I just received a very believable email from an unknown person who included attachments on the email. It’s well-known that spammers are attacking tax professionals trying to compromise their systems in order to gain access to sensitive taxpayer information. Luckily, we have a great IT department who can check before anyone opens these emails. The […]
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Well, for being shutdown and running on a skeleton crew, the IRS has been BUSY today and delivered the final tax regulations for the new Section 199A tax deduction for flow-through income on individual tax returns. This is the new Qualified Business Income Deduction for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 that came into
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The IRS released information today that should come as a relief to taxpayers and tax preparers as we start work on our 2018 tax returns. The IRS will be waiving the estimated tax penalty for taxpayers on their 2018 tax return who didn’t have enough withholding and estimated tax payments to cover their tax liabilities.
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How to report your new address to the IRS and others to make sure you receive your annual tax documents.
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Well, it took them longer than usual but the IRS has updated the rates used to calculate your mileage deductions. As a reminder, there are different rates depending on what type of driving you are doing. The business mileage rate is applicable for business purposes. This would be for activities such as your sole proprietorship
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December is beginning, which means the year is ending. This also means it’s time to start your year-end tax planning. There are so many subjects that come under the year-end tax planning umbrella that I wanted to break it down into separate pieces. This post will focus on harvesting your losses.
Is it time to harvest your tax losses? Read More »
Well, I just realized it’s been a while since I updated my blog. It’s been a crazy 6 weeks so this update is well overdue. Here’s a recap of what’s been going on in my world. To start, the first 15 days of October were really busy around here. Having the corporate tax return deadline
We made it through the last tax deadline for calendar 2017! Read More »
If you’ve been following the tax journals or related social media accounts, you no doubt saw that the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (“TCJA”) removed the deduction for business related entertainment expenses. There was a lot of concern that the meals portion of “Meals & Entertainment” expenses would also be denied because of some related
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This is your friendly reminder that the extended due date for most 2017 tax returns is coming up quickly. If you extended your 2017 Form 1120 Corporate Income Tax Return or your 2017 Form 1040 Individual Income Tax Return, the extended deadline is right around the corner. Both of these extended tax returns are due on Monday,
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I love October. It’s the kick-off to the holiday season, there’s still enough time left in the year to make course corrections in my annual goals, and the world turns burnt orange. Business owners can use this time to evaluate where they are and what more they want to accomplish before the year is over.
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