If you are one of the thousands of taxpayers who received a letter from the IRS this summer to inform you of your tax obligations related to virtual currency, it should come as no surprise that the IRS is ramping up their efforts to enforce...
A few months ago, we shared advice on how to manage freelance expense deductions using either the traditional itemized deduction approach (which requires receipts for every expense and to-the-penny recordkeeping of each category of your travel expenses) or the per diem method where you use...
What’s not to love about credit card rewards, purchase incentives and manufacturer rebates? A potentially higher tax bill for one thing. If that’s news to you, you aren’t alone. While many of us love to collect reward points, get cash back or use travel miles...
It’s no secret that the freelance and gig economy is growing, which means more self-employed people who must pay taxes. This fact hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) which, of course, has a special interest in ensuring that self-employed individuals pay all...
If you are a freelancer who travels for work or who hires subcontractors to travel on your behalf, then you are likely already aware how time-consuming keeping track of travel expenses for tax purposes can be. Getting a handle on your freelance travel expenses doesn’t...
A recent ruling by the California Supreme Court made it more difficult for employers to classify their workers as independent contractors in response to criticism by some that companies are not properly classifying independent contractors as employees. This law seeks to tighten the rules regarding...
If you are like many of the freelancers who are involved with cryptocurrency, you may be unaware of the tax rules related to it. This is evidenced by last Friday’s news that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is sending “educational letters” about tax penalties and...
If you are a freelancer who sells taxable goods online, you are likely aware of the challenges of collecting and remitting sales tax in multiple jurisdictions. A case in point that you should pay attention to if your business includes sales in New York State...
From a federal perspective, tax year 2018 was the last year that the Affordable Care Act’s individual Shared Responsibility Payment applied when you filed your return. This fee, otherwise known as the individual mandate, was collected for plan years through 2018 from taxpayers who could...
If you’re a freelancer who works outside the United States there are some important rules you need to know when it comes to keeping on the right side of taxing authorities around the globe and managing your own tax burden. To help you learn the...