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Is there what to do if I have stocks about the value of my mortgage loan to sell and avoid taxes eating up the amount?

My mortgage went through the roof since the increase in interest. I am considering selling my stocks that I have had for decades. My question is, the total value of the stocks is just under the value ...
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In what tax year selling my stock options happened?

My employer, a private company, paid me with stock options. In 2021, the company bought back stock options from employees, so I sold some to them. We signed the "Letter of transmittal" in ...
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My boyfriend pays my rent + utilities. I don't have a job. Do i consider that as income?

My boyfriend gives me money (634) every month to pay my rent + water, & pays my electric bill w/his credit card. Sometimes he gives a check to the landlord for rent + water. Do i consider/report ...
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Are there banks that don't require multi factor authentication? [closed]

Are there US banks that allow customers to completely opt-out of multi factor authentication? All banks I've seen require some combination of SMS, voice, email or MFA app verification. Are there any ...
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Nonresident alien -- Tax filing and late payments for class action settlement

I am a non-resident alien having lived in the USA in 2015-2021. I just found out I'd received a class action settlement for almost $400 back in May 2022. (The funds were deposited into my PayPal ...
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What if the numbers and words I wrote on my check don't match?

I accidentally submitted a check today where I put the wrong cents amount in the written portion, i.e. "Two hundred nine and 00/100", and put the correct amount in the number portion, "...
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How old a car needs to be for one to request diminish value claim

I am based in NC. My car was hit by another vehicle. The person who hit us, his insurance company paid for repairs. My car is from 2015. When I made request for a diminished value claim, I was told “...
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How to estimate "estimated" taxes?

I am trying to figure out how to estimate quarterly tax payments. After some wonderful help on this forum, it seems I'll need to do this for my state, but not for the federal government. From what I ...
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How to best forecast tax liability for the purposes of estimated tax payments?

How can you "expect" to know if you need to pay quarterly taxes? I am on a university fellowship where there is no withholding. I am married, filing jointly. To file quarterly, my ...
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Do I need to make quarterly estimated tax payments for a post-doc fellowship?

I am a postdoc in the US, paid on a fellowship from my university for which there are no withholdings. Do I need to pay quarterly taxes, both federally and to my state? I expect that I will owe a ...
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When you sell a business. Is it a long-term or short-term capital gains tax?

Let's say I start my own small business selling hot dog stands on Jan 01, 2023, and sell it three months later for $50,000. Would my $50,000 be subject to long-term or short-term capital gains tax? ...
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For the US, how to calculate the Social Security benefits if I stop working at 60 or 62 but claim benefits at 70?

As related to this question and the calculator at ssa.gov, they tend to say: stop working at 62 and start claiming benefits at 62, or stop working at 70 and start claiming benefits at 70. However, ...
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Roth Conversion using up foreign tax credits before and after expatriation

I'd like to sense-check the following scenario, to make sure I don't do something phenomenally stupid and irreversible. I'm hoping that I've correctly understood what I've read on this site & ...
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Can I hold gold as much as I like at home in the US?

Is it legal to store physical gold at home in the US? If so, what taxes may be applied on the gold held at home, in form of both jewelry or raw gold?
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Move out of and back into New York State in the same calendar year

On January 1, 2023 I was a resident of New York State. In the middle of the year I moved out of New York State to work for my employer physically in a different state. I abandoned my New York State ...
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Standard deduction when moving to US throughout the year

Consider the following context: Person A is moving to the US in July of 2022, formerly not tax-liable in the US (non-reisdent alien). They start a regular employment in the US for the remainder of the ...
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Late filing with overwithholding, coupled with unexpected income in more recent years

TL;DR-ish Can I use any part of my situation to carry forward any amount of refund to next years? It seems so silly to have so much locked up in refunds and then owe penalties when they've had excess ...
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My girlfriend helped me buy a car - Who is responsible if she takes it back?

My original car was totaled, and I couldn't get a car on my own due to bad credit. The dealership approved me at a high rate with money down. When I get my trust fund, I can buy one. My girlfriend ...
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Can I deduct defaulted Treasury bonds from my taxes owed

I purchase a U.S. Treasury bond. If the government doesn't repay it, may I deduct the face value of the bond from my income tax payment?
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tax filing obligations for class action settlement income of under 10$ (non-resident alien)

I am a non-resident alien having lived in the USA 2017-2019. I received today by postal mail a check for less then $10 due to some class action settlement I had no idea about (apparently my bank ...
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Does stock based compensation (SBC) result in double counting (double deduction) in calculating EPS on a diluted share basis?

As a simplified example, where SBC is issued as RSU's and all RSU's vest in the same year. Assumptions: Shares Outstanding before RSUs: 10,000; SBC= 1000 RSU's at Fair Value per Share: $2 = 20,000; ...
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Why do we see huge span in stock value in pre or post market on Yahoo! finance? [duplicate]

Looking at various stock (TSLA in the picture below on May 19, 2023) pre and post market trading graphs, I can nearly every day see some huge variations, way over market fluctuations, which I think do ...
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What kind of financing options are there for large personal projects?

I'm doing pretty decently on my personal finance goals. I've acquired a personal home with more than 50% equity, a second home for income with about 30% equity, and have several other investments and ...
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What are the long term consequences to an investor of these US bank cash outflow?

