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

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

Here are some of the key tax-related deadlines affecting businesses and other employers during the first quarter of 2021. Keep

Have you made any New Year’s resolutions for 2021? Resolutions usually take the form of personal goals like eating healthier

On December 27, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA), which provides pandemic relief, as well as

Are you considering replacing a car that you’re using in your business? There are several tax implications to keep in

If you own a business, you may wonder if you’re eligible to take the qualified business income (QBI) deduction. Sometimes

Many businesses are closed or are limiting third-party access as COVID-19 surges across the United States. These restrictions could still

As President-elect Joe Biden moves forward with the transition and prepares for the inauguration next month, you may be wondering

The year 2020 has taught businesses many lessons. The sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic followed by drastic changes to

As we approach the end of the year, it’s a good time to think about whether your business needs to

Are you thinking about selling stock shares at a loss to offset gains that you’ve realized during 2020? If so,

According to literature, the “seven deadly sins” are lust, gluttony, greed, laziness, wrath, envy and pride. Although individuals may be

By now, some businesses have completed their 2021 budgets while others are still crunching numbers and scrutinizing line items. As