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

With its winter recess looming before it, Congress has engaged in a flurry of activity. Most notably, it reached agreement

Here are some of the key tax-related deadlines affecting businesses and other employers during the first quarter of 2020. Keep

If you’re adopting a child, or you adopted one this year, there may be significant tax benefits available to offset

Business owners are urged to create succession plans for the good of their families and their employees. But there’s someone

The IRS recently issued guidance on how businesses, self-employed individuals and qualified employees can use the per diem rules to

Life insurance can be a powerful financial and estate planning tool, but its benefits can be reduced or even eliminated

With the lifetime gift and estate tax exemption at $11.40 million for 2019 ($11.58 million for 2020), you may think

As we all know, medical services and prescription drugs are expensive. You may be able to deduct some of your

The word “probate” may conjure images of lengthy delays waiting for wealth to be transferred and bitter disputes among family

In certain cases, the IRS is required to use private debt collection agencies (PCAs) to collect the amounts owed. The

At this time of year, many business owners ask if there’s anything they can do to save tax for the

For tax purposes, December 31 means more than New Year’s Eve celebrations. It affects the filing status box that will

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