(This post is the 1st in a series. Subsequent posts forthcoming… soon.)
The stock market has had a pretty good run over the last 10 years or so.
If you’ve been following financial best practices by contributing to Traditional 401ks and IRAs, the odds are good that those retirement accounts are reaching lofty heights.
Is it possible that those accounts have grown too large? Is your 401k TOO BIG?
Physically Present (photo credit)
A great number of world travelers utilize the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion to keep up to $102,100 in income out of the paws of the IRS (2017 tax year.)
For those who aren’t bonafide residents of another (non-US) country, this requires passing the Physical Presence Test (PPT) by being in a foreign country or countries for at least 330 days.
2017 is the first year we tried to pass the PPT, and getting it wrong by even one day could cost $20k or more in tax. Needless to say I wanted to get it right.
Many of we early retirees and aspiring early retirees are on the never ending quest to Never Pay Taxes Again.
With the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 about to be signed into law (aka the Largest Tax Cut in HistoryTM, perhaps a better name than The Mother of All Tax Cuts) it is worth assessing what impact this round of tax reform may have on the common tax minimization strategies.
Overall, I prefer a little more reform in my tax reform, but most individuals should see…
FinCon or Bust
It’s that time of year again, when the world’s financial bloggers converge to communicate, collaborate, and carouse, aka FinCon.
We will miss out since we are back in Asia, but hundreds of others will be converging in Dallas this week. As with any gathering that involves travel, there will be airplane tickets and hotel rooms, a bit of dining, maybe a car rental or Uber, and perhaps even an alcohol related expense or two.
Sounds like a great opportunity to use credit card reward points to get some free travel, right?! Several people on Twitter were considering last minute trips and trying to decide, cash or points.
imho, cash. Every time. Twice on Sunday.
Greetings, friends. For the past 4 years I’ve shared the Go Curry Cracker tax returns to showcase how the Four Principles of Tax Free Living are applied in the real world.
I violate Principle #1 myself, which means I get to file additional tax forms, namely the Schedule C, Profit or Loss From Business (Sole Proprietorship). This is of course good fun.
It would be a shame to keep all of these good times to myself, so this year let’s explore the GCC business taxes. In doing so, I will reveal all of the juicy details on how I make (and spend) money blogging.
