(Photo by Photo by Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on Unsplash) Health savings accounts, or HSAs, can offer some taxpayers triple tax savings. Holders of HSAs also have a longer window to contribute to these tax-advantaged plans. As noted in my March tax moves post, you can contribute to ...
If you watch cable television (or like me, too much cable TV), you know that it’s Medicare open season for older Americans. Many younger people also are making medical selections for the coming year from the cafeteria of benefits offered by their companies. The biggest employer-provided ...
Those who are self-employed in retirement can deduct Medicare Part B and Part D premiums, as well as the cost of supplemental Medicare or the Medicare Advantage plan whether or not you itemize. You can claim this deduction as long as you don't have access to a health plan either through...
The payroll tax comprises two parts: the Medicare Tax and theSocial Security tax. Both an employee and an employer pay Social Security taxes based on their earnings levels up to a maximum wage. The Medicare Tax, however, has no upper taxable wage limit. Both of these levies are categorized ...
ACA was simply a means to transfer taxpayer dollars to the private insurance industry much like Medicare Advantage Plans. I have no idea why you believe the Dems favor single payer – their donors certainly do not. The wealthy already pay Medicare taxes on their overall income as it does not...
if you delay taking that first RMD to April 1 of the following year, you’ll also have to take your second RMD by December 31 of the same year, which could bump you into next income-tax bracket or make you subject to the Medicare high-income surcharge, depending on your other i...
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Those who are 55 and older and not enrolled in Medicare can contribute an additional $1,000 as a catch-up contribution. If you're married and your spouse is also eligible for and wants to make a catch-up contribution, it must be done in a separate HSA. If your contributions exceed ...
2. You (or your spouse if filing jointly) received health savings account, Archer MSA, or Medicare Advantage MSA distributions. 3. You had net earnings from self-employment of at least $400. 4. You had wages of $108.28 or more from a church or qualified church-controlled organization that...
Insurers Warn of Medicare Premium Rise Taxes, Rate Cuts May Amount to 10 ; Reduction for Advantage Plans, Insurance Experts SayWhile details about Medicare Advantage plan options for 2014won't be available until October,...Twedt, Steve