If you were distressed to find you owed money when you filed your last federal tax return, you might want to change your withholding so that this doesn’t happen again. You might even want to adjust your withholding if you got a big refund, because you’re essentially giving the government a tax-free loan of your [...]
Summertime isn’t far off. If you typically hire minors for summer jobs, it’s a good idea to brush up on child labor laws before you hire. In a March 2022 News Release (No. 22-546-DEN) the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced that the department is stepping up efforts to identify child [...]
April 18 Besides being the last day for individuals to file (or extend) their 2022 personal returns and pay any tax due, first-quarter 2023 estimated tax payments for individuals, trust, and calendar-year corporations are due today (the state of Maine and Massachusetts have an April 19th federal deadline). Also due are 2022 returns for trusts [...]
Any U.S. person with a financial interest in, or signature or other authority over, any foreign financial accounts must file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), subject to conditions. That is, if the aggregate value of the foreign financial accounts exceeds $10,000 at any time during the calendar year, the individual must [...]
If you own a company and travel for business, you may wonder whether you can deduct all the costs of having your spouse accompany you on trips. It’s possible, but the rules are restrictive. Group of business people in the airport terminal on arrival or before departure First, your spouse must be your [...]
Give Your Forms a Professional, Uniform Look in QuickBooks Adding a logo is a good start. But there are numerous ways you can make your QuickBooks forms look better. You know how you react when you get a sloppy, unattractive invoice from a vendor. You may wonder if they are as careless with the creation [...]