Tax Benefits for Holiday Family Employment

Along with the holidays comes a lot of extra work for many family-run businesses, which may require putting the kids to work and having a spouse help out over the busy time. There are special tax rules when hiring your children and also for…
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Helpful Tax Tips For 2019

As the year draws to a close, we have pulled together a number of tax tips that may be beneficial, some of which need to be acted on before the end the of the year to be useful for 2019. Education Credit – Since the American Opportunity…

Is Your Will or Trust Up-to-Date?

When was the last time you or your attorney reviewed or updated your will or trust? If it was before the passage of the 2017 tax reform legislation, or the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), your documents may be out of date. Among the many…

December 2019 Individual Due Dates

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Don't forget these important December due dates for individual and business filings, reporting, payments, and more. December 2019 Individual Due Dates December 2 - Time for Year-End Tax Planning December is the month to take final…
Tax Benefits for People with Disabilities

Tax Benefits for People with Disabilities

Individuals with disabilities as well as parents of disabled children are eligible for a number of income tax benefits. This article explains some of these tax breaks. ABLE Accounts – A federal law allows states to offer specially designed,…
Year-End Tips for Charitable Contributions

Year-End Tips for Charitable Contributions

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As the end of the year and the holiday season approach, we will all see an uptick in the number of charitable solicitations arriving in our mailboxes and by email. Since some charities sell their contributor lists to other charities, frequent…

Holiday Gifting with a Tax Twist

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Some holiday gifts you provide to members of your family, employees, and others may also yield tax benefits. Here are some examples: Employee Gifts – It is common practice this time of year for employers to give employees gifts. Although…
Take Advantage of the Education Tax Credits

Take Advantage of the Education Tax Credits

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As with everything taxes, the devil is in the details, and that includes the education tax credits, which come in two types with some different rules for each. Many people think the credits are for sending their children to college, which is…
How to Create Projects in QuickBooks Online

How to Create Projects in QuickBooks Online

If you’re using QuickBooks Online Plus or Advanced, you can create projects and track their profitability. You already know how to determine whether your business is making or losing money overall: you run a Profit and Loss report.…
The IRS Is Hot on the Trail of Unreported Virtual Currency Transactions

The IRS Is Hot on the Trail of Unreported Virtual Currency Transactions

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Back in 2018, Coinbase, a company handling virtual currency (also referred to as cryptocurrency) transactions, released the data of 14,000 of its users to the IRS after the information was subpoenaed, and virtual currency traders held their…