APPRECIATING THE HELPFUL BALANCE OF BONDS

By |2023-05-22T15:23:34-04:00June 26th, 2023|Accounting and Auditing, Taxation|

Stock market and interest rate uncertainty may cause some investors to turn to bonds.  Perhaps the most “user friendly” bond is a U.S. government savings bond.  Buying one means you’re essentially lending the federal government money under certain terms, in exchange for a future return.  U.S. savings bonds don’t offer as high a yield as [...]

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IS YOUR WITHHOLDING ADEQUATE?

By |2023-03-29T14:59:52-04:00April 24th, 2023|Accounting and Auditing, Business, Taxation|

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 [...]

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OFFERING SUMMER JOB OPPORTUNITIES? DOUBLE-CHECK CHILD LABOR LAWS

By |2023-03-29T14:52:13-04:00April 10th, 2023|Accounting and Auditing, Business, Taxation|

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 [...]

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TAX CALENDAR

By |2023-03-29T14:56:30-04:00April 1st, 2023|Accounting and Auditing, Business, Taxation|

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 [...]

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RECONSIDERING YOUR PERSONAL EMERGENCY FUND

By |2023-03-29T14:47:46-04:00March 29th, 2023|Accounting and Auditing, Estate planning, Taxation|

Back in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, may people’s emergency funds were suddenly put to the test – assuming there was a fund at all.  Now, three years later, and presumably with the benefit of some hindsight, you might want to reconsider your rainy-day savings.  You’ve probably heard that, to guard against an [...]

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Does your business set sales goals? QuickBooks can help you do so by looking at your sales history in reports. Ask us about this.

By |2023-02-03T11:54:01-05:00February 3rd, 2023|Accounting and Auditing, QuickBooks Tips, Taxation|

Make 2023 More Productive and Prosperous Using QuickBooks We’re one month into 2023. Are you ready for what may come the rest of the year? QuickBooks can help. Now that the holidays are over and you’ve settled back into a normal work pace, it’s a good time to assess where you are with your finances [...]

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