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Estate Planning and Taxes

When the tax season is over, it is the right time to start securing a better financial future for your family. And it doesn’t take a billionaire to do a proper estate planning. Estate planning is carried out by working out how your assets will be handled and what will happen if certain events take [...]

Tax on Sick Pay

Sick pay is a type of wage received by the employee. So as per the rules all salaries and wages are taxable. Hence sick pay is taxable. So a person getting the sick pay must include this amount in the tax return before filing. It should not be left out. If left out then penalties [...]

Tax on Lump sum distribution

Lump sum distribution refers to the large amount of money paid to the employee’s balance in a single tax year. In this case the payment is made according to the qualified plans of the person. The IRS has provided a different method for calculating the tax on lump sum distribution. It is called as the [...]

Tax on Veterans insurance dividends

All types of interest received by you are taxable in all cases. Interests are considered as a form of income. Interest on bank accounts, deposit, insurance, dividend and money market certificates are some of the well known examples of taxable interest. In the case of veterans, the insurance dividend provided is called by the name [...]