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Why Tax Planners Need a Written Tax Plan

CTP

What if there was a straightforward way to improve profitability and reduce liability for your tax practice? Creating a written tax plan can separate the professionals from the amateurs. Anyone can come up with an idea and call it a tax plan. Will your client actually implement the plan and realize the savings?

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The Ins and Outs of Real Estate Income: Tax Planning for Short-Term Rentals

CTP

Taxpayers who are new to leveraging real estate for income may be unfamiliar with the tax loopholes available to them. As a tax professional, you may have to overcome your clients’ uncertainty in taking advantage of these loopholes. Real estate owners have four main ways to make money off their property: Rental income.

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Tax Planning Versus Preparation – What is the Difference? – Part 2

CTP

Tax planning is making shifts in a taxpayer’s financial and business situation, to minimize their tax burden both in the short term and over time. We’ll discuss five of the main strategies for legally lowering your clients’ tax burden. Retirement plan contributions for example, are a way of income shifting.

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Intuit ProConnect Tax + QuickBooks Online = Timesaving Cloud Solution

CPA Practice

However, when they combine QuickBooks with Intuit ProConnect Tax , they’ll get a more powerful way to manage their clients’ information. Known as “Books to Tax,” QuickBooks flows directly into ProConnect Tax to auto-populate a client’s tax return, streamlining the process and avoiding manual data entry.

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Tax Deferral Strategies for Real Estate: Using the 1031 Exchange in Partnerships

CTP

This IRS rule allows property owners to defer capital gains taxes when they trade a property for a like-kind property. Some partners may not want to sell a property and pay capital gains taxes because they are in a higher bracket. In a previous blog , we discussed the benefits of the 1031 exchange.

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Year-End Tax Planning Tips for Individuals to Maximize Savings and Minimize Tax Burdens? 

Anders CPA

As we near year-end, it’s important to be aware of the latest tax tips and guidelines to maximize your financial potential for 2024. Make sure you’re taking advantage of donations, cash gifts and more deductible activities to minimize your tax burden.

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Maximizing the Tax Preparation Interaction

Withum

Most people are aware that we are in tax filing season with individual returns due April 15th (or April 17th for those living in Maine and Massachusetts). CPAs, EAs, and professional tax preparers see many clients this time of year and they are obviously busy with this work. And do not forget to file your return on time.