Tax Deductions
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So Long To The Tax Deduction For Investment Expenses

Under the new tax reform law, investment expenses are no longer deductible as a miscellaneous itemized deduction. This means, for example, that if you have an investment account and are paying fees to have it managed, those fees are no longer…
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Tax Reform Suspends the Tax Deduction for Employee Business Expenses

Not all provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are beneficial to taxpayers. One notable negative provision is the suspension of the deduction for employee business expenses. Under prior law, taxpayers who were employees were able to deduct…
Income Tax
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Preparing for Taxes for 2018 and Beyond

Tax reform has changed the way most taxpayers need to think about and plan for their taxes. It is no longer business as usual, and those who think it is are in for a rude awakening come tax time next year. For most taxpayers, the most significant…

Why It Might be Time for Your Small Business to Migrate to Cloud Accounting

Cloud accounting is a big idea that brings with it a lot of lofty implications, but if you had to distill all of that down to its bare essentials it would probably look at lot like this: Right now, if you want to manage the financial side…
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I Didn't File My Tax Return; Now What?

There are a lot of perfectly reasonable reasons for not having filed your income taxes. Many people who fail to file are new to the job market, and never having filed before may simply have been unaware of the requirement to do so. Some people…
Using QUickbooks

Get Paid Faster Using QuickBooks

Are your customers slow about paying their invoices? QuickBooks can help accelerate your receivables. Your company’s cash flow depends largely on how quickly your customers pay the invoices you’ve sent. And if you’re like most small…

Tax Reform Adds Education Benefit

Note: The is one of a series of articles explaining how the various tax changes in the GOP’s Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (referred to as “the Act” in this article), which passed in late December of 2017, could affect you and your family, both…
Tax Due Dates
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April 2018 Individual Due Dates

April 1 - Last Day to Withdraw Required Minimum Distribution Last day to withdraw 2017’s required minimum distribution from Traditional or SEP IRAs for taxpayers who turned 70½ in 2017. Failing to make a timely withdrawal may result in…
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Minimizing Tax on Social Security Benefits

How much (if any) of your Social Security benefits are taxable depends on a number of issues. The following facts will help you understand the taxability of your Social Security benefits. For this discussion, the term “Social Security…