Audit-Proof Your Time Spent on Rental Properties

Today’s tax law puts your income and deductions into three separate buckets for tax purposes. Each bucket has its own rules and regulations. These are the three buckets: active, passive and portfolio. A real estate rental is automatically in the passive bucket if you...

Defeat the Kiddie Tax after Tax Reform

For 2018–2025, the TCJA tax reform changes the kiddie tax rules to tax a portion of an affected child’s or young adult’s unearned income at the federal income tax rates paid by trusts and estates. Trust tax rates can be as high as 37 percent or, for long-term capital...