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Amanda Han

Expertise: Business Management, Real Estate Investing Basics, Personal Finance, Personal Development, Real Estate News & Commentary, Mortgages & Creative Financing
107 Articles Written
Amanda Han has been a CPA specializing in tax strategies for real estate, self-directed investing, and individual tax planning for over 18 years. She's been investing in real estate herself for ove...
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Amanda Han has been a CPA specializing in tax strategies for real estate, self-directed investing, and individual tax planning for over 18 years. She's been investing in real estate herself for over 10 years with a focus on long-term hold residential and multifamily assets across multiple states.

Experience
As both a tax strategist and real estate investor, Amanda combines her passion of real estate investing with her expertise in tax. Her goal is to help investors with strategies designed to supercharge their wealth-building using entity structuring, self-directed investing, and income offset opportunities to keep more of what they make.

Her highly rated book Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor is amongst Amazon’s bestseller list. Amanda is also a frequent contributor, speaker, and educator to some of the nation’s top investment and self-directed IRA companies.

Amanda and her husband Matt MacFarland have a passion for animals and founded Animals for Armed Forces, a non-profit organization that has helped to place over 1,800 shelter pets with forever homes.

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Her cutting-edge tax strategies have been featured in prominent publications, including Money Magazine, Realtor.com, and AllBusiness.com. Amanda was a speaker at "Talks at Google" that features influential thinkers and creators. Amanda has also appeared in CNBC’s Smart Money Talk Radio, as well as BiggerPockets podcasts.

She is a 40 under 40 honoree by CPA Practice Advisor, showcased amongst the best and brightest talent in the accounting profession. Her firm Keystone CPA, Inc. was awarded a two-time winner of the Top CPA of Orange County Award by OC Metro Magazine.

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She is certified by the CA State Board of Accountancy and is a member of the prestigious American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) with clients across the nation.

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Coronavirus Updates Apr 11, 2020

Coronavirus Relief Bill: What’s in It for You as a Real Estate Investor?

By Amanda Han

With over $2 trillion in relief funding, what’s in it for you as a real estate investor? There are many changes that range from tax deadlines and stimulus checks to new tax credits and new depreciation rules, as well as opportunities to turn tax losses into immediate cash in your pocket. Find out...

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Coronavirus Updates Mar 21, 2020

IRS Extends Tax Filing, Payment Deadlines in Response to Coronavirus

By Amanda Han

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS has announced individual and business taxpayers can automatically delay the filing and payment of 2019 income and self-employment taxes from April 15th to July 15th. Read more about the ins and outs here, including the maximum amount of taxes that can...

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Business Management Feb 10, 2020

How Hiring Your Kids Can Save You Money on Taxes

By Amanda Han

Aside from taxes, one of our biggest expenses is probably our kids. And as they get older, they often get more expensive (think cars and college!). So, a common question that we get asked as CPAs is, “How can I write off money that I spend on my kids?”

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Business Management Feb 06, 2020

The Battle for the Throne: Opportunity Zone or 1031 Exchange?

By Amanda Han

Real estate values have increased in recent years, and many investors want to lock in that appreciation and sell their properties. As such, a common question CPAs are asked is whether a 1031 exchange or Opportunity Zone is better. Let’s go over the basics of these two great tax shelters, then com...

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Business Management Jan 22, 2020

Fact or Fiction: Save on Taxes by Paying Your Own LLC a Property Management Fee

By Amanda Han

Asset protection and tax savings are an extremely important part of any investor’s overall plan. So, should you create a property management company under a separate LLC in order to deduct more rental expenses? If you’ve heard this one before, learn more here—or risk paying even higher taxes!

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Business Management Jan 21, 2020

Stop! Before You Refinance, Consider These Tax Traps & Opportunities

By Amanda Han

In recent years, real estate prices have appreciated significantly, leading many investors to refinance. But before taking out loans, you’d be wise to meet with your tax advisor—it may result in a substantial amount of tax savings.

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Business Management Jan 08, 2020

How to Gift Properties to Your Family (Not the IRS)

By Amanda Han

Unfortunately, we often see investors who focus so much on creating wealth that they neglect to learn the most tax efficient ways to pass that wealth on to future generations. Now is the time to start planning so that you leave your wealth to your beneficiaries, not to Uncle Sam.

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Personal Finance Aug 07, 2019

5 Tips for Those Looking to Make Their Summer Vacation a Real Estate Tax Write-Off

By Amanda Han

As an investor, I love looking at houses wherever I go. In fact, I am probably like most investors who always have real estate on the mind. However, contrary to popular belief, just because I happen to work on my real estate during my trip does not automatically mean it’s a tax deductible trip.

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Business Management Mar 14, 2019

8 Top Tips to Take Advantage of New Tax Reform for 2019

By Amanda Han

Do you want to take advantage of all the tax savings that are available to real estate investors under the new tax reform? As a tax advisor by day and real estate investor by night, I’m here to share eight tax strategies you must know for 2019.

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Real Estate Investing Basics Feb 12, 2019

Investing in Opportunity (Zones): A Tax-Saving Strategy

By Amanda Han

One of the least publicized—yet most powerful—tax benefits that came out of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 was the Opportunity Zones program. Investing in Qualified Opportunity Zones offers three powerful tax advantages to real estate investors, including paying $0 on capital gains. Learn how ...

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Real Estate News & Commentary Feb 01, 2019

Tax Reform Update: A New Way to Reduce Taxes on Rental Income

By Amanda Han

Even though the government was shut down, apparently the IRS was still hard at work. It recently released new details that may be of benefit to real estate investors—namely, how rental income may qualify for the Section 199A tax benefit! Find out more from expert tax strategist and CPA Amanda Han.

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Business Management Jan 29, 2019

How to Maximize Your Write-Offs of Travel Expenses

By Amanda Han

Contrary to popular belief, the IRS is not as terrible as one may think. A lot of loopholes are written into the tax code that taxpayers are invited to use. For instance, as long as the primary purpose of a trip is business related, you may still write off certain travel expenses.

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