Questions tagged [united-states]
For questions that relate to the laws, practices, and products of the United States.
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How does the wash sale rule apply when trades in quick succession net positive?
This is probably best illustrated with an example:
Day 1: I buy 10x AAPL for $1000
Day 2: I sell 10x AAPL for $2000 ($1k gain)
Day 3: I buy 10x AAPL for $1000
Day 4: I sell 10x AAPL for $500 ($500 ...
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Tax treatment of earnings when making a in-service rollover from After-Tax 401k to Roth IRA
My employer offers three categories under 401k:
Traditional
Roth
After-Tax
The Traditional and Roth are well-known and like the Traditional and Roth IRA. The sum of contributions to these are capped ...
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Who to pay local taxes to if I have lived in multiple locations?
Pretty straightforward. I have lived in multiple locations (within same state) throughout 2020 and as a result find it a bit complicated to determine who I owe local taxes to? Do I prorate? Do I just ...
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Stimulus check never received, how do I alert the IRS and claim i before the 2020 deadline?
I am eligible to receive all three stimulus checks bit I am living abroad. I was told by the IRS that they sent the first two but I never received them.
I do not have access to the original checks and ...
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Stimulus check never received, should I claim it on my US tax return? [duplicate]
I am an American citizen living abroad. I never received my economic impact payment checks even though they were apparently sent to my address.
I understand that I can claim the money on the 1040 tax ...
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Will my property taxes change if I get it appraised for PMI removal?
I have studied questions around Mortgage Insurance removal and various experiences (mostly painful) with lenders in this process.
I had budgeted and readied myself to make a principal payment to bring ...
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Is it possible to apply for ITIN when an original passport document or a certified copy of it can't be filed as supporting document?
My wife need to apply for ITIN so we can file our joint tax return for the first time. She is not a US resident yet, so she can't apply for SSN. According to W-7 instructions, we need to file the W-7 ...
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How many years of delinquent FBARs must I file?
I have never filed an FBAR before, but in 2019 I should have done. Do I need to therefore file FBARs for 6 years prior? Or only file the delinquent 2019 FBAR?
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Optimizing Savings Allocations
I am currently trying to decide the best way to allocate my savings, and I would appreciate your input. I am trying to budget roughly based on the idea of using 50% of my post tax income for ...
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US stock market: How do odd lot orders get filled if they are not advertised to the public?
I recently asked Why didn't my buy limit order become the highest bid? when my odd lot (1 share) buy limit order did not appear in the public list of bids. If odd lot buy orders do not appear in ...
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Submitted tax return for 2020 with correct numbers but forgot to disclose information - how can I update it?
I've just sent off a tax return (I just forgot to include schedule B, even though it does not change any numbers and I still owe nothing). I am well before the tax deadline and if I had waited a few ...
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Is it more difficult to cash in an IRA with multiple funds?
If my Roth IRA has contributions to multiple different funds will it be any more difficult to get the money out when it's time to retire? Would I just sell each of the funds and close the account or ...
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Do I need to file a tax return if I have to file an FBAR (US citizen living abroad)
I realized I needed to submit an FBAR for the previous year. I earned less than the income threshold, so I didn't submit a tax return.
Do I need to now submit a tax return in addition to the FBAR? Or ...
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Do I need to file a tax return if my net capital gains are very low?
I am college student who is claimed as a dependent on my parents' tax return. At the start of 2020, I decided to step into investing and I swing-traded stocks and crypto throughout the year. At the ...
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Will my surgery bill be covered by Medicaid if I just started a new job?
I had a knee surgery while i was on medicaid. The hospital hasn't billed me for the surgery yet. I will start a new job soon. Will Medicaid still pay for that surgery?
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Given a tax advantage account and a non-tax advantage account, should trades be concentrated in the tax advantage account?
TL;DR: If my investing strategy is a mix of ETFs (50% value, rarely traded) and stocks (50% value, more frequently traded), is it advantageous to do the stocks trading in the tax advantage account and ...
