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Top 10 Tips for Getting Your IRS Taxes Prepared
We review the Top 10 Tips for getting your IRS taxes prepared. The goal is to help you choose a good tax preparer and to watch out for potential pitfalls. Continue reading…
Independent Contractor Trap
In our previous article, we reviewed the advantages and disadvantages of hiring independent contractors compared to employees. Small business will want to treat all workers as independent contractors. It is less expensive and less work. Conversely, workers prefer to be treated as employees. The worker will pay less tax and it is less hassle. The small business and the workers have conflicting interest.
Independent Contractor or Employee Decision
Small businesses decide how to treat workers, employees or independent contractors. This decision has major impacts to both the small business and the worker. For the business, it is less work and less expensive to hire an independent contractor. For the worker, it is less work and less expensive to be treated as an employee.
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IRS Non Profit Record Retention Period – Tax Question
Tax Question – Do you know the law on how long you have to keep minutes for a non profit as well as prior tax records? Continue reading…
IRS Taxes Bartering
Tax Question: What are the tax laws on bartering? How do you determine when something is a barter that should be taxed?
Michigan Sales Tax on Catering Sales
Tax Question: Do I need to collect Michigan Sales Tax on caterings?
Track IRS Business Miles
We run across a lot of clients that do not keep track of their IRS business miles. It can be a pain to record your IRS business miles. However, not having sufficient records for your IRS business miles will cause more headaches down the road if you are audited by the IRS. Use one of the following 4 methods to satisfy the IRS record keeping requirements for IRS business miles.
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2013 Form 1099 MISC
2013 Form MISC 1099
According to the IRS, you must file Form 1099 MISC for each person whom you have paid during the year, at least $600 in rents, services (including parts and materials), prizes and awards, other income payments, health care payments, crop insurance proceeds, cash payments for fish or, generally, the cash paid from a notional principal contract to an individual, partnership, or estate. Continue reading…
IRS Tax Penalties Abatement
It seems the IRS charges penalties for everything. IRS Penalty for filing a return late. IRS Penalty for paying taxes late. IRS Penalty for not paying enough estimates. IRS Penalty for not filing 1099s. IRS Penalty for …. The list goes on. If you have reasonable cause, the IRS will abate IRS Tax Penalties.