There are two components of the 2010 health care reform law that add additional Medicare taxes for high income taxpayers; a .9% increase in the Medicare tax on wages and self-employment income, and a 3.8% Medicare tax on investment income....
The American Tax Relief Act of 2012 extends for two years, through December 31, 2013, the provision allowing tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts to public charities, by individuals age 70½ or older, up to a maximum of $100,000 per taxpayer per year....
If you employ someone to work in or around your home, age 18 or older, and pay them wages of $1,800 or more in 2012, you may be a household employer....
Tired of QuickBooks' cramped, claustrophobic screens and uneven interface? You'll be pleased to see the 2013 version....