J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2002John Wiley & Sons, 2002 M03 14 - 832 pages "Make sure you're buying the right book!--The 2002 edition is for filing your 2001 taxes and has all the up-to-date information on the new tax law. The 2001 edition is for filing 2000 taxes." The most trusted name in tax! April 15th comes once a year. But the new tax laws will change the way we save and plan our financial affairs all year-round. That s why J.K. Lasser provides a comprehensive library of smart financial planning and investing advice for all your needs for tax season and beyond. J.K. Lasser s(TM) Your Income Tax 2002 and J.K. Lasser s(TM) Year-Round Tax Strategies 2002 give early planners a head start on understanding the new tax regulations and preparing for filing the return on April 15th. And Lasser s personal finance guides help you make the most of your money from every angle. Consider it total care for your wealth and financial well-being, 365 days a year. |
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... determined as of December 31, 2001. Thus, if you were divorced or legally separated during 2001, you are not ... determine if you must file a return. Filing Basics • Part 1 Filing Tests for Dependents: 2001 2 Do You Have To File ...
... determined as of December 31, 2001. Thus, if you were divorced or legally separated during 2001, you are not ... determine if you must file a return. Filing Basics • Part 1 Filing Tests for Dependents: 2001 2 Do You Have To File ...
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... determine if you must file a 2001 return. Include as unearned income taxable interest and dividends, capital gains ... determined as of December 31, 2001. File a Return for 2001 If You Are— Single dependent under age 65 and not blind and ...
... determine if you must file a 2001 return. Include as unearned income taxable interest and dividends, capital gains ... determined as of December 31, 2001. File a Return for 2001 If You Are— Single dependent under age 65 and not blind and ...
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... determines the tax rates that apply to your taxable income, as shown in 1.2, as well as the standard deduction you ... determine regular income tax liability. Taxable Income Brackets for 2001 Filing Separately Instead of Jointly 8 1.1 ...
... determines the tax rates that apply to your taxable income, as shown in 1.2, as well as the standard deduction you ... determine regular income tax liability. Taxable Income Brackets for 2001 Filing Separately Instead of Jointly 8 1.1 ...
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... determine which method provides the lower tax. Separate returns may save taxes where filing separately allows you to claim more deductions. On separate returns, larger amounts of medical expenses, casualty losses, or miscellaneous de ...
... determine which method provides the lower tax. Separate returns may save taxes where filing separately allows you to claim more deductions. On separate returns, larger amounts of medical expenses, casualty losses, or miscellaneous de ...
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... determine if you may use the even more advantageous filing status of qualifying widow(er). If your spouse died in 2001, you are treated as married and cannot qualify as a 2001 head of household, but a joint return may be filed; see 1.10 ...
... determine if you may use the even more advantageous filing status of qualifying widow(er). If your spouse died in 2001, you are treated as married and cannot qualify as a 2001 head of household, but a joint return may be filed; see 1.10 ...
Contents
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PART 3 CLAIMING DEDUCTIONS | 263 |
PART 4 PERSONAL TAX COMPUTATIONS | 419 |
PART 5 PERSONAL TAX SAVINGS PLANS | 467 |
PART 6 BUSINESS TAX PLANNING | 589 |
PART 7 FILING YOUR RETURN AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU FILE | 665 |
PART 8 2001 TAX FORMS TAX TABLES AND TAX RATE SCHEDULES | 695 |
PART 9 GLOSSARY AND INDEX | 759 |
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Page 249 - ... (b) Exception. Gross income does not include amounts received as prizes and awards made primarily in recognition of religious, charitable, scientific, educational, artistic, literary, or civic achievement...
Page 43 - ... (4) amounts received as a pension, annuity, or similar allowance for personal injuries or sickness resulting from active service in the armed forces of any country...
Page 546 - ... permanently and totally disabled at retirement. For this purpose, an individual is considered permanently and totally disabled if he or she is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death, or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
Page 229 - A real property trade or business is any real property development, redevelopment, construction, reconstruction, acquisition, conversion, rental, operation, management, leasing, or brokerage trade or business. Services the partner performed as an employee are not treated as performed in a real property trade or business...
Page 203 - To make an election to recharacterize, notify the trustee of the account being recharacterized and the transferee trustee (if different) of your intent to recharacterize, specifically identify the amounts subject to the election, and direct the transferor trustee to make the transfer.
Page 85 - If at the time of original issue there was an intention to call the bond or other evidence of indebtedness before maturity, any gain realized on the sale or exchange thereof which does not exceed an amount equal to the original issue discount...
Page 533 - Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return, including accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete.
Page 124 - This advice was given by a court: "The taxpayer is at times in a very difficult position in determining in what year to claim a loss. The only safe practice, we think, is to claim a loss for the earliest year when it may possibly be allowed and to renew the claim in subsequent years if there is a reasonable chance of its being applicable for those years.