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December 14, 2007 at 1:36 PM #117220December 14, 2007 at 1:47 PM #117053patientrenterParticipant
Sorry, Rus, I wasn’t questioning your personal principles. I just thought I’d read once that, when it came time to define tax law for the self-employed, the tax law principle was established that separation of the annual increase in business value between immediately taxable income and deferrably taxable gain was done using a fair value for the working / managing contribution of the owner to the business. Once you go from principles to practice, it gets complicated, but I thought that was the general guiding principle in this area. I am no tax authority, so I just don’t know if I got that right. I am sure it’s somewhere, but I don’t have the expertise or energy to look it up.
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December 14, 2007 at 1:47 PM #117182patientrenterParticipantSorry, Rus, I wasn’t questioning your personal principles. I just thought I’d read once that, when it came time to define tax law for the self-employed, the tax law principle was established that separation of the annual increase in business value between immediately taxable income and deferrably taxable gain was done using a fair value for the working / managing contribution of the owner to the business. Once you go from principles to practice, it gets complicated, but I thought that was the general guiding principle in this area. I am no tax authority, so I just don’t know if I got that right. I am sure it’s somewhere, but I don’t have the expertise or energy to look it up.
Patient renter in OC
December 14, 2007 at 1:47 PM #117221patientrenterParticipantSorry, Rus, I wasn’t questioning your personal principles. I just thought I’d read once that, when it came time to define tax law for the self-employed, the tax law principle was established that separation of the annual increase in business value between immediately taxable income and deferrably taxable gain was done using a fair value for the working / managing contribution of the owner to the business. Once you go from principles to practice, it gets complicated, but I thought that was the general guiding principle in this area. I am no tax authority, so I just don’t know if I got that right. I am sure it’s somewhere, but I don’t have the expertise or energy to look it up.
Patient renter in OC
December 14, 2007 at 1:47 PM #117260patientrenterParticipantSorry, Rus, I wasn’t questioning your personal principles. I just thought I’d read once that, when it came time to define tax law for the self-employed, the tax law principle was established that separation of the annual increase in business value between immediately taxable income and deferrably taxable gain was done using a fair value for the working / managing contribution of the owner to the business. Once you go from principles to practice, it gets complicated, but I thought that was the general guiding principle in this area. I am no tax authority, so I just don’t know if I got that right. I am sure it’s somewhere, but I don’t have the expertise or energy to look it up.
Patient renter in OC
December 14, 2007 at 1:47 PM #117276patientrenterParticipantSorry, Rus, I wasn’t questioning your personal principles. I just thought I’d read once that, when it came time to define tax law for the self-employed, the tax law principle was established that separation of the annual increase in business value between immediately taxable income and deferrably taxable gain was done using a fair value for the working / managing contribution of the owner to the business. Once you go from principles to practice, it gets complicated, but I thought that was the general guiding principle in this area. I am no tax authority, so I just don’t know if I got that right. I am sure it’s somewhere, but I don’t have the expertise or energy to look it up.
Patient renter in OC
December 14, 2007 at 2:12 PM #117078NotCrankyParticipantThanks I should not be so fiesty either. What I am doing is legit. I am not going to read the fine print to understand the time frame they want me to average my income, but if I do it for a few years it is no problem. I am a “consumer”, too stupid to understand loan documents anyway. This way I have the lifestyle I want.It is a loop hole in a worst case scenario. Why should the ultra rich have all fun while they run us into the ground…if we are not smart? I just want to be sure I have something constructive to do and hopefully a retirement source that some pension fund manager can’t give away that I can pass on to my kids, charity or both.
December 14, 2007 at 2:12 PM #117207NotCrankyParticipantThanks I should not be so fiesty either. What I am doing is legit. I am not going to read the fine print to understand the time frame they want me to average my income, but if I do it for a few years it is no problem. I am a “consumer”, too stupid to understand loan documents anyway. This way I have the lifestyle I want.It is a loop hole in a worst case scenario. Why should the ultra rich have all fun while they run us into the ground…if we are not smart? I just want to be sure I have something constructive to do and hopefully a retirement source that some pension fund manager can’t give away that I can pass on to my kids, charity or both.
December 14, 2007 at 2:12 PM #117244NotCrankyParticipantThanks I should not be so fiesty either. What I am doing is legit. I am not going to read the fine print to understand the time frame they want me to average my income, but if I do it for a few years it is no problem. I am a “consumer”, too stupid to understand loan documents anyway. This way I have the lifestyle I want.It is a loop hole in a worst case scenario. Why should the ultra rich have all fun while they run us into the ground…if we are not smart? I just want to be sure I have something constructive to do and hopefully a retirement source that some pension fund manager can’t give away that I can pass on to my kids, charity or both.
