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H&R Block’s TaxCut
January 30, 2009 by Tax Blog
Filed under Federal Tax, Softwares, State Tax
TaxCut Free Federal Edition + E-file, TaxCut Basic + E-file and TaxCut Premium + E-file all make filing your taxes easy by taking you through a simple, step-by-step tax interview. TaxCut Free Federal Edition + E-file is best for people with very simple tax situations. If you’d like to import your prior year personal and tax data, TaxCut Basic + E-file would be best for you. Or, if you’re looking for extra tax help and guidance with a Schedule C, home mortgage, rental property, home office, business expenses or asset depreciation, TaxCut Premium + E-file would be best for you. With TaxCut Premium + E-file, you’ll also receive 1 free tax consultation with an H&R Block tax professional at no additional cost.
In addition H&R Block offers TaxCut Signature if you prefer to do your own taxes, but want the added reassurance of having a tax professional review your return and then sign and e-file it with the IRS for you. Signature makes completing your taxes easy by taking you through the simple, step-by-step tax interview of TaxCut® Premium + E-file. Then, at the end of the interview, you’ll be able to choose to send your return to a tax professional who will complete the process for you. And, it includes the TaxCut Premium + E-file’s extra tax help and guidance for filers with a Schedule C, home mortgage, rental property, home office, business expenses or asset depreciation.
- An easy interview process that helps you complete your return before submitting it to your tax professional for review
- Automatic double-checking of your return for errors
- Easy access to IRS publications
- Imports data from TaxCut® online and software, H&R Block Offices, and TurboTax® software
- Advice for getting key tax benefits as your life changes (marriage, home buying, career changes and more)
- Store your return on H&R Block’s secure servers for 3 years
- Built-in multimedia video tax guidance
- Guidance to maximize tax savings associated with home ownership, education and more
- Additional assistance on investment income and stock options
- Business Expense Assistant
- Extensive help for the self-employed on home office and business expense deductions
- Guidance for rental property income and expenses
- Federal e-file included free
- Only from H&R Block: Unlimited year-round tax advice from a live H&R Block tax professional
H&R Block, founded in 1955, is not only the world’s largest tax services provider but also a fully-integrated financial services company that partners with its clients, helping them save for retirement, buy a home, pay for college, manage a business and much more.
H&R Block operates more than 12,000 offices in the U.S. and more than 1,300 locations in Canada, Australia. We have prepared 400 million tax returns since 1955. But it takes a team to serve our clients, whether it’s in the office or via the Internet.
Today, our focus is on delivering outstanding customer service and helping our clients reach their financial goals. As we see it, their success is a key measure of our success, now and in the days to come.
Supported Forms:
Federal Tax Forms Supported Varies by product:
Free Federal Edition
Basic Federal Edition
Premium Federal Edition
Signature Federal Edition
State Tax Forms Supported
All States Plus DC
Pricing:
Pricing Chart
Free Federal Edition + E-file
- A simple return excludes self-employment income (Schedule C), rental and royalty income (Schedule E), farm income (Schedule F) and shareholder/partnership income or loss (Schedule K-1)
Basic + E-file – $14.95
- Only from H&R Block: Worry-free Audit Support®
Worry-free Audit Support is available for clients who purchase and use H&R Block tax software or online tax preparation solutions to prepare and successfully file (via e-file or print and mail) their 2008 individual income tax returns (federal or state). It does not provide for reimbursement of any taxes, penalties or interest imposed by taxing authorities. Additional terms and restrictions apply.
Premium + E-file – $39.95
- Only from H&R Block: Worry-free Audit Support® offers guidance plus an H&R Block enrolled agent to represent you in the event of an audit
- Only from H&R Block: With 1 included Ask a Tax Advisor session, an H&R Block tax professional can help answer your tax question via
1-on-1 phone or e-mail consultation (a $19.95 value)
Signature – $79.95
- All the benefits of TaxCut® Premium + E-file and more
- Only from H&R Block: Unlimited live tax advice from an H&R Block tax professional, during tax preparation and year-round
- Only from H&R Block: An H&R Block tax professional can review, edit, sign and e-file your return for you
- Only from H&R Block: Worry-free Audit Support® and the H&R Block Guarantee assures that you’ll have support of an H&R Block enrolled agent if the IRS audits your return
State (base price) – $29.95
Free federal online tax preparation and e-file if your adjusted gross income is $56,000 or less and you are age 50 or younger. Includes Form 982 (Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief).
Reviews:
H&R Block and Intuit are the two leading Tax Service Providers. H&R Block offers a full suite of product and service to help you with your tax needs. They offer online tax software, desktop software, and over 1300 local offices. At this point, it’s only a matter of preferences for not picking H&R Block.
Their interview style tax preparation is very easy to follow. What impresses me the most is the abundance of information and assistance available to users while they are preparing their return. TaxCut provides assistance in the following forms:
Granted, some of these assistance do not come free. However, it’s nice to know that you can get help whenever you needed. Different versions of TaxCut is designed based on the level of complexity of your tax return. For people with more complicated returns, the Premium Edition and Signature Edition both provides tax professional assistance for a very reasonable cost.
The only downside is that State E-File is expensive at $29.95. Once you have completed your federal tax return, the state tax return more or less simply imports data from your federal tax return. I suppose this is their marketing strategy where since you have spent all your time preparing your federal tax return, you would go somewhere else to do your state return.
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Federal Deductions
How come the US government can change tax laws over and over again during tax season?
January 29, 2009 by Tax Blog
Filed under Questions & Answers
With certain tax law changes since the beginning of 2007, my CPA is having to correct my taxes several times. It doesn’t seem right that the govt can change tax laws several times during tax season. Other than because they are the govt, how come they can tamper with tax laws during tax season.
