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    SSA Spouse

    If she claimed on her own record before he claimed on his, then I don't think her prior claim would automatically be adjusted after he applied. I think she has to apply for benefits on his record once he starts collecting. They should probably visit an SS office to make sure they are both...
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    Tax Question for Land Rent Free

    Charging nothing or $1 makes no difference from a tax perspective. I don't know if it matters from a legal perspective. To the IRS, what matters is the amount the neighbor and/or the farmer would have to pay for the use of similar property if the owner weren't trying to be a nice guy. Take...
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    Is there a way to see what SS tax you paid every year on the ssa.gov website.

    The newer statements show the earnings that were taxed, but not the amount of tax paid, which is what Time2 is looking for. I don't think there's any way to get the itemized info on amounts you and your employer paid into SS, only the totals which are shown at the bottom of the statement. You...
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    Fentanyl Dangers

    It is tragic and sadly, you can't protect your kids by living in an area where people have $600K homes. All you can do is have compassion and sympathy for the family, and keep talking to your own kids about the choices they'll have to make as they get older. We went through something similar...
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    Fentanyl Dangers

    I think he meant they each have homes valued at over $600K.
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    Tax Question for Land Rent Free

    You might be able to get a break on your property tax if your state/county has an exemption or discount for land that's used for agricultural purposes. Whatever you do pay in property tax for the land is deductible on Schedule A of your federal tax return subject to the $10K limit for state and...
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    Tax return changed and IRS notification

    The letter may have been lost in the mail. If you have an irs.gov account, then click on Notices and Letters and see if there's any info there. That may save you the time and effort of combing through transcripts. If you do need to read the transcripts, then addition to SecondCor521's advice on...
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    RMD Workaround?

    Just because you receive a 1099-R doesn't mean that you have to pay tax on the amount withdrawn. When a withdrawal is taken from an IRA, then the "taxable amount not determined" box on the 1099-R will be checked. That means some or all of the amount withdrawn might be taxable, but the custodian...
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    Texas Teacher Retirement/other options?

    Are there other districts in CO aside from your target district that would have a lower COL and would be more tolerable than where you are, even if not as ideal as your first choice?
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    IRS error CP14 letter in mail today

    Create an IRS.gov account for each spouse. Login and check both spouses records. If they're different call the IRS at 800-829-1040. If they both show $0 balance due, then it's ok to ignore the letter.
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    Restaurant adding fee for use of credit card

    It will be interesting to see if these credit card fees are allowed in California now that the AG has confirmed that the new junk fee ban applies to other types of restaurant surcharges. No more hidden fees. Junk fee law bans restaurant surcharges
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    How to get stock/bond prices into excel

    I believe the Stock Connector Add-In would do what you want. It supports Excel 2021 and is free for up to 50 stocks. If you need more than that, it's $20 for unlimited data. https://www.michael-saunders.com/stocksapp/pages/info.html
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    How to get stock/bond prices into excel

    There are many desktop versions of Excel, including the Office 365 desktop version which does not necessarily require a subscription. It sounds like you have some older version of the software, so it might be helpful if you tell us what you do have. Is there a "Help / About" menu in your...
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    Determining cost basis on inherited stock

    Use the numbers from shareholder services. The differences are small enough that it shouldn't have much of an effect on the tax you'd owe. In the very unlikely event that the IRS has questions or concerns about it, then "I relied on the company that held the shares and conducted the sale to...
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    QCD confused

    They can do some due diligence to make sure a recipient of a check they create is a 501c3. As rk911 pointed out, it's easy enough to look them up by ein or even by name and address. The IRS has a tool: https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/ The only other thing the broker can do is to provide the...
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    QCD confused

    Even if the custodian writes the check directly to the charity, the instructions for form 1099-R still tell them to put the entire distribution in box 2a and check the "taxable amount not determined" box. The only time they wouldn't check that box for an IRA is if the entire amount in box 1 is a...
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    Viking Cruises - help me decide.

    Would a trip on the Nile check off Africa for you? Or are you looking for something further south? Viking has Nile cruises.
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    Forum Update - We're back! Ask your questions here.

    Oh that's because the query ID is saved in the URL. https://www.early-retirement.org/whats-new/posts which is the link I'm using, will always give you the 25 threads with the most recent posts. However, once you click on it, you get a query ID added, like...
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    Forum Update - We're back! Ask your questions here.

    I'm confused! You asked for a list of the 25 most recent threads. The "Latest Posts" section of the "What's New" page is a list of the 10 most recent threads, including both read and unread. The first page of "New Posts" is a list of the 25 most recent threads. The default is unread, but you...
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    Forum Update - We're back! Ask your questions here.

    Use this link instead: New posts If you prefer to see all threads, you can click on the little x next to "Show only: unread" in the dark blue bar just above the list. You can also change the default by using the "Filters" button on the right side of that blue bar so it will always show all...
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    Luggage tracking tags fpr Android

    Google just recently extended their locator network to work with tags from Pebblebee and Chipolo. Here's their article: Locate Devices and Accessories With Find My Device | Android
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    Forum Update - We're back! Ask your questions here.

    My page list has a faint box around the current page number and it also has a Next button. Here's what it looks like on my computer. On a phone it looks like this.
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    ESOP sale Tax implications

    To figure out whether you should pay estimated taxes, you need to have some idea about how much the stock was worth when it was given to you. Was this a one-time thing or annual? Is it a private or public company? If it's public and there are only a few lots you need to check, you can use...
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    Forum Update - We're back! Ask your questions here.

    When you go to What's New, it shows all recent threads in the "Latest Threads" section. If you click on New Posts, then it adds a filter for "Unread threads". I suspect you're toggling between those two views and that's why this thread is disappearing and reappearing in your lists. To make the...
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    ESOP sale Tax implications

    The cost basis of the shares is whatever value they had on the day that Megacorp gave them to you. They should issue a 1099-R with the taxable amount in box 2a. That's ordinary income and you will pay tax on it at your marginal rate. You should also get a 1099-B, which in your case will show a...
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