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NEW Tax Deduction: Business Meals are 100% Deductible in 2021!

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Today, we have a major update for you – business meals are now 100% deductible as of the year 2021. Yes, this big news for everyone because the old rule was that you could only deduct 50% of your business meals from your taxable income. Now, these expenses must be paid or incurred during 2021 or 2022.

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New 2021 Tax Brackets You Need To Know About (Complete Overview)

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The IRS just released the new Income Tax Brackets and Standard Deductions for 2021. Each year the IRS adjusts more than 60 provisions to account for inflation… and tax ranges just so happens to be one of them. This means, right now is a good time to start tax planning for 2021 even though we are still in 2020.

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Child Tax Credit Portal Update & New Non-Filer Sign Up Tool (2021)

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It’s called the “Non-filer sign-up tool” which is for people who did NOT, we repeat, DID NOT file their 2020 taxes which would have been done in 2021. These people can now use the online tool to register for monthly child tax credit payments. So we hope this was a helpful child tax credit portal update for everyone.

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Tax Credits vs Tax Deductions: Which One Is Better in 2021?

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The tax deduction focuses on lowering your taxable income NOT your tax liability. Your taxable income is going to be based on how much money you made and the tax bracket you fall into. So, if you are in the 24% 2021 tax bracket and then a $2,000 deduction saves you $480 on your tax liability (which is $2,000 x 24%).

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Top 5 Write Offs for New LLCs in 2021

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.” When you use your vehicle for business purposes, you are able to write off the mileage or the actual expenses of the vehicle. With the mileage approach, you can write off 56 cents in 2021 for every business mile you drove. You can be taxed as an S-Corporation or even a C-Corporation as well. Let us explain.

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Best Tax Breaks: 12 Most-Overlooked Tax Breaks & Deductions (2021)

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To find out, simply look at the long-term capital gains tax chart. If filing taxes for 2020, married couples filing jointly who make up to $80,000 in taxable income or single filers who make up to 40,000 in taxable income. For 2021, the income limits rise to $80,800 for married couples filing jointly and $40,400 for single filers.

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Single Member LLC: What You Need to Know This Tax Season (2021)

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So in this post, we’re going to break down some of those advantages and disadvantages of a single member LLC in 2021. We will also be discussing a typical operating agreement, how taxes work, and compare it against sole proprietorship. Self-employment Taxes. The 2021 self-employment tax rate is 15.3%.

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