To help small businesses keep employees on their payroll during the pandemic, Congress introduced the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) in 2020, which is a tax credit that can be claimed on the quarterly payroll tax reports. Since its inception, additional laws have modified the qualifications, and it is now quite a complex area. Because it […]
Rumors About the IRS
The IRS has been in the news recently, and there are several rumors floating around on social media that we’d like to set straight. It’s simply NOT true that 87,000 IRS agents with guns will be coming after you any time soon! Here are the real facts. The Inflation Reduction Act signed by the President […]
Accounting Tasks at Year-End
You might wonder why there are so many extra tasks at year-end. While the government requires much of the work, there is clean-up work and adjustments that need to be done to make the books accurate. It’s not always cost-effective to perform all of these updates monthly, so you’re actually saving money by doing some […]
Five Tips to Make Tax Time Painless
Tax time is probably not your favorite time of year, especially if you have to pay the government your hard-earned dollars. Here are five tips on how we can make it just a bit less painful. 1. Have patience. Practicing patience will go a long way when you’re dealing with taxes. Keep in mind that […]
Get Ahead on Year-End Tasks
Year-end is just around the corner, and that means a couple of administrative tasks are necessary to take care of bookkeeping and tax chores. Here are a couple of tips to make year-end go smoother. Cleaning up Things will go a lot smoother if you reach out to your vendors and employees and get their […]