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There’s a New Tax in Town…

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For years, the one crucial question I had to ask my business tax clients was, “Can you be considered to be a real estate professional?”  (If you don’t recall my discussions on this matter, you can refer to my blog posts here and here.)  Because without that certification, it’s possible that all expenses involved in rental real estate operations may not be deductible on one’s Schedule E (1040).

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Does the JOBS Act make sense for you?

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Rapidly growing companies. Companies with a great new product. Both of these sorts of entities typically have a need for capital. Banks generally don’t loan money for capital needs. Those funds come from friends and family, angel investors, or venture capitalists.

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Profits Don’t Provide the Whole Picture

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As one reads the newspapers (uncritically), one would assume that business is booming.  We have just read about the third quarter in a row of impressive earnings growth. Total corporate profits are on the order of $ 1.2 trillion, way higher than before our devastation.  First caveat- we are comparing these results to pretty anemic periods.  If you were running your company and had a 50% drop in profits for one year, the next year’s earnings growth of 100% would mean you were back to just where you were two years ago.

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