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

IRS permits same-sex couples to recalculate marital exclusion amounts http://bit.ly/2jsmUPY

Many businesses receive payment in advance for goods and services. Examples include magazine subscriptions, long-term supply contracts, organization memberships, computer

As the saying goes, nothing lasts forever — and that goes for most companies. Then again, with the right succession

The most useful metric to gauge a company’s performance isn’t necessarily net income, pretax profits or earnings per share, as

The executor’s role is critical to the administration of an estate and the achievement of estate planning objectives. So your

If you’re like many Americans, you might not start thinking about filing your tax return until close to this year’s

Do you start thinking about filing your tax return when it gets close to the April deadline? You might even

Tax refund delay to hurt some people. A 2015 law requires the IRS to delay, until at least Feb. 15,

In December, Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act. The long and complex bill covers a broad range of health

Asset protection trusts — both offshore and domestic — can be effective vehicles for protecting your wealth in today’s litigious

Gathering knowledge about your company’s competitors and industry has never been easier. This practice, known as “competitive intelligence,” can help

Medical expense deductions can be difficult for many taxpayers to claim. That’s because most people can only deduct qualified medical

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