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POLITICAL THREAD

How will they rule ??!

  • YES - Qualified

    Votes: 41 82.0%
  • NO - Disqualified

    Votes: 9 18.0%

  • Total voters
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  • Poll closed .
No end in sight of Biden inflation.

And if you are in Sacramento, California. Look at that diesel price. This is driving inflation big time because most goods come to us by truck.

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The BOND market (as measured by the Barclays Agg Index) is down over 10% YTD.

To put that in perspective, let's say you were lucky (or smart) enough to sell ALL your stocks/stock funds... and move to "safe" bond/bond fund investments on Jan 1.

Your $1mm portfolio (for most folks that would be a 401k) is now worth less that $900k... invested in the "safe" asset class.

Thanks Joe!
 
I know this for fact, in Ky you can gift someone up to ten thousand dollars without them claiming as income or being taxed, anything over is taxable. You can inherit money with no taxes, 401k is a whole different story. My question is, if a person decides to pay off someones debt, IE mortgage, car, credit cards ect, does the person being relieved of debt have to claim that as income and pay taxes?
There's no tax for the recipient on gifts no matter how big EXCEPT unrealized capital gains when an asset, not money, is sold.

There's no tax for the giver by KY.

The Feds only require reporting of gifts over $16K/yr/receiver/gifter. I.e., you can giver a million people $16K in a year & there's no tax or reporting.

A gift of over $16K to any one person in a year requires filing Form 709. The excess to $16K counts against your non-taxed estate limit of about $12M. Net, you could give your entire estate to someone tomorrow and if it's under $12M total, no taxes, ever, EXCEPT ......

...... they'll owe capital gains taxes when they sell an asset. Now even that goes away on inheritances. So if you bought Apple stock at $1, may be better to hold till you die than gift.
 
She wasn't on FOX or didnt sign a contract until after she was finished.

Easy difference to spot there.
Yes, a difference. Still parlayed the job into a media gig - your initial point.

Missing the "wasn't on FOX" meaning. Psaki was appearing on her station before she left WH? DIdn't know.
 
Oh taxes.....
I have said it a million times, if a person had to pay the county clerk every month from their checking account, instead of automatic payroll tax deductions, American's heads would explode.

Most people have no idea how many taxes they pay a year, and also don't have any idea where those tax dollars are being used by the government.

Just love seeing my money being used for pet projects and/or overseas.
 
There's no tax for the recipient on gifts no matter how big EXCEPT unrealized capital gains when an asset, not money, is sold.

There's no tax for the giver by KY.

The Feds only require reporting of gifts over $16K/yr/receiver/gifter. I.e., you can giver a million people $16K in a year & there's no tax or reporting.

A gift of over $16K to any one person in a year requires filing Form 709. The excess to $16K counts against your non-taxed estate limit of about $12M. Net, you could give your entire estate to someone tomorrow and if it's under $12M total, no taxes, ever, EXCEPT ......

...... they'll owe capital gains taxes when they sell an asset. Now even that goes away on inheritances. So if you bought Apple stock at $1, may be better to hold till you die than gift.
Wrong. I inherited money twice and the max I could give to whomever was 10 grand without them paying taxes or claim income. I never paid taxes on any money I inherited but had to pay on any interest I made from it. The 401k I inherited was non taxable if I did not touch it, but if I closed the account or drew from it it was income and taxable
 
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She wasn't on FOX or didnt sign a contract until after she was finished.

Easy difference to spot there.
Why? Was she somehow magically being unbiased at the White House and then turned into a completely different person on the flip of a switch when she started at Fox? No. It’s the exact same.
 
They didn’t because God doesn’t exist. If He does, let His infinite unholiness strike me down this instant for my blaspheming and heathenry! See, still here annoying y’all.
You haven't been struck down yet because God is merciful. But don't worry! Your day is coming. Every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
 
I know this for fact, in Ky you can gift someone up to ten thousand dollars without them claiming as income or being taxed, anything over is taxable. You can inherit money with no taxes, 401k is a whole different story. My question is, if a person decides to pay off someones debt, IE mortgage, car, credit cards ect, does the person being relieved of debt have to claim that as income and pay taxes?

