Finance & Accounting
Business Meals are 100% Deductible in 2021 and 2022
Last Updated: February 24, 2022 Go ahead, schedule that lunch meeting. Business meals are 100% deductible in 2021 and 2022. The new policy comes as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA, 2021), a bill that combines the $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package signed in December with a larger omnibus spending plan for the […]
Can W-2 Employees Deduct Work-From-Home (WFH) Expenses on their 2020 Tax Returns?
Recently, I’ve had several W-2 clients call with the same question: can I deduct my work-from-home expenses from my taxable income? The COVID-19 pandemic has led many of us to work-from-home (WFH) in order to protect ourselves and our co-workers. That means we’re incurring expenses we wouldn’t normally pay in an office setting: electricity, internet, […]
Bet on GameStop (GME) Stock? Here’s How Your Earnings (or Losses) are Taxed
Millions of Americans took to the markets this week and took on Wall Street — united under the unlikely flag of GameStop (GME) stock. The buying frenzy began online, organized on a Reddit forum called Wall Street Bets. Spurred on by the internet hype, small-time investors from across the country bought GME stock, sending the […]
Everything you need to know about the new IRS Form W-4
In 2020, the IRS decided to make major changes to its Form W-4, the form employers use to calculate their employees’ tax withholdings. But don’t let these changes overwhelm you. Here’s what you need to know about the overhauled W-4: New W-4: No More Withholding Allowances The IRS has decided to eliminate withholding allowances from […]
How Denver Investors and Tech Employees Can Minimize Their Stock Tax Bill
Here at Boxelder Consulting, we’re always searching for ways to help our clients navigate through the tax system successfully. Sometimes, this means that we assist our clients in resolving past tax debt by submitting an offer-in-compromise or installment agreement. Other times, this means alerting our clients to a new or seldom used tax break. In […]
Tax Deductions You May Not Know About
What is a tax deduction exactly? Simply, tax deductions lower your taxable income; this plays to your favor as the lower your taxable income is, the more cash you get to keep in your pocket when you go to pay taxes. There are deductions for all sorts of things; here are 8 tax deductions you […]