Ken Berry

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Ken Berry, Esq., is a nationally known writer and editor specializing in tax, financial, and legal matters. During his long career, he has served as managing editor of a publisher of content-based marketing tools and vice president of an online continuing education company. As a freelance writer, Ken has authored thousands of articles for a wide variety of newsletters, magazines, and other periodicals.

Ken Berry

Jun 13th 2018

Pocket Tax Breaks for Hiring Your Child

Say your small business client needs extra help during the summer and the entrepreneur’s teenaged child is searching for a job while school...

Business Tax

Jun 7th 2018

Tax Benefits of Pleasure in Business Travel

The summer months often mean business travel and if the destination is a city with a historic downtown or near a beach or lake, your...

Individuals

May 31st 2018

What to Know About Summer Child Care Expenses

If you’re married and working with young children, during the school year your kids are occupied most of the workday, but who looks after...

Individuals

May 29th 2018

Tax Court: Tune Out Personal Expense Deductions

If your clients are in a field involving recreational activities they may be able to write off costs and equipment associated with those...

Business Tax

May 24th 2018

Are Vacation Homes a Tax Shelter?

If you or your clients own a cottage by the beach or a cabin in the woods, you might rent out the place to tenants in the summer when you’...

Individuals

May 21st 2018

Tax Court: Taxpayer Flies Unfriendly Skies

As evidenced by a new case involving an airplane chartering business, there must be a valid justification based on passive activity loss (...

Business Tax

May 2nd 2018

Tax Court: A Labor of Love Isn’t Deductible

If you’re a housepainter and you paint one of bedrooms in your own home, can you deduct the unpaid value of your labor? The case of Bradley...

Business Tax

Apr 25th 2018

Tax Court: No Tax Losses Back at the Ranch

The IRS often contests loss deductions for “gentleman farmers” and taxpayers with similar operations and in a new Tax Court case involving...

Business Tax

Apr 11th 2018

Tax Court: Silver Tax Lining for IRA Distribution

Generally, contributions to an IRA may be fully or partially tax-deductible, while payouts of IRAs are fully subject to tax. However, as...

Individuals

Apr 3rd 2018

Latest IRS Data Book Shows Audit Rate at 15-year Low

The IRS audit rate for individuals keeps going down, down, down. That's what is being told by the IRS, which, on March 29, issued its Data...