietor or an independent contractor. You are a…

As a self-employed individual, generally you are required to file an annual return and pay estimated tax quarterly. Self-employed individuals generally must pay self-employment tax (SE tax) as well as…

The Internal Revenue Service has some important information to share with individuals who have sold or are about to sell their home. If you have a gain from the sale…

August 3, 2011 – IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2011-13 If you earned income in the last few years but you didn’t file a tax return because your wages were below…

IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2011-08, July 22, 2011 Hiding income offshore, identity theft and return preparer fraud topped the IRS’s list of tax scams in 2011. The Internal Revenue Service…