Year-round tax planning can save both time and money by helping you take advantage of opportunities throughout the year to position yourself and your business to pay the lowest possible tax. Before you can begin your tax planning though, you have to get organized. If you are not using QuickBooks or other accounting software, now is the time to move …
The omnibus spending bill, ‘The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015’ was signed into law last Friday and extends a number of important tax breaks. It also makes a number of them permanent. Among the deductions, credits and tax provisions included in the bill: The Research & Development credit Increased expensing limitations and treatment of certain real property …
In July 2015, the Senate Finance Committee voted to extend bonus depreciation and the enhanced section 179 deduction through 2016. Bonus depreciation may result in substantial tax savings for businesses that already had plans to purchase or construct qualified property. Unlike section 179 expensing, you do not need net income to take bonus depreciation deductions. Further, bonus depreciation is not …
CASH IS KING! The life blood of any business is its ability to collect cash and pay bills as well as pay its employees, particularly its owners. Far too often small businesses are profitable, but they do not have enough operating capital to meet their current needs. Consequently, they may be forced to sell out to a stronger competitor, sell …
There are many tax planning strategies for small business owners aimed at their individual tax situation and business itself. Regardless of the complexity of the tax situation, one of the following goals will be accomplished: Reducing the amount of taxable income Lowering your tax rate Controlling the time when the tax must be paid Claiming any available tax credits Avoiding …
Many companies offer a variety of employee benefits to their staff in order to keep them satisfied. The types of benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance, retirement plans, vacation and sick leave. This Financial Guide provides an overview of the types of benefits that businesses provide for employees and what’s involved in offering them. What Is An …
“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” It’s interesting to see how many small businesses try as soon as possible to follow the example of some large corporations to build an impersonal “corporate image.” People actually prefer to do business with people, not institutions. The last time you called an organization with a …
Did you know you can use your previously funded IRA to fund the current year’s deductible contributions? Well, you can. If you don’t have enough cash to make a deductible contribution to your IRA by April 15th (2015), here is how you can still take the tax deduction for tax year 2014. To get started, all you need is an …
In days gone by, running a company was a 40-hour per week proposition. You might have taken work home some evenings or gone into the office on weekends. Those days are over, thanks to the internet and mobile technology. This fundamental change in the way we do business means that it’s now hard to get away from work. Your smartphone …
Tax law allows you to deduct two types of travel expenses related to your business, local and what the IRS calls “away from home.” First, local travel expenses. You can deduct local transportation expenses incurred for business purposes such as the cost of getting from one location to another via public transportation, rental car, or your own automobile. Meals and …
