Extended Payroll Tax Cut Could Benefit Small Business Owners

We’ve discovered some good news for the savvy small business owner. The IRS has extended a 2011 payroll tax cut through the end of February 2012. This tax cut is a 2% reduction in Social Security tax from 6.2% o 4.2%. (which they assure us will have no effect on our [Read More]

1099-K, Merchant Account Payments and You

What is a 1099-K and why am I receiving it? The 1099-K is a new form for 2011 for reporting payments to the IRS that are received by a person or a business from a Merchant (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover) and/or a Third Party Network, (PayPal, Google Checkout, [Read More]

Unemployment Tax changes affect Florida Businesses

The condition of the US economy over the past few years has left Florida (and 19 other states*) in debt to the Federal Unemployment Insurance system. Florida’s Unemployment Insurance debt is on the order of $2 Billion dollars! The grace period for repayment of these funds [Read More]

1099 Reporting for Business and Rental Owners Repealed!

The House, Senate and the President signed a law on April 14, 2011 that repeals the expanded “1099” reporting requirement for business and rental owners.  The repealed law signed in under the Affordable Care Act removed the requirement for business and rental owners of [Read More]

Ignorance Is Not Bliss: What Tax Records Businesses Need to Keep

Last week we went over the individual tax payer’s record keeping requirements, this week I want to discuss what business owners should be holding onto and for how long. Obviously businesses have a more extensive list of record keeping requirements than individual do [Read More]

Small Business to be Hit Hard by New SECA Rules

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To avoid paying the 15.3% tax, S Corporations have for years taken advantage of paying cash to shareholders as distributions instead of wages—not exactly what the IRS had in mind. Don’t forget that S Corps also avoid corporate level income taxation too because that [Read More]

Bad Debts Gone Wild: Part III, Business Debt

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In the last part of this series, we covered the consumer side of bad debt charge-offs and how the IRS handles that from a tax perspective. Today I want to delve into the business side of bad debt charge-offs. This side of things is usually quite complex and hard to [Read More]

Fast and Easy Cash Accounting….oh, it’s Accrual World

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Accrual Method or Cash Method Accounting? It’s one of the first questions you’re usually asked when setting up your accounting software and it can be one of the most puzzling. This topic is complicated and often confuses a lot of people (you are not alone if you’re [Read More]

New to Self-Employment Business Orientation: How to Avoid Tax Problems & Pave the Way to Success

Today people have more choices than ever before when it comes to making a living. Even those who keep their regular full time positions as employees are taking on side work as independent contractors and some are choosing to make the leap to full time self employment or [Read More]

Finding the Right Accountant to Help Build Your Business

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You know you need an accountant to help you figure out your financials and you’re worried about the looming possibility of being hit with a big tax bill in the spring. The problem is, you’ve heard horror stories from friends and family about awful accountants. So now [Read More]