If you’re a small business owner with fewer than 25 full-time equivalent employees, you may be eligible for the small business health care credit.
The Small Business Health Care Tax Credit
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Four Tax Deductions that Disappeared in 2018
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Seven Common Small Business Tax Myths
The complexity of the tax code generates a lot of folklore and misinformation that could lead to costly mistakes such as penalties for failing to file on time or, on the flip side, not taking advantage of deductions you are legally entitled to take and giving the IRS more money than you need to. With this in mind, let’s take a look at seven common small business tax myths. Continue reading
Tax Filing Season Begins
January 28, 2019, marked the start of this year’s tax filing season, and it’s the first time taxpayers will be filing under the new tax reform laws, most of which became effective in 2018. Complicating matters is a newly revised Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, as well as the partial shutdown of the federal government. With more than 150 million individual tax returns expected to be filed for the 2018 tax year, here’s what individual taxpayers can expect: Continue reading
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Employers Beware: Identity Theft and W-2 Scam Alert
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