J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2019: For Preparing Your 2018 Tax Return

ISBN-13: 9781119532712 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 896 str.

J.K. Lasser Institute

Opis

The nation's most trusted tax guide, updated for your 2018 returns J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2019 is the nation's most trusted tax guide, updated to help you prepare your 2018 return.

Spis treści

What's New for 2018 xxvii

Tax News for 2018 xxvii

Key Tax Numbers for 2018 xxxi

Tax-Saving Opportunities for 2018 xxxiv

PART 1 FILING BASICS 1

Filing Status 9

PART 2 REPORTING YOUR INCOME 35

Wages, Salary, and Other Compensation 37

Fringe Benefits 55

Dividend and Interest Income 79

Reporting Property Sales 107

Tax-Free Exchanges of Property 156

Retirement and Annuity Income 170

IRAs 210

Income From Real Estate Rentals and Royalties 261

Loss Restrictions: Passive Activities and At-Risk Limits 280

Other Income 310

PART 3 CLAIMING DEDUCTIONS 333

Deductions Allowed in Figuring Adjusted Gross Income 335

Claiming the Standard Deduction or Itemized Deductions 341

Charitable Contribution Deductions 348

Itemized Deduction for Interest Expenses 373

Deductions for Taxes 391

Medical and Dental Expense Deductions 399

Casualty and Theft Losses and Involuntary Conversions 418

Other Itemized Deductions 440

Travel and Meal Expense Deductions 443

PART 4 PERSONAL TAX COMPUTATIONS 463

Dependents 465

Figuring Your Regular Income Tax Liability 478

Tax Withholdings 521

Estimated Tax Payments 528

PART 5 TAX PLANNING 541

Tax Savings for Residence Sales 543

Tax Rules for Investors in Securities 560

Tax Savings for Investors in Real Estate 577

Voluntary Conveyances to Creditors 584

Tax Rules for Investors in Mutual Funds 591

Educational Tax Benefits 600

Special Tax Rules for Senior Citizens and the Disabled 619

Members of the Armed Forces 633

How To Treat Foreign Earned Income 641

Planning Alimony and Marital Settlements 652

Other Taxes 659Gift and Estate Tax Planning Basics 667

PART 6 BUSINESS TAX PLANNING 675

Income or Loss from Your Business or Profession 677

Retirement and Medical Plans for Self-Employed 707

Claiming Depreciation Deductions 718

Deducting Car and Truck Expenses 735

Sales of Business Property 750

Figuring Self-Employment Tax 757

PART 7 FILING YOUR RETURN AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU FILE 765

Filing Your Return 767

Filing Refund Claims, and Amended Returns 776

If the IRS Examines Your Return 780

PART 8 2018 TAX FORMS 793

GLOSSARY 825

INDEX 831

O autorze

J.K. Lasser Institute has been the premier publisher of consumer tax guides since 1939, when Jacob Kay Lasser first published Your Income Tax. Since then, the guide has been published continuously for over seventy years and read by over 39,000,000 people. The J.K. Lasser Institute also publishes personal finance books such as Small Business Taxes and 1001 Deductions and Tax Breaks. J.K. Lasser Institute spokespeople are regularly sought after as media tax experts. They regularly appear on such broadcast programs as CNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg TV. They are also often featured in numerous periodicals, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Self Magazine, The New York Times, Newsweek and Reader's Digest.