May 12, 2015
Foreign Asset Reporting
The IRS has continued its program to enforce the reporting of foreign assets. Failure to properly report either direct or indirect ownership in foreign assets could result in at least $10,000 in...
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February 27, 2015
Charitable Deductions
For years, the US has been one of the most generous countries in the world. There are many charitable vehicles available to accomplish both your charitable and personal goals. We address some...
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February 2, 2015
New Options for Paying Your Taxes Online
As we approach the April 15th tax filing deadline, we wanted to provide a summary of electronic payment options available to taxpayers. NEW FOR 2014 - IRS adds direct pay option (INDIVIDUALS...
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December 22, 2014
H.R. 5571 – How does it impact you?
As a follow up to our year end planning email, we wanted to provide you with some timely tax updates regarding some recently passed Federal tax legislation. On December 16th, the Senate...
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December 8, 2014
2014 Year-End
We recently changed our name to Realize CPA, but everything about our firm and our commitment to providing our clients and colleagues with timely updates and proactive tax planning remains the same....
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October 30, 2014
S-Corporations: What is reasonable compensation?
Evaluating the blend of wages and distributions shareholders plan to receive from their S-Corporation requires a great deal of planning. By consulting with Realize CPA LLP in the creation or continued planning...
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September 1, 2014
Eichstaedt is now Realize
Realize will continue to provide our clients with the same high level of personal and business tax advisory services that we are known for. Our team of highly accomplished, professional accountants remains...
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July 10, 2014
The LARGE tax benefits of small business stock
Did you recently acquire or sell original issue stock in a small business? Did you receive a distribution of small business stock from an investment partnership? Did your investment partnership sell small...
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May 9, 2014
Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts
This is a reminder that the deadline to file Form 114 (formerly Form TDF 90-22.1) – Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) is June 30th. There is no extension of...
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April 4, 2014
Importance of Estate Planning
It is never too early (and you are never too young) to think about estate planning. Regardless of the size of your estate, you need to think about what will happen to...
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