My CPA is correcting my taxes because we keep getting corrected 1099′s from my brokerage firms. The reason for the corrections I was given was because the laws keep changing.
*shrug*
How do we get 501(c)(3) status with the IRS?
January 28, 2009 by Tax Blog
Filed under Questions & Answers
We would like to register our national (registered) not-for-profit in the USA and get 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Is there anyone who is able to advise on next steps or even act as consultant to get the job done? It seems to be a critical step for our South African company, in order to receive donations with tax benefits for USA citizens. We are also interested in associated fees.
How can I compare my current tax exempt salary and benefits to job offers back in the States?
January 28, 2009 by Tax Blog
Filed under Questions & Answers
I am trying to find out a way to compare my current NET income to what I could potentially NET back home. All of the salary comparison websites do not accurately calculate my tax exemption status and cost of living (lower) here in Germany.
My guess is that I’ll need to almost double my salary as I’m not paying most taxes here in Germany. Here’s some more info about my situation.
1. Income tax exemption – I don’t pay US or German income taxes. I’m exempt from both. I’m not paying US state income taxes either. This probably saves me at least 30% every year.
2. Sales taxes – I only pay sales taxes when I eat at a restaurant or shop for groceries on the economy (a german grocery store). I mostly shop at the commissary on base…and they sell everything at cost…you can’t get groceries cheaper anywhere else. All other goods (utilities, clothing, cars, electronics, etc) are tax exempt. I prepay for gasoline (current US national average price without sales tax).
Any suggestions?
I’m not a GS employee (civil servant) or in the military. I work for a private contractor. I file the 2555 with my 1040 every year. My taxable income is just below the allowed amount.
I am paying Social Security and Medicare.
I also have 3 dependents. My wife also works for a private contractor and is tax exempt.
I file EXEMPT on my W4. That way taxes are not taken from my paycheck. That’s what we call exempt status here. Call it what you want. We’re given a 3 month extension to file for being overseas.
Tax Treatment Of Investment Advisory Costs
The IRS provided interim guidance with regard to the application of the 2-percent floor under Internal Revenue Code section 67 to certain investment advisory fees. Specifically, the IRS notice provides that, for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2009, non-grantor trusts and estates will not be required to “unbundled” a fiduciary fee into portions consisting of costs that are fully deductible and costs that are subject to the 2-percent floor.
On January 16, 2008, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Michael J. Knight, Trustee of William L. Rudkin Testamentary Trust v. Commissioner, 552 U.S. ___, 128 S. Ct. 782 (2008), holding that costs paid to an investment advisor by a nongrantor trust or estate generally are subject to the 2-percent floor for miscellaneous itemized deductions under § 67(a).
The IRS and the Treasury Department expect to issue regulations under § 1.67-4 of the Income Tax Regulations consistent with the Supreme Court’s holding in Knight. The regulations, however, will not be issued in time to be applicable to the 2008 taxable year.
Checklist To Close Your California Business
When closing a business in California, there is much to do. Some of the following suggestions may require help from your tax attorney or CPA.
You must file an annual return for the year you go out of business. If you have employees, you must file the final employment tax returns, in addition to making final federal tax deposits of these taxes.
The annual tax return for a partnership, corporation, S corporation, limited liability company or trust includes check boxes near the top front page just below the entity information. For the tax year in which your business ceases to exist, check the box that indicates this tax return is a final return. If there are Schedule K-1s, repeat the same procedure on the Schedule K-1.
You will also need to file returns to report disposing of business property, reporting the exchange of like-kind property, and/or changing the form of your business. Below is a list of typical actions to take when closing a business, depending on your type of business structure:
Checklist
Make final federal tax deposits
Electronic Federal Tax Paying System (EFTPS)
OR
Form 8109-B
File final quarterly or annual employment tax form
Form 940, Employer’s Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return
Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return
Form 943, Employer’s Annual Tax Return for Agricultural Employees
Form 943-A, Agricultural Employer’s Record of Federal Tax Liability
Issue final wage and withholding information to employees
Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement
Report information from W-2s issued
Form W-3, Transmittal of Income and Tax Statements
File final tip income and allocated tips information return
Form 8027, Employer’s Annual Information Return of Tip Income and Allocated Tips
Report capital gains or losses
Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return
Form 1065, U.S. Partnership Return of Income
Form 1120 (Schedule D), Capital Gains and Losses
Report partner’s/shareholder’s shares
Form 1065 (Schedule K-1), Partner’s Share of Income, Credits, Deductions, etc.
Form 1120S (Schedule K-1), Shareholder’s Share of Income, Credits, Deductions, etc.
File final employee pension/benefit plan
Form 5500, Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan
Issue payment information to sub-contractors
Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income
Report information from 1099s issued
Form 1096, Annual Summary and Transmittal of U.S. Information Returns
Report corporate dissolution or liquidation
Form 966, Corporate Dissolution or Liquidation
Consider allowing S corporation election to terminate
Form 1120S, Instructions
Report business asset sales
Form 8594, Asset Acquisition Statement
Report the sale or exchange of property used in your trade or business
Form 4797, Sales of Business Property
Contact local and California state agencies.
Speak with a California business attorney about this and your other business questions. Call Mitchell A. Port.
The U.S. Tax Burden Is Low Relative to Other OECD Countries
The United States raises less tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) than most other countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In 2003, taxes in the United States, including all levels of government, amounted to 25.6 percent of GDP, compared with 33.9 percent for other countries in the Group of 7 (G7) and 34.7 percent for non-G7 OECD countries. The United States raises more personal income tax and property tax as a share of GDP than other OECD countries, but less corporate income tax, Social Security contributions, and taxes on goods and services.