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a week ago
Actually it seems their Audit Defence has different number [phone number removed]. And I was able to get through to customer service. Talked for quiet a long time and they were patient. But it ...
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Actually it seems their Audit Defence has different number [phone number removed]. And I was able to get through to customer service. Talked for quiet a long time and they were patient. But it was not really useful as their policy does not let you change your assigned rep so I am back to square one and at mercy of my rep. Apparently I have to let him mess up my filing and then contact them again to get things escalated. Truly horrible and frustrating experience.
a week ago
Just to confirm, one spouse can write a single gift check from a joint account with their spouse for $38,000 to a recipient and form 709 does not need to be filed including Part III a notice of cons...
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Just to confirm, one spouse can write a single gift check from a joint account with their spouse for $38,000 to a recipient and form 709 does not need to be filed including Part III a notice of consent? Assuming no other gifts have been made to the recipient. Can you point me to where I can find that written somewhere? This web site seems to say otherwise. https://www.northerntrust.com/united-states/institute/articles/new-rules-spouses-elec[product key removed] Maybe things changes for 2025? Thanks
a week ago
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You need to file a 2024 return to report the ineligible contribution and pay the 6% penalty, even if you had no other income and owe no other taxes. The penalty is not offset by your standard deduct...
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You need to file a 2024 return to report the ineligible contribution and pay the 6% penalty, even if you had no other income and owe no other taxes. The penalty is not offset by your standard deduction or other deductions or credits.
Then for 2025, you would report the withdrawal. The $800 earnings will be taxable plus 10% penalty if you are under age 59-1/2.
a week ago
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Phone support is not provided with the Free Edition. If you are using a paid version of the software or if you purchased PLUS you can get phone support when customer support is th...
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Phone support is not provided with the Free Edition. If you are using a paid version of the software or if you purchased PLUS you can get phone support when customer support is there. Otherwise, post your question here and someone will try to help.
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a week ago
I called [phone number removed] and hit zero (the default "help"), and customer service agent walked me through everything!
a week ago
I have had same experience. Its automated voice and it refuses to pass me to a customer service representative. Its a pathetic system and I have been trying it for hours without use. Its just wont le...
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I have had same experience. Its automated voice and it refuses to pass me to a customer service representative. Its a pathetic system and I have been trying it for hours without use. Its just wont let me through to someone.
a week ago
You can gift up to $19,000 to as many individuals as you want in 2025 without having to report it to the IRS. Married couples can combine their exclusions, allowing them to give up to $38,000 per rec...
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You can gift up to $19,000 to as many individuals as you want in 2025 without having to report it to the IRS. Married couples can combine their exclusions, allowing them to give up to $38,000 per recipient tax-free in 2025. No gift tax form is required.
a week ago
sorry I missed those instructions. however, those they seem more for those that do their return manually.
PART II – WHAT TO INCLUDE ON YOUR FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURN Combine any curr...
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sorry I missed those instructions. however, those they seem more for those that do their return manually.
PART II – WHAT TO INCLUDE ON YOUR FEDERAL INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURN Combine any current year income, gains and losses, and any prior year unallowed losses to see if you have an overall gain or loss from the Partnership. If the sum of the amounts on Lines 1 and 10 of your Federal Schedule K-1 combine to result in a loss, do not include the amounts reported on Lines 1, 9c, 10, or 17 codes A and B of your Schedule K-1. What wasn't stated and is important is that any prior year suspended losses need to be included in the calculation. Not just any current year net income/loss. for example, if lines 1 and 10 net to income of say $3000 but you have prior year suspended losses on $8000 you have an overall net loss of $5000 which would be suspended unless you sold CF before 7/1/2024. Complete disposition before that date releases any suspended losses
as long as box D is check on the Turbotax K-1. It will properly suspend any net losses. unless you disposed of your entire interest in the Partnership before 7/1/2024. Publicly traded partnerships do not report passive income/losses on form 8582 However, report the amount on Line 5 of your Schedule K-1 . A loss resulting from the sum of the amounts on Lines 1 and 10 of your Schedule K-1 is considered passive and is only deductible in the current year to the extent that you have income from the same Partnership. As stated above this is what Turbotax will do - not allow the deduction of net passive losses. Unallowed losses cannot be carried back. If you held units at the date of the merger, any remaining suspended losses would adjust your tax basis in the stock received. If you did not own any units at July 1st, 2024, and you sold all of your units during the year, see the units sold section. If you disposed on all your stock on or before 7/1/2024, the rules for PTPs allow the deduction of those losses. Retain your Schedule K-1 and maintain a record of all unallowed losses from this Partnership to support your tax reporting in future years.
