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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... separate return 2,900 Head of a household maintained for a child or other relative (see 1.12) Under age 65 9,550 Age ... separately and you lived with your spouse at any time during 2001. Other situations when you must file. Even if you ...
... separate return 2,900 Head of a household maintained for a child or other relative (see 1.12) Under age 65 9,550 Age ... separately and you lived with your spouse at any time during 2001. Other situations when you must file. Even if you ...
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... separate return and not a joint return (Chapter 1). Generally, a married person who files a joint return may not be claimed as a dependent by a third party who provides support. Ifyou are the parent ofa dependent child who was under age ...
... separate return and not a joint return (Chapter 1). Generally, a married person who files a joint return may not be claimed as a dependent by a third party who provides support. Ifyou are the parent ofa dependent child who was under age ...
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... Separately Instead of Jointly 9 1.4 Filing a Joint Return 1.5 Nonresident Alien Spouse 1.6 Community Property Rules Avoiding or Limiting Liability on Joint Returns 1.7 Innocent Spouse Rules 1.8 Separate Liability Election for Former ...
... Separately Instead of Jointly 9 1.4 Filing a Joint Return 1.5 Nonresident Alien Spouse 1.6 Community Property Rules Avoiding or Limiting Liability on Joint Returns 1.7 Innocent Spouse Rules 1.8 Separate Liability Election for Former ...
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... separately, head of household, and qualifying widow or widower. Ifyou are married at the end oftheyear, you may file ... separate maintenance, you are treated as unmarried for that whole year, assuming you have not remarried before the ...
... separately, head of household, and qualifying widow or widower. Ifyou are married at the end oftheyear, you may file ... separate maintenance, you are treated as unmarried for that whole year, assuming you have not remarried before the ...
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... separate returns to 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 ...
... separate returns to 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 ...
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 248 - ... (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 42 - ... (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 545 - ... 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 228 - 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 202 - 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 84 - 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 532 - 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 123 - 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.