The 2010 health care reform legislation included several provisions that go into effect this year. Among them is the increase in Medicare taxes for taxpayers with incomes above certain levels. Here is an overview of these two new taxes. Our Bergen County CPA office offers you insight to this. FIRST, the payroll Medicare tax will increase from 1.45% of… (more…)
Our final tax tip is here for strategizing against the 3.8% Medicare tax to fund Obamacare. As we indicated in our previous blogs, the additional 3.8% tax on investment income, commencing in 2013, affects individuals with modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) of $200,000 or more and married couples with a MAGI of at least $250,000. If you fall into one… (more…)
A provision of President Obama’s health care law imposes a second Medicare tax on investment income for Americans classified as wealthy, effectively raising taxes on investment income and taxing investors twice. As we indicated in our previous blogs, the additional 3.8% tax on investment income, starting soon in 2013, affects individuals with modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) of $200,000 or… (more…)
In our previous blogs, we have been telling you about the additional 3.8% tax on investment income that will be commencing in 2013. The tax not only applies to individuals as we have previously covered, but it also applies to estates and trusts, on the lesser of undistributed net income or the excess of the trust/estate adjusted gross income (AGI)… (more…)
Did you hear? Your interest, dividends, and capital gains may be subject to yet to an additional tax next year. To reiterate, the additional 3.8% tax on investment income, is coming next year, and it will affect individuals with modified adjusted gross income of $200,000 or more and married couples with at least $250,000. This will result in paying 3.8%… (more…)
The health care reform package (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and education Reconciliation Act of 2010) imposes a new 3.8 Medicare contribution tax on the investment income of higher-income individuals. Although the tax does not take effect until 2013, it is not too soon to examine methods to lessen the impact of the tax.… (more…)