Not a tax expert but iirc the donor does pay the federal gift tax, if any, based on an annual cap but you can accelerate give years worth of caps.

If someone has their debt cleared by payment, I don't see that as an income situation. Now if the debt was forgiven or a deduction taken for "bad debt" then it's a potential income situation
 
But, I thought Biden was taking steps to lower gas prices, you know by allowing more E85 use and tapping our reserves. The kinds of amazing things that are supposed to drastically lower gas prices.
 
Not a tax expert but iirc the donor does pay the federal gift tax, if any, based on an annual cap but you can accelerate give years worth of caps.

If someone has their debt cleared by payment, I don't see that as an income situation. Now if the debt was forgiven or a deduction taken for "bad debt" then it's a potential income situation
The Richard Hatch "Survivor" winner owed taxes on his winnings and the producers at CBS had offered to pay his taxes, but he still owed taxes on THAT gift. It goes on and on. Every time they pay something it's considered a gift and he owes taxes on it. But that was a prize. If the money is paid out of a personal account, like Oprah's gifts on her show, then up to a certain amount it's considered a nontaxable gift.

Two million to Hunter's taxes should be considered taxable. In a just government he probably would have violated RICO statutes.
 
Not a tax expert but iirc the donor does pay the federal gift tax, if any, based on an annual cap but you can accelerate give years worth of caps.

If someone has their debt cleared by payment, I don't see that as an income situation. Now if the debt was forgiven or a deduction taken for "bad debt" then it's a potential income situation

Just telling my personal experience from a few years back....
 
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The Richard Hatch "Survivor" winner owed taxes on his winnings and the producers at CBS had offered to pay his taxes, but he still owed taxes on THAT gift. It goes on and on. Every time they pay something it's considered a gift and he owes taxes on it. But that was a prize. If the money is paid out of a personal account, like Oprah's gifts on her show, then up to a certain amount it's considered a nontaxable gift.

Two million to Hunter's taxes should be considered taxable. In a just government he probably would have violated RICO statutes.

I guess the IRS or his accountant saw the money as income related to the original appearance. Not sure. Probably some irc or Treasury reg out there dealing with that specific fact pattern. There sure should be considering the sea of regs they pump out every year.

Hunter was probably guilty of a score of crimes with many of them serious. Good thing he made sure the big guy got his cut
 
Just telling my personal experience from a few years back....

No worries. The irc is now so over regulated and buried in nonsense I don't know how anyone keeps up with it all. That's why 10 people can all have different opinions on the same fact pattern. It's why if you call the IRS 10 times you'll get 10 different answers to the same question.

The IRS is a perfect example of government agency glut that needs cut to the bone.
 
if your 401k was not way way up under Obama than you or your financial adviser is a ****ing moron. Considering stocks and commodities more than doubled over his terms. If you panicked and sold off long term investments after Bush crashed the economy than sucks for you.
^ December, 2019

 
The Richard Hatch "Survivor" winner owed taxes on his winnings and the producers at CBS had offered to pay his taxes, but he still owed taxes on THAT gift. It goes on and on. Every time they pay something it's considered a gift and he owes taxes on it. But that was a prize. If the money is paid out of a personal account, like Oprah's gifts on her show, then up to a certain amount it's considered a nontaxable gift.

Two million to Hunter's taxes should be considered taxable. In a just government he probably would have violated RICO statutes.
Hatch's winnings were winnings, not a gift. Just like winning the lottery. He had to do something to get the money.
 
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So which is it, she’s a lowly bartender who couldn’t use her worthless degree or she’s a rich elite mooching off the working man? Y’all need to get your narrative straight.
Says the party that says it's "my body, my choice" for abortion protests and then says the opposite during the vaccine mandates. Also, one that didn't know the definition of a woman until the abortion protests, and then they could suddenly define one.
 
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