Small Businesses Can Benefit from the Work Opportunity Tax Credit

This article was published by the IRS. The work opportunity tax credit is a federal tax credit available to employers for hiring individuals from certain target groups who have consistently faced significant barriers to employment. This credit is available for wages paid to certain individuals who begin work on or before December 31, 2025. Here's more [...]

Truckers: Mark Your Calendars to File Form 2290

If a heavy highway vehicle is registered in your name, mark August 31 on your calendar. That's the deadline to file Form 2290, Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return. Here are a few other things to remember about this form: The heavy highway vehicle use tax applies to highway motor vehicles with a taxable gross weight [...]

Tax Credits for Used Clean Vehicles

If you buy a qualified used electric vehicle or fuel cell vehicle from a licensed dealer for $25,000 or less, you may be eligible for a used clean vehicle tax credit. The credit equals 30% of the sales price, up to a maximum of $4,000. If you purchased your vehicle before 2023, you don't qualify. To [...]

How to Get an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number

You'll need an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number from the IRS - called an ITIN for short - if you have a tax filing requirement, federal tax withholding, or are eligible for an allowable tax benefit, but you aren't eligible for a Social Security number. First, you'll complete a Form W-7. Mail it to the IRS along [...]

Renting Your Vacation Home

Do you own a vacation home you sometimes rent to others? If so, there are rules on reporting your rental income and expenses. For example, if you rent out your vacation home only for a short time (fewer than 15 days a year), you may not have to report it at all. That means generally, if [...]

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