CELEBRATING OVER SIXTY FIVE YEARS

CELEBRATING OVER
SIXTY FIVE YEARS

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If you’re a real estate developer or a small business owner who owns commercial real estate, you might be thinking

Estate planning can be overwhelming. One reason is that it has a language all its own. While you may be

If you’re in line to inherit property from a parent or other loved one, it’s critical to understand the basis

Contingent liabilities reflect amounts that your business might owe if a specific “triggering” event happens in the future. Sometimes companies

The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act is the first significant retirement-related legislation in more than a

An array of tax-related limits that affect businesses are annually indexed for inflation, and many have increased for 2020. Here

Traditional estate planning strategies generally are based on the assumption that all family members involved are U.S. citizens. However, if

Before you jump headfirst into the year-end financial reporting process, review the role independent audit committees play in providing investors

To help you make sure you don’t miss any important 2020 deadlines, we’ve provided this summary of when various tax-related

This year, the optional standard mileage rate used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business decreased

Many taxpayers make charitable gifts — because they’re generous and they want to save money on their federal tax bills.

Virtually everyone needs an estate plan, but it isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition. Even though each person’s situation is unique, general

The IRS announced it is opening the 2019 individual income tax return filing season on January 27. Even if you

A significant law was recently passed that adds tax breaks and makes changes to employer-provided retirement plans. If your small

Last minute tax-saving business tips. As year-end approaches, if you own a business you could benefit from some tax-trimming moves.

Gamblers couldn’t deduct losses. “Professional” gamblers can deduct losses equal to their winnings, but the burden of proving the deduction

Exempt status revoked, but not denied. A volunteer fire department provided fire protection, ambulance and rescue services to the community.

Summons issued to bitcoin exchange. Coinbase, the nation’s largest bitcoin exchange firm, has been served with an IRS summons seeking

Attention employers: There are three ways to set up an automatic enrollment 401(k) plan. Many Americans are unprepared for retirement

Security tips for taxpayers. The IRS suggests that you always: use security software with firewall and antivirus protections, make sure

IRS puts personal info at risk. Employees in the IRS Small Business/Self-Employed Division often don’t follow the agency’s email policies

Expecting tax cuts next year? President-elect Trump declared one of his top priorities to be passage of a “major tax

Distributor’s TV packages don’t qualify. In two similar Technical Advice Memorandums, the IRS determined that a television subscription package sold

Taxpayers denied child tax breaks. For part of a year, a married couple lived with a child from the wife’s

The last month or so of the year offers accrual-basis taxpayers an opportunity to make some timely moves that might

Accrual-basis taxpayer? One way to save tax is to properly record and recognize expenses that were incurred this year but