I have full guardianship of my cousin's son since January. Can I claim him as a dependent and file as Head of Household? My income was $30,000, and I live in MD. Do I have to claim his Social Security benefits?

August 25th, 2024

We received a PPP loan for our nonprofit in May, and the funds are in a separate bank account. We are now ready to spend the funds, but we have little in eligible expenses for the 24 weeks from the date of receipt. Is there an option to use a later start date for the covered period?

October 3rd, 2024

Do I qualify for the remaining stimulus refund check if I only received $350.00 of the previous $1200.00 stimulus, am 71 years old, single, and made approximately $43,000.00 this year?

September 5th, 2024

A taxpayer moved out of a state in August 2019 and claimed residency in a new state. After COVID-19, the taxpayer filed for unemployment in the former state, which paid the benefits and withheld both federal and state taxes. Both the former and new states tax unemployment benefits. Is there a filing benefit? Are the benefits deemed to be 'earned' within the nonresident state? The resident state taxes worldwide income, so the benefits are taxable in the new, resident state.

January 29th, 2024

We filed our 2020 income taxes on February 7, 2020, and received a rejection letter stating that one of our grandchildren has already been claimed. We have had custody of all three since 2016 and have sent all legal court papers to the IRS in 2016. We cannot reach anyone at the IRS to determine what needs to be done. We could really use that tax return, and we believe this issue may have affected our second stimulus payment. What should we do?

May 4th, 2024