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Internal Revenue

Internal Revenue

Unsurprisingly, an income tax was levied that very year. government responsible for collecting taxes and enforcing customs, among other duties. Form W-9 is an Internal Revenue Service form which is used to confirm a person’s taxpayer identification number . Form W-2 reports an employee’s annual wages and the amount of taxes ...

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Standard Deduction

Standard Deduction

It does not reduce the net earnings from self-employment or reduce the self-employment tax itself. The good news is that the self-employment tax will cost you less than you might think because you get to deduct half of your self-employment tax from yournet income when calculating your income tax. TheIRStreats the “employer” ...

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Stock Options

Stock Options

ISO holders will report nothing at this point; no tax reporting of any kind is made until the stock is sold. If the stock sale is a qualifying transaction, then the employee will only report a short-term or long-term capital gain on the sale. If the sale is a disqualifying disposition, then the employee will have to report any bargain ...

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Index Of Applicable Federal Rates

Index Of Applicable Federal Rates

The taxpayer joins a health club with membership fees of $400 per year. The taxpayer can make an arrangement to give the health club a $5,000 deposit on which it can earn 8% interest which would be equal to the $400 membership fee. This arrangement allows a taxpayer to earn the benefit of the interest without paying any taxes on it. A ...

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Social Security 2020

Social Security

SeeEmployees of Interstate Motor and Rail Carriersfor more information. If there is no requirement to withhold federal income tax because of the type of income, then you don’t have to withhold Massachusetts income tax. If you’re a Massachusetts employer with a nonresident employee, you still need to withhold wages paid to the ...

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