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Tax Filing Season Begins
January 27, 2020, marked the start of this year's tax filing season. Complicating matters is a newly revised Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return. With more than 150 million individual tax returns expected to be filed for the 2019 tax year, here's what...
Watch Out for Gift Card Scams
There's never an off-season when it comes to scammers and thieves who want to trick people to scam them out of money, steal their personal information, or talk them into engaging in questionable behavior with their taxes. While scam attempts typically peak during tax...
Tax Planning Includes Keeping Good Records
It's January and tax season is right around the corner. For many people that means scrambling to collect receipts, mileage logs, and other tax-related documents needed to prepare their tax returns. If this describes you, chances are, you're wishing you'd kept on top...
Opportunity Zone Guidance Finalized
Final regulations were recently issued regarding details about investment in qualified opportunity zones (QOZ) that modified and finalized proposed regulations for QOFs and QOZ businesses that were previously issued on October 28, 2018, and May 1, 2019. The final...
Reminder: Use Correct Forms to Pay Employment Taxes
Small business owners are reminded to review the rules for filing two commonly-used employment tax returns: Form 944, Employer’s Annual Federal Tax Return and Form 941, Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return. A small business files one or the other; these two forms...
Standard Mileage Rates for 2020
Starting January 1, 2020, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car, van, pickup or panel truck are as follows: 57.5 cents per mile driven for business use, down one half of a cent from the rate for 2019 17 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes,...
Starting a Home-Based Business
More than half of all businesses today are home-based. Every day, people are striking out and achieving economic and creative independence by turning their skills into dollars. Garages, basements, and attics are being transformed into the corporate headquarters of the...
Got Debt? Tips to Improve Your Financial Situation
If you are having trouble paying your debts, it is important to take action sooner rather than later. Doing nothing leads to much larger problems in the future, whether it's a bad credit record or bankruptcy resulting in the loss of assets and even your home. If...
Tax Breaks for Taxpayers Who Itemize
Many taxpayers opt for the standard deduction because it is easier, but sometimes itemizing your deductions is the better choice - often resulting in a lower tax bill. Whether you bought a house, refinanced your current home, or had extensive gambling losses, you may...
What’s New for the 2020 Tax Filing Season
While the 2020 tax filing season promises to be less confusing than 2019, there are still a number of changes that taxpayers should be aware of. New, Revised or Updated Tax Forms Form 1040: Revised and Redesigned The IRS released a draft Form 1040 for 2019 tax returns...
Important Tax Changes for Individuals and Businesses
Every year, it's a sure bet that there will be changes to current tax law and this year is no different. From standard deductions to health savings accounts and tax rate schedules, here's a checklist of tax changes to help you plan the year ahead. Individuals In 2020,...
Construction Accounting Experts
I have had the wonderful opportunity to spend a few days in Nashville Tennessee at a Construction and Real Estate Conference. I am learning that ya’ll is singular and all ya’ll is plural 😊. One of the presentations was an economist that showed recent data and...
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