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The IRS publications just say you can deduct “sales tax paid on leased vehicles,” but doesn’t say how to calculate that. Does that mean to take the sum of the sales tax on all of the payments for the tax year, or figure out the sales tax on the amount that used used for calculating the lease? If the former, does that mean you can do it every year, or only the year in which you leased the vehicle?

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A business that puts in a solar energy system is entitled to a 30% federal investment tax credit. I am not sure if or how this could benefit owners of an S Corp.

I am also wondering the same about C corps and LLC’s?

I was told that solar tax credits would have no benefit for S corps and the like because they typically do not pay any corp income tax. I am not sure if this is true.

Thanks for any help with this.

Vacaville firm offers free tax prep in honor of emergency personnel
Liberty Tax Service in Vacaville offers free tax preparation through March 14, as a salute to firefighters and police and law enforcement officers.

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I’ve been paying an accountant for years. I want to do my own taxes this year. What is the best, most comprehensive yet affordable, tax software out there this tax season?

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Any ideas? I am referring to the tax deducted monthly, not the tax you have to file and pay to the BIR each year. Really appreciate it if you guys can help
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Ja-na-> Thanks for your help,I already saw this page, but I think the rates there are those that you have to file each year. I’m looking for the rates that they deduct from your salary each month. Because if you look at the site, the tax rates there are too low than from what they are deducting from your salary.
Thanks for all your answers.. I didn’t know that it is calculated by year and deducted monthly.. so that really helped. The salary offered to me falls in the 35K-50K bracket.. how much would my tax rate be?

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No entertainment tax for IPL in Maharashtra
IPL 3 has opened in Mumbai, and will close there. Maharashtra will host 14 of the 60 scheduled matches of this multi-crore extravagance, but the state will gain little. Strangely, the Maharashtra government has given up on charging IPL entertainment tax.

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