December 14, 2007 at 2:12 PM #117285NotCrankyParticipantThanks I should not be so fiesty either. What I am doing is legit. I am not going to read the fine print to understand the time frame they want me to average my income, but if I do it for a few years it is no problem. I am a “consumer”, too stupid to understand loan documents anyway. This way I have the lifestyle I want.It is a loop hole in a worst case scenario. Why should the ultra rich have all fun while they run us into the ground…if we are not smart? I just want to be sure I have something constructive to do and hopefully a retirement source that some pension fund manager can’t give away that I can pass on to my kids, charity or both.
December 14, 2007 at 2:12 PM #117301NotCrankyParticipantThanks I should not be so fiesty either. What I am doing is legit. I am not going to read the fine print to understand the time frame they want me to average my income, but if I do it for a few years it is no problem. I am a “consumer”, too stupid to understand loan documents anyway. This way I have the lifestyle I want.It is a loop hole in a worst case scenario. Why should the ultra rich have all fun while they run us into the ground…if we are not smart? I just want to be sure I have something constructive to do and hopefully a retirement source that some pension fund manager can’t give away that I can pass on to my kids, charity or both.
December 14, 2007 at 2:25 PM #117102Chance the GardenerParticipantIncome tax is on income, not the increase in value of your business. There needs to be a realization event to be taxed on the increase in value of your business, like a sale. Any goodwill you build up in your business (=sale price – book value) will be taxed on the way out (taxable gain = sale price – adjusted basis). If your business has value, you can borrow against that – shouldn’t need to state or prove your income. If your business isn’t good collateral then you should have to put up your tax returns to show a steady income stream. If your taking your income in cash and not claiming it as income, you certainly shouldn’t be allowed to count on that to support a higher ltv. You could use cash toward the down payment though.
I wonder if the IRS has considered using stated income statements against taxpayers in actions to recover taxes on unclaimed income. Its a sworn statement, made by the party being prosecuted. I would think the dead beat would be estopped from claiming his income was less. That would be great – might put some of the blame for this loan mess where it needs to be placed.
December 14, 2007 at 2:25 PM #117232Chance the GardenerParticipantIncome tax is on income, not the increase in value of your business. There needs to be a realization event to be taxed on the increase in value of your business, like a sale. Any goodwill you build up in your business (=sale price – book value) will be taxed on the way out (taxable gain = sale price – adjusted basis). If your business has value, you can borrow against that – shouldn’t need to state or prove your income. If your business isn’t good collateral then you should have to put up your tax returns to show a steady income stream. If your taking your income in cash and not claiming it as income, you certainly shouldn’t be allowed to count on that to support a higher ltv. You could use cash toward the down payment though.
I wonder if the IRS has considered using stated income statements against taxpayers in actions to recover taxes on unclaimed income. Its a sworn statement, made by the party being prosecuted. I would think the dead beat would be estopped from claiming his income was less. That would be great – might put some of the blame for this loan mess where it needs to be placed.
December 14, 2007 at 2:25 PM #117268Chance the GardenerParticipantIncome tax is on income, not the increase in value of your business. There needs to be a realization event to be taxed on the increase in value of your business, like a sale. Any goodwill you build up in your business (=sale price – book value) will be taxed on the way out (taxable gain = sale price – adjusted basis). If your business has value, you can borrow against that – shouldn’t need to state or prove your income. If your business isn’t good collateral then you should have to put up your tax returns to show a steady income stream. If your taking your income in cash and not claiming it as income, you certainly shouldn’t be allowed to count on that to support a higher ltv. You could use cash toward the down payment though.
I wonder if the IRS has considered using stated income statements against taxpayers in actions to recover taxes on unclaimed income. Its a sworn statement, made by the party being prosecuted. I would think the dead beat would be estopped from claiming his income was less. That would be great – might put some of the blame for this loan mess where it needs to be placed.
December 14, 2007 at 2:25 PM #117310Chance the GardenerParticipantIncome tax is on income, not the increase in value of your business. There needs to be a realization event to be taxed on the increase in value of your business, like a sale. Any goodwill you build up in your business (=sale price – book value) will be taxed on the way out (taxable gain = sale price – adjusted basis). If your business has value, you can borrow against that – shouldn’t need to state or prove your income. If your business isn’t good collateral then you should have to put up your tax returns to show a steady income stream. If your taking your income in cash and not claiming it as income, you certainly shouldn’t be allowed to count on that to support a higher ltv. You could use cash toward the down payment though.
I wonder if the IRS has considered using stated income statements against taxpayers in actions to recover taxes on unclaimed income. Its a sworn statement, made by the party being prosecuted. I would think the dead beat would be estopped from claiming his income was less. That would be great – might put some of the blame for this loan mess where it needs to be placed.
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