If you haven’t been following the Texas legislature, and I wouldn’t blame you if you haven’t, they just concluded their second called Special Session on July 14, 2023. Special sessions can only be called by the Governor and are limited to topics that the Governor lists in his announcement calling the sesssion. This time the […]
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I asked ChapGPT for 3 easy tips that small businesses can use for 2023 to reduce their taxes.
Let’s see what it came up with. Do you agree with these tips?
#TaxTipTuesday #TaxTwitter
3 easy ways for small businesses to save on taxes in 2023 Read More »
I am just now reading the IRS Notice 2022-36 and wanted to share the news to help spread it around. I guess it was initially released last night (August 23, 2022) and then pulled off their website. It was then re-released to their website today, August 24, 2022. The notice proves relief for certain taxpayers
IRS releases penalty relief for taxable years 2019 and 2020 Read More »
Howdy y’all. It’s Saturday morning on May 23, 2020 and I wanted to send out a quick update. Last night around 9:30 pm CDT on May 22, 2020, the Treasury dropped a couple new Interim Final Rules on their website related to the Paycheck Protection Program. Yes, you read that correctly, it was on the
PPP Forgiveness Guidance 5/23/2020 Read More »
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has released information related to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for small businesses. This Program consists of loans to small (and not so small) businesses to help cover expenses like payroll, rent, and utilities. Background on the loans: The loans provide businesses with funds to pay up to 8
Paycheck Protection Program loan details revealed Read More »
If you have a small business, or are an accountant working for a small business, chances are you use a tax professional to prepare your tax returns. Now that we’re in the heart of “Busy Season”, I thought I’d take a moment to talk about the information you send to us and what you can
What tax pros want from their small business clients Read More »
I was surfing the web this hot Sunday afternoon because it’s just too hot to go outside and I found this gem of an update posted by KMPG in their TWIST podcast published on August 12, 2019. It’s a very short 1:54 podcast so I encourage you to go listen or read the transcript for yourself.
Is Texas planning to implement Wayfair Economic Nexus for the Texas Franchise Tax? Read More »
It’s early June and I bet you’re in one of two camps. Either you filed your Form 1040 by April 15, 2019 and don’t want to think about taxes until next January. Or, you extended your Form 1040 by April 15, 2019, and you don’t want to think about taxes until the extended deadline of
How to calculate & make the 2nd Quarter Estimated Tax Payment due June 17, 2019 Read More »
Today we’re going to look at the kinds of things a business owner should know and keep track of for tax purposes. What can a business owner learn from Tyrion Lannister and why is it important to emulate one of his characteristics? I’ll admit to being a big fan of Tyrion but I’m not a
Why a business owner has to be like Tyrion Lannister 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
Most business meals are still deductible, subject to the 50% limitation Read More »