Questions About Taxes
Answering listeners' tax questions, including a talk about mitigating capital gains taxes when selling stocks and a discussion about how to simplify your portfolio when moving away from individual stocks and into index funds.
Answering listeners' tax questions, including a talk about mitigating capital gains taxes when selling stocks and a discussion about how to simplify your portfolio when moving away from individual stocks and into index funds.
Let's outline the US tax implications, key filing requirements, and relevant legal authorities that apply when you receive a foreign gift.
Answering reader questions about capital gains taxes and how to limit them, how to use tax losses in retirement, and how to be tax-efficient during your training years.
Pre-tax dollars can go further than regular dollars these days, especially if you're in a high tax bracket. Here's how to take advantage.
Let's break down the nanny tax, your responsibilities, and how to comply with IRS rules for paying a household employee.
When you begin investing, you're going to have to start paying more in taxes. Let's go over each type of investment and how it is taxed.
Have you received an email from Vanguard asking you to choose the cost basis method in your account? Here's what it means and what to do.
Learn about the safe harbor rule and how and why to do estimated tax payments while avoiding penalties and interest as a self-employed doctor.
Figuring out the foreign tax credit isn't as easy as you might hope. Here are some step-by-step instructions that should help.
The step up in basis at death is a critical financial concept to understand. It affects investing, estate planning, and asset protection.
It's amazing all of the different ways people can screw up tax-loss harvesting. Let's outline a few mistakes to help others avoid them.
Answering reader questions about tax-loss harvesting, tax implications for changing your 529 beneficiary, gift tax rules, tax withholdings, and the home office deduction.
Tax-loss harvesting is a strategy where you sell losing positions to get a tax deduction. Here's how to tax-loss harvest with Vanguard.
Last year, I paid six figures worth of state taxes. How can I justify continuing to live in this state when it costs so much money to do so?
Successful investors will take advantage of tax-free investments to lower their tax burden but should take care not to sacrifice higher returns in doing so.