Tax Exemption - Internal Revenue Code Simplified

8 Nontaxable Income List

March 20, 2020March 15, 2020 by Prashant Thakur

here is a list of most important eight types of income that is tax free under Internal Revenue Code

Notice 2019-5 : IRS Allows Hardship Exemption for 2018

January 9, 2019 by Prashant Thakur

The good news is that the IRS has issued Notice 2019-5 stating that certain hardship exemptions can be claimed for 2018 without having to obtain a hardship exemption certificate from the health insurance Marketplace What is Hardship Exemption Certificate ? Section § 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code requires taxpayers to have minimum essential coverage …

Annual & Life Time Gift Tax Exemption Simplified !

December 21, 2018 by Prashant Thakur

Let me start with very basic question – what is a gift tax ? 26 U.S. Code Chapter 12 – GIFT TAX deals with all aspects of gifts and its taxation under Internal Revenue Code and it basically says that if you gift money or transfer property to another person without any consideration in return, you will have to pay tax on the amount of gift . But , the imposition of tax on such gifts is only if the amount of gift is more than the two limits set under the law – annual gift tax exemption limit of $ 15,000 and lifetime gift tax exemption limit of $11.4 million.

New Online Tax Exempt Organization Search

July 30, 2018May 8, 2018 by Prashant Thakur

IRS allows tax deduction for charity only if the charitable organization is recognized as tax exempt organization. In order to provide an efficient way to verify of the organization is recognized as tax exempt or charitable organization during the period in which a tax payer is planning to donate, IRS has replaced its online tool for searching tax exempt organization with a faster database web application

What are 501 c 3 non profit organization?

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 by Prashant Thakur

Section 501 c 3 of Internal Revenue Code of US allows tax exemption to certain nonprofit organizations that are set up as public charities, private foundations or private operating foundations.US Department of Treasury regulates all three types of 501(c) organizations,through the Internal Revenue Service.

What does tax exempt mean under US Code 26 ?

October 17, 2017 by Prashant Thakur

Under Internal Revenue Code there are certain kinds of income which are exempt at the hand of recipient of such income. . In fact the easiest answer to the question “What does tax exempt mean?” would be an example of a person earning $4000 in tax year. Now his status would be tax exempt because under the IRC , income upto $4050 in the tax year is non-taxable. So such a person will be considered tax exempt during tax year 2017 on account of personal tax exemption.

How is the Year 2017 Exemption Phaseout Computed ?

October 16, 2017October 15, 2017 by Prashant Thakur

The personal exemption phaseout means as your income grows, you will get less of standard exemption for tax year i.e $ 4050 ( Year 2017) . But ,the government desires that as the income of a tax payer increase , he/she should not claim personal tax exemption to the same extent which a taxpayer of …

How Personal Tax Exemption , Tax Deductions & Tax Credit Are Different From Each Other ?

October 16, 2017October 14, 2017 by Prashant Thakur

The moment you start computing taxable income of a person, you will come across the term tax deductions , personal tax exemption and tax credit . Two things about these taxation terms are well established – all three terms are completely different in meaning and application and all of them , ultimately , reduce bring tax relief for Individuals.