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Cannot find first round (May 2020) stimulus check. Is there hope? [duplicate]
I'm not sure if I misplaced it or I never received, but I never deposited my first covid-19 stimulus check that I was supposed to receive May 2020. I paid my federal taxes in 2020.
Can it be replaced ...
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Why wouldn’t I invest in NYSE:UPRO over something like NYSE:IVV? [duplicate]
I recently came across this 3x leveraged etf of the S&P 500 (NYSE:UPRO). I understand that it’s a risky investment, but I still see way more reason to buy it over any other thing that tracks the S&...
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When To Use High Dividend Funds
I recently heard that one way to retire is to accumulate enough wealth and then invest in a high dividend portfolio. That way, you can live off the dividends and not have to sell your stocks. So you ...
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Do I need to amend 2019 tax return?
Chase bank sent me 1099-MISC for $50 signup bonus when I opened a new account in 2019. I forgot to add this form while doing my taxes. This link says 1099-MISC should have at least $600. Since it is ...
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Why didn't my buy limit order become the highest bid?
I am trying to buy a stock that is $307 bid and $312 offered. I placed a buy limit order for 1 share at $307.10. However, the best bid remained at $307.00. After an hour, the best bid is still $307.00....
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Should I have received 1099-MISC for bonus on new account opening?
I received a $100 signup bonus for opening a new account with CapitalOne Checking account in USA. I kept a low balance and received very little (less than $1) interest. They didn't send 1099-INT ...
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Do I need to file tax form 1040 in a Streamline Foreign Offshore Procedure, even if I was not required to file in that year
I am a US citizen living in Sweden.
I thought because my income was below the threshold for filing 1040, I did not need to submit any information to the IRS in 2019.
Unfortunately, I had a little over ...
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Taxes on growth - Traditional vs Roth 401K
Let's say I can put $10K today in my 401K. Let's assume this investment theoretically grows to $100K by the time I retire.
Putting aside income brackets for a moment, is it true that if my 401K ...
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Capital Gains Tax When in a High Tax Bracket
So I think this is a basic question but I'm having trouble finding an answer.
I sold a rental property this year and it's going to move me up in the tax brackets.
My question is, when I sell assets ...
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Does IRC §871(i) (no tax on deposit interest for non-residents) apply to interest paid by the IRS on delayed refunds?
Internal Revenue Code §871(i)(3) basically says that "deposit interest" on a deposit in a US bank is not taxable for US non-resident aliens.
The IRS pays interest on delayed refunds and ...
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Business paying back debt to individuals
I have a single member LLC (Missouri, United States) that I started a few years ago. We received approximately $20,000 in funding from family and friends, of which I did not fully understand the ...
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Handling rent debt in California
Due to the pandemic, I was unable to pay rent for my apartment complex that I have now moved out of. I do not have the money to pay this debt because I was unemployed because of the pandemic. ...
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Should I file as Resident or Non Resident for FY2020? I arrived in US in 2015 on F1 and switched to H1B in Oct 2020
I am a single individual who arrived in US in Aug 2015 on F1. I was on OPT until 30th Sept 2020 and then switched to H1B from 1st Oct 2020. After reading documents below, I gathered that since I have ...
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2020 Backdoor Roth IRA Conversion in 2021 - Concern/Questions
In 2019, I did a backdoor Roth IRA conversion that went off without any problems (put $6000 into traditional IRA, converted to Roth IRA). In 2020, I was looking to do the same, but I hit a snag.
I ...
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How to ownership-transfer inherited securities from a foreign brokerage?
I have inherited a set of stocks that sit on the Swedish Stock exchange (in an Avanza brokerage) from a deceased relative. The stocks are still currently in the name/ownership of the still-living ...
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short-term VS. long-term capital gain tax rate for margin account
I have a margin account for my stock trading.
I know capital gain from stocks held for more than one year is called long-term capital gain while capital gain from stocks held for less than one year is ...
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What are SEC issues I should know about when using my automatic stock trading software?
I created software that does automatic stock buying and selling through Interactive Brokers' web/API.
