Getting the W-4 Right Is Important

Getting the W-4 Right Is Important

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As they do at the beginning of every year, employers will be requesting employees to complete the IRS Form W-4. Its purpose is to provide employers with the information they need to determine the amount of federal income taxes to withhold from…
Resolve to Do These 3 Things in QuickBooks Online This Month

Resolve to Do These 3 Things in QuickBooks Online This Month

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‘Tis the season for making resolutions and setting goals. Try exploring these three areas to dig deeper into QuickBooks Online. By now, many New Year’s resolutions have already been made – and broken. Though they’re usually created…
6 Common Small Business Accounting Problems That Are Killing Your Growth

6 Common Small Business Accounting Problems That Are Killing Your Growth

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If you’re a small business owner, you want your organization to do far more than survive: you want it to thrive! Unfortunately, to make sure that customers are happy and the lights stay on there are a lot of details that need attention, and…
2019 Standard Mileage Rates Announced

2019 Standard Mileage Rates Announced

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) computes standard mileage rates for business, medical and moving each year, based on a number of factors, to determine the standard mileage rates for the following year. As it does annually around the…
S Corporation Stockholders Are You Taking Reasonable Compensation in the Form of Wages

S Corporation Stockholders: Are You Taking Reasonable Compensation in the Form of Wages?

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S corporation compensation requirements are often misunderstood and abused by owner-shareholders. An S corporation is a type of business structure in which the business does not pay income tax at the corporate level and instead distributes (passes…
Mitigating the Effects of Employee Burnout: What You Need to Know

Mitigating the Effects of Employee Burnout: What You Need to Know

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Make absolutely no mistake about it: Not only is employee burnout very real, it’s probably costing your business a lot more money than you realize. It’s also not a problem that you’re necessarily going to be able to buy your way out of,…

The Key Steps to Take BEFORE You Start a New Business  

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Very few people think that starting a new business is easy. But at the same time, there are few first-time entrepreneurs who realize just how involved things are from the moment you start trying to bring that idea that previously only existed…

Are You Prepared for a Disaster?

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Article Highlights: Business Owners Family and Home Records Disaster Scams Self-help Publications Government Assistance This year’s wildfires, record rains, flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and potential for earthquakes…

Reasonable Compensation and S Corporations

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Article Highlights: Payroll Taxes Corporate Officers Employees of a Corporation Reasonable Salaries Factors Flow-Through Deductions Wage Limitations Unlike a C corporation, which itself pays the tax on its taxable…

Not Using QuickBooks Online? What You’re Missing Out On

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If you dread every minute of the time you spend on accounting, you should know how QuickBooks Online can change your outlook.  How long would it take you to determine: What your total expenses for this quarter are? Whether or not…