if you received stock then any suspended passive losses would add to their tax basis. The broker will not know what this number is. Upon their eventual sale, the gain/loss reported on the 1099-B would not be correct. an adjustment would need to be included on the 1099-B entry
if you did not dispose of CF in 2024 or sell the new stock in 2024, the k-1 will popup when you do 2025.
you will need to delete it. if you did not sell the new stock in 2024, you will need to make note of the suspended losses, so you know the number to use as an adjustment when you do sell. It's important to do that now, because after 3 years Turbotax no longer supports the 2024 app and you will not be able to open the xxx.tax2024 file. I strongly recommend you save the return - all forms and calculations worksheet as a pdf. A second copy should be kept offline. You'd be surprised by the number of incidents reported in the forum where the OPs hard drive has gone bad making recovery impossible
a week ago
In various places, such as https://aldridgeborden.com/blog/gift-tax-aldridge-borden-co-montgomery-al/ , I have been seeing that a married couple may write one gift check to one recipient from their ...
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In various places, such as https://aldridgeborden.com/blog/gift-tax-aldridge-borden-co-montgomery-al/ , I have been seeing that a married couple may write one gift check to one recipient from their joint checking account for $38,000 (in 2025). And since the gift is deemed to be made half by each spouse, they are below the gift tax return filing threshold. I also see conflicting information in other places say that the donor spouse must file and the non-donor spouse can give consent to gift split. The form instructions seem to indicate the second position is correct. Am I missing something?
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a week ago
@carsonschafer , agreeing with the answers and comments ( including how to report your incomes ) from my colleague @rjs , I would just add:
1. For US tax purposes there is no recognition of dual ci...
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@carsonschafer , agreeing with the answers and comments ( including how to report your incomes ) from my colleague @rjs , I would just add:
1. For US tax purposes there is no recognition of dual citizenship ---- in your case and for US tax purposes, you are a US person and therefore taxed as such. Also note that ( even though it is not pertinent in this case ) while most countries' taxation is Residency based , US (and a few others ) taxation is Residency and citizenship based ( domestic based on Residency and abroad based on citizenship)
2. For US purposes, you cannot be an employee of a "non-existent" entity. What I mean by this is that to be an employee ( for tax purposes), you must be employed by an entity that is organized in the US under its laws or have a recognized branch office. Thus your relationship with the Canadian entity and only for US purposes is that of a Contractor/Contractee---- you are self-employed performing tasks for a foreign entity.
3. Based on the above , you file a schedule-C to show the income from this income stream. You are therefore also subject to SECA taxes ( 15.3% of most of net income ).
4. Note that if you so choose you can take advantage of totalization agreement and pay FICA/SECA only to one country.
5. The fact that the Canadian entity has withheld Canadian taxes comes into the picture ONLY as eligible for Foreign Tax Credit ( form 1116 with its limitations and based on US-Canada tax treaty ).
6. Generally, and because your Tax-home is US, it is best to complete the Canadian return so that the Foreign Tax amount is settled before completing the US return claiming FTC ( as otherwise you may have to file an amended return if the Foreign Tax amount changes from that withheld at source ).
7. I am assuming here that while you are a citizen of both countries, you are resident of US and have closer connection to US. Thus and per tax treaty you are not a resident of Canada for tax purposes. This generally leads to the conclusion ( and based only on what you have described and Canada's definition of a "resident" ) that the Canadian entity should not have treated you as an employee and/or issued a T-4.
MY conclusions are based on US-Canada Tax treaty and general definition of resident on CRA website plus Price-Waterhouse-Coopers Lybrand discussion document of Canadian taxation.
Is there more I can do for you ?
a week ago
Another question if you can answer it: TT is asking for information regarding the 199A income (K-1, number 13, letter K) and is looking for a statement A. I haven't seen a statement A. Any ideas wha...
