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Posted by taxguru on December 7, 2010

 

 

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Posted by taxguru on December 7, 2010

Interest Rates Decrease for the First Quarter of 2011 –  Down to 3.0%

 

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Posted by taxguru on December 6, 2010

The Walking Death Tax –  With all of the focus on extension of the Bush Income tax rates, the WSJ has a timely reminder that the immoral Marxist grave-robbing Estate tax will return in less than a month to confiscate 55% of the net estates from those unlucky enough to pass away in 2011.

 

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Posted by taxguru on December 6, 2010

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Typical bipartisanship…

Posted by taxguru on December 5, 2010

 

 

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Sec. 179 For Fruit Trees

Posted by taxguru on December 4, 2010

Q:

Subject: Qualifying Property – Fruit Trees
Kerry:
In your article on Section 179 revised April 27, 2010, you listed fruit trees as qualifying property from the Depreciation QuickFinder Handbook.  Will you please tell me where you found in QuickFinder that the trees were qualifying?
Thank you!

A:

I haven’t purchased any new QuickFinder books for a few years; since I switched to TheTaxBook. However, I did keep my old copies of the QF books I had.

Attached is a copied & scanned copy of Page 5-5 from the 2005 Tax Year Depreciation QuickFinder Handbook.  I’ve circled in red the Fruit Trees item in the list of property qualifying for Section 179.

I hope this is helpful for you.

Kerry Kerstetter

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Update:
I recently purchased a copy of the 2010 edition of the Depreciation QuickFinder and it has the following lists:

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Posted by taxguru on December 4, 2010

IRS Announces 2011 Standard Mileage Rates

Beginning on Jan. 1, 2011, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be:

  • 51 cents per mile for business miles driven
  • 19 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes
  • 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations

 

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New IRS Scanners?

Posted by taxguru on December 3, 2010

From the most recent episode of NewsBusted:

 

 

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On everyone’s wish list…

Posted by taxguru on December 3, 2010

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Posted by taxguru on December 2, 2010

The Truth Behind the Tax Cut Lies –  Short and to the point piece by Thomas Sowell that should come in handy during the current debate over extending the Bush tax cuts.  The easiest way to deal with the onslaught of propaganda from the lame-stream media is to remember that anything they and their fellow DemonRat Travelers say about taxes and the economy is a straight out lie.  

 

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