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Is this taxable income?

My daughter worked over this past year as a research intern through a REU (research experience for undergrads) program....
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posted by nojunk
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2017 IRS Nationwide Tax Forum.

Dates and locations announced. Note that there are only 5 occurrences this year. Registration will probably open about M...
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American Opportunity Credit for Child

My eldest daughter graduated from her University in May 2016 and started her career shortly thereafter. She still lives...
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posted by greekgod
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Amending Form 8288-A

The situation is that my client submitted a Form 8288-A with an old SSN and received a stamped copy from IRS a while ag...
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posted by lmcmy1219
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Brokerage Run HSA Accounts?

Is there any brokerage that adminsters HSA accounts, so that open balances in the HSA can be invested in stocks instead...
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posted by persistentone
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LLC Questions

Hi, all. I'm working with the owner of a small LLC, who wants to do a lot of small, fairly short term deals. I'm trying...
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posted by spamtrap
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Fee For Offshore Bank Account

I have an offshore bank account duly disclosed to the IRS and FinCEN. The bank account earns some interest (on which I...
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posted by nospam
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Documenting large charitable deductions

Given the recent thread re large medical expenses, where the consensus seems to be: "don't submit supporting documentat...
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posted by nospamplease
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Documenting Catastrophic Medical Expenses

As a companion to my question on HSA, consider the case of a person who is very ill for several years, unemployed with...
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posted by persistentone
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HSA for Unemployed?

For an unemployed person, is there any equivalent to a Health Savings Account that would allow the person to make contr...
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posted by persistentone
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Cash gift to caretaker

How is a $500 cash gift handled for a caregiver? If caregiver was an employee (w-2 given out) I understand it is report...
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posted by bh2os62
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Section 179 recapture

A taxpayer has a (very) small consulting software programming business. She uses a laptop with a purchase price of $1,5...
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posted by ybotka
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Gift tax question

Good Day I understand that this forum is JUST advice, but it is advice I am looking for :-) I bought a house from my wi...
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posted by runtheodds
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Reporting House Sale When it was Partial Rental

For the last seven years, I rented a portion of my house out (40%) and reported rental income and expenses including de...
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posted by rick
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