Optimizing Tax Strategy: Should Your Business Elect PTET?
Do you own a business organized as a pass-through entity (PTE)—such as a partnership, a limited partnership, an S corporation, or a multimember LLC taxed as a partnership or an S corporation? If so, you face an important tax decision: Should your business elect pass-through entity taxes (PTET)? For the past several years, many PTE […]
Optimize Year-End Vehicle Tax Deductions
Wow, how time flies! Yes, December 31 is just around the corner. That’s your last day to find tax deductions available from your existing business and personal (yes, personal) vehicles that you can use to cut your 2025 taxes. But don’t wait. Get on this now! Take Back Your Child’s or Spouse’s Car, and Sell It […]
Year-End Retirement Planning: Five Strategic Steps for 2025
The clock continues to tick. Your retirement is one year closer, and exploring 2025 retirement plan options should be a priority. You have time before December 31 to take steps that will help you fund the retirement you desire. Here are five things to consider, especially when evaluating your 2025 retirement plan options. 1. Establish […]
Navigating the New Tip Tax Deduction: Eligibility, Limits, and Reporting Requirements
Congress recently passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or OBBBA, which introduces a new tax deduction for tips beginning in 2025. This provision, called “No Tax on Tips,” sounds broader than it really is. The deduction is both temporary and limited in scope, and many tips will still be subject to taxation. Who Qualifies […]
Integrating QCDs Into Your 2025 Tax Strategy
If you’re age 70 1/2 or older, the IRS allows you to make charitable contributions directly from your IRA to approved organizations, such as your church. These transfers, known as qualified charitable distributions (QCDs), have become even more powerful under the new One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)—and could be one of the most effective […]
Exploring Your Term Life Insurance Options Safely and Smartly
Are you considering cashing out your term life insurance policy? Unfortunately, selling a term life policy to investors is nearly impossible unless you are terminally ill and unlikely to outlive the policy. Exploring different term life insurance options might help you understand alternative solutions. You do have one potential option: you could name a relative […]
New Educator Tax Breaks: What the OBBBA Means for You
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) makes significant changes to the educator expense deduction—for 2025 and beyond. If you are a teacher, a coach, a counselor, or some other school professional, here’s what you need to know to maximize your tax savings. Current Rule for 2025 For 2025, eligible educators may claim an above-the-line […]
Understanding the Overtime Deduction Under the OBBBA
Do you regularly earn overtime pay? If so, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) may help lower your federal income tax bill by adding to the deduction of qualified overtime income. New Overtime Deduction Before 2025, the IRS taxed every dollar of your overtime pay as ordinary income. Beginning this year (2025) and continuing […]
OBBBA Implements 2025 Deduction Increases
Starting in 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) increases and makes permanent the larger standard deductions introduced by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new standard deductions for this year (2025) are The IRS will adjust the amounts annually for inflation beginning in 2026. Additional deductions remain for those who are age […]
OBBBA Adds a Possible Senior Tax Deduction (Age 65 and older)
If you will be age 65 or older on December 31, 2025, you have a new opportunity for tax savings. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) created a new bonus tax deduction—available for seniors beginning this year (2025). You can claim this deduction whether or not you itemize. How Much Can You Deduct? If […]