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What gives with interest rates?
The Federal Reserve Board, which sets the target interest rate that forms the basis for all other interest rates, has raised rates dramatically in 2018. We hear it’s planning more raises for 2019. A little history: From September 2007 to December 2008 the Federal...
What the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act means to your estate
The last chance the government has to tax you is when you die, and federal and state governments each take their cut. Current federal law allows a single individual to pass $11,180,000 to beneficiaries without them paying tax. (For married couples, it’s twice that...
What the 2018 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act means to your tax refund
As soon as the tax law changed, Uncle Sam elected to change the withholding tables, reducing the federal tax withheld from salaries and wages. So you may have seen an instant increase in your pay check. However, this means that while you probably owe less tax in 2018...
Key changes that may affect your personal tax liability
Good news: tax rates are reduced significantly. Not-so-good news: many deductions you may have counted on are removed or capped. DEDUCTIONS. Standard deduction for married couples is up: $24,000. But state and local itemized deductions are capped at $10,000....
What 2018 Cuts & Jobs Act means to YOU, personally
Yes, it will impact you. Do all the benefits really go to the top 1 percent, as we’ve read? We’ve modeled the new tax law for many clients and we’re finding that it reduces tax rates for almost everyone. We try not to generalize, so remember that the reality still...
Roving & static deadlines
Pennsylvania or federal deadlines that fall on Saturday, Sunday or a holiday shift to the Monday or first business day after the holiday. However, Keystone’s local deadlines do not shift: you must file and pay online or postmark your filing by the deadline to avoid...
Your Tax Organizer
One of the best ways to make sure you include all required information for tax filing and get all the deductions you’re entitled to is by completing your personalized Tax Organizer. Each year we deliver a Tax Organizer to you. Click here for a sample.
Scams & more scams
The IRS never sends email, so no matter how “real” or intimidating it appears, it is a SCAM. And unless you’ve already received multiple mailed IRS notices, a phone call from the IRS is highly unlikely. In any case, never provide your bank or credit card information...
Where is my refund?
Check the status of your federal refund here: www.irs.gov/refunds
We’re different because every client is different
Are you often surprised by the final number on your income tax return—what you owe or what you’re getting back? Here at Augenblick & Company, we think a surprised client means we’ve failed. Our responsibility to our client is to avoid surprises through careful...
Don’t trust a promise of tax savings
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn’t. That maxim goes for any promises from a tax preparer that he or she will save you money on your taxes. Until the professional has delved into your financials and all the documentation that you provide for the tax...
