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2019 Year-End Tax Planning for Individuals

December 3, 2019

As the end of 2019 approaches, more and more information and guidance is released by the IRS relating to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as well as guidance relating...…

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S-Corp Health Insurance Options!

December 14, 2018

Many S-Corp owners don’t realize it but as small-business owners they have more options to save on healthcare costs than any other group of Americans. For example, in order to...…

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Planning for Your Taxes in 2018 part 7: Will My Business be Eligible for the 20% QBI Deduction?

November 18, 2018

This is the seventh installment of our monthly tax blog on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. In our third installment we provided an overview of the deduction. The fifth...…

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Planning for Your Taxes in 2018 part 6: Do I Need to Keep My Receipts?

October 3, 2018

This is our sixth installment of our monthly tax blog on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Today, I will be addressing a question we (here at Isler) have been...…

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Planning for Your Taxes in 2018 part 3: Section 199A or the Qualified Business Income Deduction

July 26, 2018

This is the third installment of our monthly tax blog about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. In our two previous posts, we discussed changes to individual tax rates, exemptions,...…

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Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Credit

February 5, 2018

Does your business help provide support for working families through a paid family and medical leave policy? If it does or you are considering adding such a policy, you should...…

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2017 Housekeeping

January 25, 2017

Now that 2016 is coming to a close, it is time to start thinking about 2017 and all that comes with the new year. Below is a summary of housekeeping...…

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Charitable Contributions as RMD’s

January 23, 2017

At age 70 ½, taxpayers are required to take required minimum distributions (RMD’s) from their IRA accounts: the government wants to collect their taxes from the earning retirees accumulated over...…

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Tracking Mileage for a Tax Deduction

January 12, 2017

Happy New Year and welcome to the beginning of 2017! The New Year always brings a flurry of resolutions and unfortunately, a majority of those resolutions fall by the wayside...…

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Initiative Petition 28 (IP 28)

February 1, 2016

During 2016, the voters of Oregon will have a chance to vote on Initiative Petition 28 (IP 28). IP 28 purposes a 2.5 percent gross receipts tax on any Oregon...…

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