Starting out in your first small business can be an exciting and rewarding journey. As many seasoned small business operators know, the multi-faceted role of a small business [...]
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This is a guest article written by Michael Dolen, the president of Credit Card Forum. During this time every year, I always get asked by a good number of visitors on my site [...]
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The Subprime Mortgage Crisis that brought the global economy to the brink of disaster in the fall of 2008 has led to millions of foreclosures over the last 3 years. Due to t [...]
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QuickBooks Tip: Unless and until your business is swimming in cash, there will come a time that you have to make a big purchase and *gasp* get a loan. The horror. So now tha [...]
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QuickBooks Tip: Admit it. Bouncing a check is annoying and embarrassing. The bank charges a fee for every bounce, you rack up the fees and you have to tell people when to [...]
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It’s such an easy thing to do and yet our pride steps in and makes asking a simple question seem like lifting a 2 ton brick. Can you help me? I love when people ask me for he [...]
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At this point we have completed the initial review of the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss statements in QuickBooks. So now it is a matter of double checking things from a d [...]
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- Balance Sheet and P&L Now that you have allowed yourself the time, you can take your time reviewing your Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss, and even your Statement Of Cash [...]
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The biggest problem we all face when it comes to QuickBooks and tax planning is waiting until the last minute. There are so many obvious reasons why it is better to do it e [...]
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E~file Your 2011 Tax Return: How to E~file Your Taxes Tax season is upon us. This means that you are either preparing a tax return by yourself or hiring a tax preparer to do [...]
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Many companies are asking what to do about an employee’s home when he or she is moved to a new job location. With the real estate market in a downturn throughout much of the country, this is a tough and costly question. Typically, the employer wants to protect the employee against financial loss on a [...]
Employing your Child – A reasonable salary paid to a child reduces the self-employment income and tax of the parents (business owners) by shifting income to the child. If the business is unincorporated and the wages are paid to a child under age 18, he or she will not be subject to FICA – Social [...]
IRS Tax Tip 2010-17 Do I have to File a Tax Return? You must file a tax return if your income is above a certain level. The amount varies depending on filing status, age and the type of income you receive. Check the Individuals section of IRS.gov or consult the instructions for Form 1040, 1040A, [...]
Five Facts about IRS Publication 17 While the Internal Revenue Service provides publications about a wide range of topics, there is one publication every taxpayer should have with them when they are preparing their federal tax return. Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax is available at IRS.gov and contains a wealth of information for individual [...]
One of the big problems with the AMT, there’s no good answer to this common question. You can owe AMT liability due to any number of reason/s. Could be just one thing, could be a lot of little things. Some things that can contribute to an AMT liability are mundane items that appear on many tax [...]
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