• Form 4797 – Sale of Business Property

    Use Form 4797 to report: The sale or exchange of: Property used in your trade or business Depreciable and amortizable property Oil, gas, geothermal, or other mineral properties Section 126 property The involuntary conversion (from other than casualty or theft) of property used in your trade or business and capital assets held…

  • Form 1098-MA Mortgage Assistance Payments

    Form 1098-MA is used to report: Payments made by either HUD under the Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program (EHLP) or a State HFA under the Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing Markets (HFA Hardest Hit Fund) or the EHLP (State HFA/HUD mortgage assistance payments); and Payments made by…

  • Standard Mileage, Actual Expenses, and Depreciation (Form 4562)

    If you use your car for business purposes, you ordinarily can deduct expenses related to the car or truck.  To determine the amount of car and truck expenses that can be included in actual expenses or the total business expenses reported on Schedule C, Schedule C-EZ, Schedule E or Schedule…

  • Form 1310 – Claim a Refund Due a Deceased Taxpayer

    Who Is Required To Fill Out Form 1310? If you are claiming a refund on behalf of a Deceased Taxpayer, you must file Form 1310 unless either of the following applies: You are a surviving spouse filing an original or amended joint return with the decedent, or You are a personal representative…

  • Where To Report Certain Items From Forms W-2, 1098, and 1099

    Form Item and Box in Which It Should Appear Where To Report if Filing Form 1040 W-2 Wages, tips, other compensation (box 1) Allocated tips (box 8 )Dependent care benefits (box 10) Adoption benefits (box 12, code T) Employer contributions to an Archer MSA (box 12, code R) Employer contributions…

  • Bartering Income – Form 1099-B

    Bartering is the trading of one product or service for another.  The value of products or services from bartering is normally taxable income. The fair market value of the property or services received in bartering must be included in income.  If property or services were exchanged through a barter exchange, Form…

  • Form 1099-K – Merchant Card and Third Party Network Payments

    The IRS states this about Form 1099-K… “A payment settlement entity (PSE) must file Form 1099-K for payments made in settlement of reportable payment transactions for each calendar year.  A PSE makes a payment in settlement of a reportable payment transaction, that is, any payment card or third party network transaction,…

  • Schedule D – Sale of Main Home

    A taxpayer may qualify to exclude from their income all or part of any gain from the sale of their main home.  A main home is the one in which the taxpayer lives most of the time.  Fill out the Sale of Main Home Worksheet in the Schedule D, ‘Other‘…

  • Form W-2G – Gambling Winnings and Losses

    Gambling income includes, but is not limited to, lottery, raffle winnings, horse races and casinos.  It includes cash winnings and also the fair market value of prizes such as cars and trips.  If winnings are paid in installments, include in income the amount received in the tax year including interest. …

  • Private Activity Bond Interest

    Interest from private activity bonds generally is not taxable, however interest from specified private activity bonds issued after August 7. 1986 must be added to income for AMT purposes.