Are you a small business? Did you pay a sub-contractor, a landlord, an attorney during the past year? If you did you may be required to send those that you pay a 1099. The IRS has strict guidelines concerning these payments and has ...
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This is one of those times when you will have to forgive me for not putting a lot of words out there. It may still take another day or two to get the mind right after the end of tax season. But let me start with two important words – thank ...
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It’s not often during tax season that I feel like I get a chance to breathe, but I have had that chance over the past week. The political landscape has calmed as the lack of a shutdown threat has let the tax season progress in a more regular ...
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A lot of people are talking about taxes this time of year, myself included. This talk comes in many different forms from many different directions. Maybe sometimes, though, we are missing some of the basic things.
This struck me ...
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It’s that time of year again. It’s not the first time we’ve heard it, but talk is coming again about Donald Trump’s tax returns. With the Democrats holding power in the House of Representatives, the chance that those returns will be seen ...
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TAX SEASON HAS STARTED
It feels almost unreal, but it is true – tax time is finally here. The filing season officially opened on Monday, January 28, which came with the added benefit of happening after the cessation of the government shutdown. Now ...
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It is that time of year. Your child is home from college or your high schooler is going to get a job for the summer. Whatever the job is your child is getting the child’s employer will have them complete some forms so they can get paid. These forms ...
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Often throughout the year when I write about taxes, I know that many people don’t really want to hear about such things. I keep doing it, though, because I know that if I bring up topics that someone is worried about, we can help them. It may not be ...
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There are many hot phrases coming out of this presidential campaign cycle, but it is not all crooked locker room talk. Taxes have also been getting lots of attention, and not just when it comes to which candidate’s plan you prefer. If you go to ...
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It almost seems like a monthly rite of passage when the latest tax scam comes up that I have to cover in this spot. I almost can’t believe it sometimes, but as long as the IRS keeps putting out warnings, I feel it is my job to pass them along. At ...
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Last week, reports came out that fewer people were filing their taxes than had at the same point of calendar year 2016. Bloomberg released an article that theorized taxpayer confusion was one of the reasons for this. Although the current political ...
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On February 15, 2017 I posted a blog on What Triggers an Audit. Because of the concerns that taxpayers have around this topic, I am continuing to share with you more information about audits as it remains - as it should be - a hot-button topic this ...
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During the election season I never touched on politics. Since I never thought it was my place to take sides, I stayed on the sidelines. Now there is a different issue that has come up and it has come up from a campaign promise of President ...
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I suppose it is not surprising that this is the time of year when people most think about the potential of a tax audit. After all, many like to ignore all thoughts of taxes through much of the year, only letting them rise to the forefront when ...
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Now that we are out of the holiday season and entering tax season lets look back on a phenomena of the holiday shopping season. In this holiday-season lookback, we can at least start to give some hope to those who are finding it difficult to come ...
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There are a number of different 1099 forms and chances are pretty good that at least one will be making its way into your mailbox (be it the actual one at the curb or a virtual one) over the coming weeks. These forms cover a large range of money ...
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They say the three hardest things for a person to go through is the passing of a loved one, losing a job and getting divorced. This blog will deal with the latter. Quite often - or maybe it is just quite often to those of us in the accounting ...
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Now that Labor Day has passed, summer is over (sorry to depress you) and the autumn has begun, the big national tax preparation chains are starting to ramp up for tax season. (Well I am too, but my marketing budget is much lower, so you may not ...
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