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Another question if you can answer it: TT is asking for information regarding the 199A income (K-1, number 13, letter K) and is looking for a statement A. I haven't seen a statement A. Any ideas what this is supposed to be or where I get this form. All I have is my K-1 and supplemental info.
a week ago
Thank you. That is what has worked in the past so I was confused when I read that in the booklet instructions. Appreciate your time and response.
a week ago
Thank you. I double checked the 2024 Tax Booklet I received and on page 3 under part II, the first paragraph talked about the sum of lines 1 and 10 and if it was a loss, to not report it on unless un...
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Thank you. I double checked the 2024 Tax Booklet I received and on page 3 under part II, the first paragraph talked about the sum of lines 1 and 10 and if it was a loss, to not report it on unless units were disposed entirely. I will try to download your book to see if it's different. Thank you for responding.
a week ago
I took financial advice from a banker to convert a traditional (not Roth) IRA from non-deductive (IRS form 8606) principle and convert the nondeductible portion into a Roth IRA after being told he ha...
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I took financial advice from a banker to convert a traditional (not Roth) IRA from non-deductive (IRS form 8606) principle and convert the nondeductible portion into a Roth IRA after being told he had done it many times and that the conversion would not incur tax since it was pretax income. The truth when I filed my TurboTax was that the conversion required a ratio of pretax and post tax dollars in all of my IRAs to be calculated resulting in a large unexpected income tax in 2024. My MAGI was also markedly increased well over the married filing jointly $212,000 MAGI income limit for IRRMA. As a result I expect to pay much more for medicare in 2026. My prior MAGI income for 2021, 2022, and 2023 were well under the IRRMA limit and my 2025 income will also be well under the limit. I had no "life changing event" other than bad advice for this Roth conversion. Can I still file a form SSA-44 with any hope of consideration?
a week ago
Home and Business is fine. You can deduct up to $5,000 in start up costs with any amount over that amortized over 15 years.
a week ago
You can install your desktop download software on up to five computers that you own---as long as those computers meet the system requirements.
a week ago
TurboTax automatically calculates any needed passive loss limitations and handles any resulting carryovers, so just enter the Schedule K-1 as received. Line D of Part I will tell TurboTax that it's ...
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TurboTax automatically calculates any needed passive loss limitations and handles any resulting carryovers, so just enter the Schedule K-1 as received. Line D of Part I will tell TurboTax that it's a publicly-traded partnership, so this should prevent TurboTax from including Form 8582 in the filed tax return. Make sure to transfer in the previous year's TurboTax file when beginning a current-year tax return so that any carryovers transfer in.
a week ago
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Because no 2024 tax return or request for extension was filed by April 15, 2025, the deadline to obtain a return of contribution before the due date of the tax return was April 15, 2025, not October ...
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Because no 2024 tax return or request for extension was filed by April 15, 2025, the deadline to obtain a return of contribution before the due date of the tax return was April 15, 2025, not October 15, 2025. This means that the distribution obtained in July 2025 does not qualify for treatment as a return of contribution before this deadline and instead constitutes an ordinary Roth IRA distribution, despite how the financial institution will report it on the 2025 Form 1099-R. (The financial institution will have assumed that it would qualify as a return of contribution before the due date of the 2024 tax return and will code it as such.) As a result, the $3,000 excess contribution is reportable on Part IV of a 2024 Form 5329 and a 6%, $180 excess-contribution penalty paid for 2024. The $3,800 distribution will need to be reported on your 2025 tax return as an ordinary Roth IRA distribution by entering into 2025 TurboTax as substitute Form 1099-R in place of the code JP 2025 Form 1099-R that you will receive near then end of January 2026. As an ordinary distribution, the $3,800 will be nontaxable either as a qualified distribution or as a distribution of contribution basis, depending on your age at the time of the distribution. Your 2025 tax return will show on Part IV of Form 5329 the $3,00 excess being eliminated by the $3,800 distribution. Filing a substitute Form 1099-R means that you will need to file your 2025 tax return on paper.
a week ago
If you are using one of the online versions of TurboTax Live that includes help from a tax expert, you can contact your expert to review your return. Or you can upgrade from a lower do-it-yourself ...
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If you are using one of the online versions of TurboTax Live that includes help from a tax expert, you can contact your expert to review your return. Or you can upgrade from a lower do-it-yourself version to "Live" to pay for someone to review the return. If you are using desktop download software, you can pay $60 for an expert to review your return. (Nobody in this user forum can see your return or any of your information; we cannot check it).
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