Does the SEC regulate this?
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how to compute income on a year when you sell an asset with some capital gain while you have a rolling over capital loss from passed years
This is about US tax law.
When you sell an asset in a year, how does your income computed?
Here is a scenario:
say you are a 100K/year salary guy. You sell a home ( an investment home, not your ...
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Pros and cons of using a Roth IRA to fund home improvements
I have a Roth IRA with a balance of something like $150k. Say around $100k of that is contributions. Due to my income, I am ineligible to contribute to the Roth IRA, but I do maximize contributions to ...
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Accidently forgot to cancel insurance Kaiser, refund possible?
I had a personal health insurance plan from Kaiser, but I forgot to cancel it when my workplace health insurance coverage (also from Kaiser) started, so for 2 months I was charged for 2 plans. Is it ...
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OTC stocks and their foreign stock exchange equivalent
Do OTC stocks trade similarly to their foreign exchange equivalents?
I'm looking at a company that is not available for US investors on the ASX, but it has ticker on the OTCQX. My broker shows me ...
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Are employee (NOT employer) contributions to a 401(k) ERISA-protected?
Say you work for a business that offers 401(k) plan. Investopedia says:
Under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the funds in your 401(k) only legally belong to you once ...
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I filed 83(b) election via certified mail but forgot to request a return receipt, should I file again?
I filed 83(b) election via certified mail but forgot to request a return receipt, I assumed that I will get a return receipt by default which I was wrong about.
The certified mail shows that it has ...
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UK-US stock transfers
I live in the United States and work for a local office of a UK company (traded on the London Stock Exchange). My employer has an ESPP administered by a company called "Equiniti". I wish ...
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Type of account for investing surplus funds when planning to retiring early?
How do people retire early? Say that their debts (including house) are paid in full, they have ample money already saved in IRAs, 401ks, etc., they are expecting a pension, and have earned enough SS ...
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US stock market: Will there be free market depth data in the near future?
Currently (April 2021), it is easy to obtain the best bid and offer (NBBO) of a stock for free. One just has to use a mainstream financial website such as Yahoo Finance or even Google, and one can ...
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What are the tax implications if I share single credit card processor between my two sole proprietorships?
Can someone who has 2 sole proprietorships share a single credit card processing device to save on processing fees? What would be proper way to file taxes in such case?
Basically, my concern is that ...
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Would a hypothetical, ever-appreciating asset allow for infinite collateralized loan-rolling?
If I owned a hypothetical asset that was deemed extremely safe, and permanently increased in value over time (allowing me to borrow a similar percentage of the asset's value each time the loan reached ...
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Taking out a 401K Loan vs. Liquidating Investments - what's better?
Let's assume the following:
I need $50K for various expenditures (aka simply spending, not paying off CC debt or putting the money somewhere else).
I can either liquidate regular taxable investments ...
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How to pay taxes on single owner LLC
I have a LLC with one employee on Corp 2 Corp. The job pays 100k and the employee makes 70k. I am the only member of the LLC and I read somewhere that the IRS treats one-member LLCs as sole ...
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How easy is it to bootstrap a business that acts as a financial middleman for customer-to-customer transactions? [closed]
Background
Most small businesses sell services/goods directly to customers (or other businesses). I would imagine starting one of those businesses just consists of opening an ordinary merchant bank ...
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How to rebalance a portfolio in a taxable account
I hold ETFs in a regular brokerage fund that is not tax shielded. I have about 20,000$ in VT, 6,500$ of that is profit. I wanted to swap VT with VEU. Are there any financial instruments that I could ...
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What is holding date for Mylan stockholders since the merger with Viatris?
Is the holding date, in regards to either short term or long term sale, the closing date of the merger or the original purchase date for a Mylan stockholder in the Viatris merger?
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What is the US subprime crisis of 2008? [closed]
I have heard that after the US subprime crisis of 2008,particularly a lot of people were pointing fingers at the Economic policymakers. I am not really familiar with why it is so, a detailed ...
