Brad M. Capland, CPA, P.C.

Monthly Client Newsletter

December 2011

In this issue:

Make Your Year-end
Tax Moves

HSA, FSA, both
or neither?

The Marriage Penalty...alive and well.

What's New in Banking
Fees, fees and
more fees?

 

This Month:

 

Check

Take final year-end actions:

  • Gifts
  • Capital gains/losses
  • Charitable giving
  • Dividend income

Check

December 20th:
Chanukah Begins

Check

December 25th:
Christmas Day

Check

December 26th:
Kwanzaa Begins

 

National Spending

There is still time to take a look at your potential tax obligation and make moves to reduce your tax burden. Here is a checklist of ten things to consider...

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 HSA, FSA, Both or Neither

With year-end quickly approaching, employers are once again asking employees to make benefit enrollment decisions for 2012. One of the biggest decisions is whether to participate in pre-tax health care payment programs...

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Flooding

 The Marriage Penalty...alive and well.

Tax Scams

Although not discussed much in the news lately, the tax code has quietly perpetuated a large federal tax benefit for not being married. This penalty tends to increase the higher your income becomes and tends to impact dual income families more than single earner families...

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 What's New in Banking

Fees, fees and more fees?

Bank of America made national headlines with their proposed fee for debit card transactions. The consumer backlash was so swift that the bank quickly abandoned their plan...

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IRS Starts Pushing Debit Cards

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