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Know More About Tax Efficient Life Insurance

Alan Starc — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:00:32 +0000

So, you have started up a new company and you have less than five employees. In a situation like this, you have two ways to arrange a life insurance policy - a) General and b) Tax efficient life insurance. In case of the normal policies, you need to make a contract with your employees and you will [...]

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Form W-2

Bruce Mc — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:30:14 +0000

Form W-2 is the form that an employer must send to an employee (and the IRS) at the end of the year showing their income earned during the year. Knowing how to read a Form W-2 can help you understand and get a head-start when preparing your income taxes.

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An EA in the Making

Bruce Mc — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:28:11 +0000

It isn’t all about representation. It is about being recognized as a Tax Professional. With the (what I call) pending crash of the RTRP this is the most logical step for me to best assist my clients, and the clients of the firms I am contracted with for tax preparation.

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Security and your Small Business

Annie Harrington — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:15:06 +0000

We’ve all heard the horror stories of large companies that have fallen victim to hackers breaking into their vast reserves of data and stealing information. But what many small businesses don’t realize is that hackers are realizing the ease with which they can do the same thing to small and medium sized businesses. What is even more disconcerting is the fact that many of these businesses never realize they have been compromised.

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Best Apps For Helping Your Finances

Lisa Peteres — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:26:09 +0000

It can be difficult to keep up with new technology; sometimes it feels like the world can change if you stop paying attention for a few minutes. Things that we accept as normality were utterly unthinkable just a few generations ago. Our grandparents would have to spend weeks to get from one country to another, and now we can whiz along in an Airbus A380 30,000 feet above the earth, sipping cocktails and watching movies. Until the 1970’s, we had to actually go into a bank and request money, completely dependent on their opening hours. Now we just slide a piece of plastic into an ATM, press a few buttons and money comes out, leading many of us to believe that money was very easy to come by! Who knows what will happen in the world of banking – some new inventive technologies may in fact become industry standard. Let’s have a look at some of the best banking and personal finance apps that are out there.

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The benefits of using online accounting program

Joyce Rosario — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:02:17 +0000

Accounting in almost any company is really important. On the other hand, it requires information and thorough analysis including the tiniest glitches cause they may lead to a large problem. Entrepreneur’s that are not accountants end up hiring a CPA’s or certified public accountant’s who is asking for their professional rate in exchange with the [...]

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A Guide to Advanced Tax Terminology

Jen Carrigan — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:09:14 +0000

Taxes are something that every American must face for the majority of his or her life. With the start of a first job, income taxes become one of the great inevitabilities of living in our modern society. Many people learn tax basics but there are numerous complex tax questions that everyday people will never encounter. [...]

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5 Easy Tips to Lower Your Tax Burden

Alan Starc — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:07:58 +0000

As and when the deadline for filing your taxes comes, you become more and more anxious about the income that you owe to IRS (Internal Revenue Service). Whether you own a business, do a nine to five corporate job or you are self employed, paying tax is a crucial task that you must perform. But [...]

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Slashing Electricity Bills

Amanda — Thu, 02 May 2013 11:40:50 +0000

If you’re like most people you’re probably seeing that you spend a lot of money each month just on electricity and if you’re like most of us, you probably wish you didn’t. Luckily there are quite a few ways that you can cut back on how much you pay for electricity with just a simple [...]

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Should You Expect an Audit?

Jen Carrigan — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:08:11 +0000

Auditing is every working American’s worst nightmare. The pain of tax season is hard enough with pulling data together, painstakingly entering it on forms, or hiring a professional and waiting to be sure everything is done right without the risk of an audit. Millions of individuals and families in the United States face audits each [...]

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