Real estate blog entries tagged with tax issues

Blog entries tagged with "tax issues":

tax issues: GREAT RESOURCE - IRS INFORMATION - 03/17/08 11:56 AM

Good morning to everyone!
I subscribe to a great FREE newsletter from the IRS. It offers some very good tips for your business and keeps you informed of the latest tax issues. Check it out:
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=154820,00.html
Today I received my newsletter and it offered the following article: Hopefully, you will find it valuable.
SALE OF … (2 comments)

tax issues: Homestead Exemption - Alachua County, Florida - Don't forget to File! - 01/23/08 05:48 PM

After the holiday season each year, we all start thinking about April 15th. The IRS DAY, or impending DOOM DAY. But there is another VERY important DAY to remember. Especially if you bought your home in 2007.
Homestead Exemption must be filed by MARCH 1st for the year you want to "qualify". … (2 comments)

tax issues: "I'm going to wait a few more months to buy?'' "Why? - 12/09/07 08:08 PM

"Because my friends told me to..." "Huh?" "Why did they say this?"
Amazing what information people believe from talking to friends who read the daily paper or who read on-line...
I don't know about the rest of you who read my blogs through out the US and Canada, but agents in Florida have … (14 comments)

tax issues: Needing IRS Real Estate Tax Advice? - 08/09/07 03:46 PM

Have you ever wondered is there a direct way to get answers to Tax questions related to Real Estate? Other than hunting the hard way at http://www.irs.gov/ here are some great links that may answer your questions!
Since I am a realtor here in Gainesville, I have clients buying and selling real … (1 comments)

tax issues: Property Tax drama - 07/24/07 11:57 AM

Have you heard about the property tax drama going on in Indiana? It's so bad that in Marion County (home to Indianapolis) the Governor stepped in and ordered a county-wide reassessment. I'm surprised he didn't order statewide reassessments. This problem is more of a nightmare, and looks to be in our faces … (0 comments)

tax issues: Tax Deductions- Including a Big Surprise.... - 02/10/07 08:10 PM

I just came across a deduction listed in an article about "The 13 Most Overlooked Tax Deductions" that was featured in Yahoo! Finance.
This was the biggest surprise that I came across:
"#1 State sales taxes. As part of the last-minute tax package last December, Congress resurrected the chance for taxpayers to … (31 comments)

tax issues: Keeping lower tax bills in Florida- EVEN IF YOU MOVE...... - 01/28/07 06:59 AM

It's something called 'Save our Homes Portability'
This is something that won't be voted on until the November 2008 Ballot, but it's something that we need to get active in NOW - even if you only fill out the Petition - if we ever want to see it happen.
The following is taken … (16 comments)

tax issues: Home Appraisal considerations: Taxes, Assessed value and inaccurate GLA - 12/20/06 08:02 AM

On a recent assignment I am reminded of an important fact. The inspection can always reveal something that you can't consider or notice from the initial research. The appraisal value looks like one thing on paper. According to public records we are dealing with a 2 story house with 2091 sq.ft … (6 comments)