Most things you own, such as your car, investments, and real estate, are capital assets. And when you sell those assets, it creates a capital gain or loss. Long-term capital gains occur when: You sell an asset and the sale price is greater than your purchase price (cost basis). You...
The second person only makes $320 that week, though, meaning the sales tax takes up 2.2% of their income–even though they are paying the same percentage as the first individual in taxes, it hits low-income earners much harder since it is such a high percentage of what they make. Proper...
Estate taxes: $1,000,000 is one thing for an 80 year old leaving money to kids in their 50's. It's another thing altogether for a young family with 3 kids (or more). Granted, the first situation happens much more often. Just saying that whatever the tax-free amount is, it should...
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Real estate sponsor: A sponsor is an individual or company in charge of finding, acquiring, and managing a property on behalf of investors. Sponsors will typically invest in the property as well, but won’t have to invest as much capital as the other investors involved. “For investors seeki...
Many people think that the estate tax is 40% on any taxable amount but that's not the case. You’ll pay a base tax plus a marginal rate for most of the federal estate tax tiers. Federal estate taxes max out at 40% for taxable amounts greater than $1 million. This table shows how...
Any part of the estate that is bequeathed to a surviving spouse is not counted in the total amount and isn't subject to estate tax. The right of spouses to leave any amount to each other is known as theunlimited marital deduction. When the surviving spouse who inherited an estate dies, ...
Taxable income is the portion of your gross income used to calculate how much tax you owe in a given tax year. It can be described broadly asadjusted gross income (AGI)minus allowable itemized or standard deductions. Taxable income includes wages, salaries, bonuses, and tips, as well as inv...
A taxable estate is the total value of a deceased person'sassetsthat are subject to taxation. The net assets subject to taxation equal the person’s total assets minus liabilities and minus the prescribed tax-deductible portion of assets left behind by the deceased that cross some minimum thresh...