I saw two news $910 billion in deposit flight from banks in one year and one week 98 billion out from bank My main question is how long term investor protects from any harm that may be building up, ...
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Margin interest deduction carryover when claiming standard deduction

Margin interest is a deductible investment expense on a US 1040 Schedule A as an itemized deduction Margin interest can be carried over year over year until it is fully deducted If the standard ...
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inheriting (and selling) a house via a trust vs being named on the title

Apologies if this is a silly question. I am quite naive when it comes to taxes. I am a dual US/UK citizen. My wife is a UK citizen. We reside in the UK. My mother is a US citizen residing in the US ...
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Can applying for a new loan affect my existing mortgage? (US)

I live in the US and I am a somewhat mature full-time graduate student. I have gone back to grad school after having spent some years working and I have children and a mortgage. My school has a policy ...
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risk on Security Lending a leveraged ETF

There is a 102% Collateral on Security lending. I assume the extra 2% is for normal ( non leveraged ETF/ stocks). The mark to market (plus2%) happens every day. The problem that I see is with Lending ...
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How split LLC income between spouses in tax form?

My spouse and i formed an LLC in a community property state. We file taxes as MFJ . I have $200k earned income from LLC and my spouse has $0. In an LLC operating agreement, we have a 50/50 split. ...
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Income tax on selling stock bought at various times

Say I have 24 shares of stock X, and I got these shares by buying 1 share every month for 2 years. If I now want to sell 1 share of X, how will I know if it is a share I bought 2 years ago, 12 months ...
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As a non-1031 house seller, why do I care if the buyer wants to do a 1031 exchange

I currently have my house listed for sale. A potential buyer came by today, liked the property and, as he was leaving, asked if I would sell as part of a 1031 exchange. I understand why he would want ...
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Can a 501(c)(7) social club receive donations from a political organization?

We are a 501(c)(7) social club. We are doing a fundraising event and a political organization would like to donate to our program. Is this permitted?
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Short term health insurance between jobs

My wife is changing jobs- her and the kids are currently on her employer's group health plan. She is changing employers unexpectedly- she has only been at this employer for about four months. She has ...
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Can I buy my own C-Corp through a Roth SDIRA?

Say I have a C-Corp that is holding my investments. I want to eventually cash out of my positions in the C-Corp and put the money into my Roth SDIRA LLC. Here is the plan my buddy and I have come up ...
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How to correct excess contribution to Roth IRA?

IRS has income limits for Roth IRA as given on https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/amount-of-roth-ira-contributions-that-you-can-make-for-2023. It is hard for me to guess what would be my modified ...
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Gift tax implication If one would pay large and voluntary child support to girlfriend (have common child)?

If I understand correctly, if one transfers more than $17,000 to his girlfriend (not married) with whom he has a child then that would need to be reported on his gift tax return; And would consume his ...
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Can I make a trip tax deductible if it is for personal development?

I'm a part-time software engineer, and I want to go to the Bay Area to meet people I've only met online, do networking, meet my employer and former employer in-person, etc. However, it's a trip I'm ...
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Is it possible to get one loan for four different (but closely related) purchases?

I'm a pilot. I'm considering maybe possibly building my own airplane from a kit. The problem is that the airframe, engine, propeller, and avionics all come from different suppliers. I don't want to ...
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Break even point for HDHP plan vs being uninsured?

I just learnt about nearby hospital's "uninsured patient discount" policy document that states: The Uninsured Patient Discount will not apply to any item or service provided to a patient ...
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What's the cheapest way to buy out a sibling's share of our parents house if I have no cash and want to pay less than the appraised value?

My mother passed away, leaving 75% of her house to me and 25% to my sister, setting this up as a trust. The house was appraised at $944K, based on the time of my mother's death (November 2022). I want ...
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How to understand "if contributions were made to a SEP IRA, they could potentially reduce the amount you can contribute to your Roth IRA" message?

I received the following message from Fidelity (with whom I have both Roth and SEP IRA accounts): NOTE: SECURE 2.0 Act was signed into law on December 29, 2022. For 2023, if contributions were made ...
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How can I decide how much I should charge for dog sitting in a month?

The title asks for itself. Google gives a good number of resources (https://pawsathomecare.com/blog/pet-sitter-rates/) but I have never done this, and I haven't found articles for hobby dog sitters ...
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Do retirees need to pay social security and medicare after retirement?

Once you have retired, assuming you are only living off a government pension and 401k, 457 and IRA savings do you still have to pay social security taxes and medicare taxes? I usually see these taxes ...
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Is a wash sale that bad?

Using the following as an example, for any equity (stock): 1/15 BUY 10 @ $100 6/15 BUY 5 @ $50 6/20 SELL 10 @ $30 6/22 BUY 99 @ $20 Are 5 shares a wash sale, or 10 shares, 15 shares, or 99 ...
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How common is it for appraisals to come in at exactly the offer price?

I recently put in an offer at a house at 5% above asking price. When I got the assessment back, it appraised at exactly the offer price. I was surprised by this because expected it to assess below ...
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I would like to donate my IRA to a certain charity. Will that charity be able to withdraw the money from the IRA tax free?

I don't want to withdraw and pay taxes on the cash in the IRA for obvious reasons. Hopefully the face value of the IRA will be the amount I can count as a charitable gift, but I'm more concerned with ...
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Is carryforward / NOL derived from operating income (EBIT) or taxable income (EBT)?

From Strategic CFO A net operating loss occurs when a company’s operating expenses and allowable tax deductions exceed its operating income for an accounting period. From Investopedia A net ...
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IRS Setting up a payment plan

A friend of mine has filed his/her taxes using a paper return with money due. The IRS has yet to process the return. Can my friend setup a payment plan with the IRS now? Should my friend wait for the ...
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J1 visa two year exemption rule

I have been granted a fellowship for a postdoctoral position at a university in the USA starting from September 2023 and with two years duration. The fellowship is from a non-profit European ...
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Are miles driven for business deductible expenses if the travel expenses are reimbursed?

I completed some work for an organization. I was paid as an independent contractor and expect to be issued a 1099. For one part of the work, I was required to travel a significant distance (by car). ...
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