Deducting Points On Home Refinances
Any points that you pay in the refinancing of your residence are tax deductible over the length of the loan in question. The deduction is allowable only if the residence is your primary home and the new mortgage replaces a previous one and/or is used to improve the residence. To the extent that money is taken out to pay off credit cards and non-residence costs, the points may not be used as a tax deduction.Big Deductions By Refinancing TwiceIf you refinanced your primary residence twice during 2004, you may be in for a very nice surprise. A significant tax deduction can be created when you refinance twice in one year. If you refinance a mortgage, you accelerate the deductible amount of points from the first mortgage and may claim the points from the first mortgage all at once.As an example, assume that I refinanced my home in January 2004 and paid $3,000 in points.
Interest rates continued to drop through 2004 and I then decided to refinance again in August. Because I paid off the original loan with the refinance, I am able to accelerate the value of the points of the January loan.So, what tax deductions have I created for my 2004 filing period? Initially, I am going to deduct a percentage of the points off of my latest refinance. The deduction will amount to the total amount of points paid divided by the total months of the loan. This will not be a big deduction, but every little bit helps.In addition to this amount, however, I will also deduct the full $3,000 in points that I paid on my January 2004 refinance! I am able to claim this deduction because I "accelerated" the deductibility of the points by paying of January mortgage with the August refinance.By refinancing twice, I get a lower interest rate and a healthy tax deduction. Ah, the value of owning a home..
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Roth IRAs are individual saving schemes meant for people with taxable income who meet certain eligibility criteria. They are different from the traditional IRA, in that the contributions made to them are subject to tax deductions, but the earnings themselves are tax-free. This means that the Withdrawals are not subject to taxation. Also, you can have more than one Roth IRA account, but there is a limit to the amount of contributions that you can make in them. Your total contributions in all the accounts cannot exceed $4,000, or 100% of your adjusted gross income, whichever is less.
There are some rules and regulations involved with the Withdrawals of the earnings accrued from these savings.
First and foremost, if you have multiple Roth IRA accounts, you can withdraw money from any of the accounts. Yet the Withdrawals themselves have to be made in a certain order, regardless of the account you choose to withdraw from. The order to be followed is: first of all you have...
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Tax Deeds Are Some Of The Best Deals In Real Estate
Are you looking to acquire some property for pennies on the dollar? You probably won't score your dream house, but you can definitely find some great deals that can quickly be flipped by attending tax deed sales.
A tax deed sale is simply where the county forecloses on the property owner for non payment of real estate taxes. The process for administering tax deed sales varies widely by state and even by county. In Ohio for example, tax deed sales are done as Sheriff Sales, which is the exact same department that does the mortgage foreclosures. In Arkansas, there is a state office called the Commissioner of State Lands that handles all tax deed sales. In other states, tax deeds sales are at the county level with either the Treasurer, the Circuit Clerk or the Auditor handling the sale.
As you might imagine, it is very important to understand your local regulations.
The tax deed bidding process is determined by local regulations: some jurisdictions require...
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Consolidate Debt With A Home Equity Loan
If you are a home owner who is having to borrow from Peter to pay Paul due to a mounting debt load, a debt consolidation home equity loan may be the answer. A debt consolidation loan will allow you to consolidate your high interest credit card and consumer loans into one low rate, affordable monthly payment.A debt consolidation home equity loan is a secured loan. Your home will be used as collateral and the lender will have a lien on your home until the loan is paid off. None the less if you are drowning in a sea of debt, a debt consolidation loan can give you a new financial start. It can help you avoid bankruptcy as well as end harassing creditor phone calls.
In addition, in most cases your monthly payment will be significantly lower freeing up cash that can be used for savings.It is important that once you obtain your debt consolidation loan that you cut up your credit cards and close out the accounts. This will help you to avoid the temptation of running up another debt load...
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D&T Hosts Special Workshop on Goods and Services Tax
Deloitte & Touch will soon be hosting a workshop on Goods and Services Tax (GST). The GST collection accounts for almost one-fifth of the entire tax collection of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS), which amounts to US$ 3.4 billion (This data is supported by the IRAS Annual Report for the financial year 2004-2005). Hence, the IRAS attaches a great deal of importance to GST and its registered collectors.
The said workshop is a one-day event and will be held on the 20th of July 2006 between 9:00 in the morning and 5:00 in the evening. It will be held at the Grand Plaza Parkroyal Hotel on 10 Coleman Street in Singapore.
GST has had a life of more than 10 years in Singapore but there are still some GST collectors who have to pay penalties to the IRAS for miscalculation of taxes in the form of less output tax or more input tax. The aforementioned IRAS Annual Report also shows that the GST and the amassed penalty amounts to S$ 117...
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Business Tax Deductions
As we enter mid-March, taxpayers begin to become very interested in deductions. Following are a few that you may be entitled to claim.
Deductible Expenses
- Office expenses
- Rent or lease payments
- Advertising
- Costs of goods sold
- Insurance costs
- Utilities
- Payments to independent contractors [file form 1099]
- Accounting fees
- Legal fees
- Communication expenses
- Credit Card Interest for business charges
- Travel expenses
- Vehicle expenses
- Business-related meals and entertainment
- Uncollected receivables
- Bank fees on business accounts
- Interest payments on notes
- Excise and fuel taxes
- Employment taxes
- Real estate tax paid on business property
- Special local assessments for repairs or maintenance to business property
- Promotional costs that create goodwill such as sponsoring a youth team
- Business association dues
- Business-related...
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Potty Training Techniques That Don't Work
Your attitude and actions have a huge impact on your child's potty training success. The following potty training techniques don't work and should never be done:
- Punishing your child for accidents
- Making your child wear soiled diapers or underwear
- Making your child sit on the potty for more than 5 to 10 minutes at a time
- Making your child "hold it" if he or she needs to go
- Making your child sit on the potty when he or she is crying
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HG Capital Makes Industrial Investment in Hawaii's Fastest Growing Region
Menlo Park, CA February 22, 2004 - HG Capital, LLC (HG), in a joint venture with Low & Archibald Real Estate Group, Inc., is pleased to announce the acquisition of 6 acres in the Kapolei Business Park for the development of approximately 106,000 square feet of new industrial condominium space in Honolulu County, on the island of Oahu. HG Capital invested 85% of the contributed equity in the $18 million project. The remainder of the project's capitalization came from developer co-investment...
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Optimize Your Computer For Peak Performance
Is your computer running slower than ever? Does it crash a lot? If so it might be because advertisers have loaded it up with Spy and Adaware without your knowledge. "Spyware" is a common term for files that are installed on your system that allow companies to monitor your Internet activity. "Adaware" is software that will show you pop up ads over and over. These files can be extremely dangerous to your PC and could cause major problems. They track the websites you visit, items that you buy online,...
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Walking for Fat Loss???
With obesity and disease increasing dramatically, many fitness experts are recommending walking for weight loss and fitness. Some are even going so far as saying that walking is the best way to burn fat and lose weight. I strongly disagree with this and am going to show you why walking is NOT effective at burning off body fat.Yes, you read that correctly...Walking is NOT effective at burning body fat and if your goal is fat loss you might be wasting your time. I am not saying that walking is not...
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