Jan 01
Welcome to TaxView with Chris Moss CPA Tax Attorney If your income tax returns have ever been audited by the IRS you might remember discussing with your husband whether you should represent yourself in the audit or retain the person who prepared your tax return to represent you? Or if your tax structure was a bit …
Jul 10
Submitted by Chris Moss CPA If you read my last article on the Completed Contract Method of Income Tax Deferral we concluded that Shea v IRS was a big win for the developers. Unfortunately the IRS has come back with a vengeance in June of 2014 with a big win in Howard Hughes v IRS. …
Jul 06
Submitted by Chris Moss CPA Many real estate developers use the Completed Contract Method (CCM) of income recognition as they develop large tracts of land into buildable lots and ultimately residential housing around the nation. This special method of revenue recognition is allowed for small developers earning less than $10 million who anticipate a 2 …
Jul 04
Submitted by Chris Moss CPA Most taxpayers deduct medical expenses on their tax returns either as individuals or through businesses. Deductions like health insurance premiums or doctors and dentists fees are pretty black and white if you are being treated for illness. But what about that gray area of preventative medicine including supplements, gym memberships …
Jun 16
Submitted by Chris Moss CPA Most of us know that $250K of gain is exempt from tax on the sale of your primary residence ($500K if married) if you lived in that house for 2 of the last 5 years. But what if you sell your house at a loss? Tough luck the IRS says. …
Jun 12
Submitted by Chris Moss CPA Did you all know that the United States never had an income tax until the Civil War? But what you probably don’t know is that England had also been working with income tax hundreds of years earlier. This was no coincidence. Western nations in the 19th century started keeping track …