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What Happens if You Owe Taxes but Cannot Pay?  

Finding out you owe taxes can be stressful, especially if you're unable to pay the amount in full. However, it’s important to understand that ignoring the issue won't make it go away. The IRS offers several options to help taxpayers navigate this challenge and avoid...

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Understanding DOL Overtime Rules

In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), established basic rules and principles to ensure a hard day's work received a fair days pay. Amongst these rules were minimum wage, rules regarding child labor, rules about what was considered hours worked, and overtime...

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Year-End Tax Planning Opportunities Are Here

Year-end is rapidly approaching, as are the holidays. So, before you become distracted with the seasonal celebrations, it may be in your best interest to consider year-end tax moves that can benefit you for both 2022 - 2023 and 2023 - 2024. Here are last-minute tax...

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Taxes and Holiday Gift Giving

The holiday season is customarily a time of giving gifts, whether to your favorite charity, family members or others. Some gifts have tax implications and can even provide a variety of tax benefits.   But be wary; during the holiday season, you may receive phone...

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Tax Implications of Student Loan Forgiveness

Back in August of 2022, President Biden issued an executive order that would forgive federal student loan debt for lower-income individuals.  The program would have provided up to $20,000 in loan relief to borrowers with loans held by the Department of Education (DOE)...

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Business Growth: How to Plan for (and Make the Most of) This Critical Stage

While it's true that every business is different from the next - and every entrepreneur will go on his or her own unique journey - there are still a few constants that we know to be true. The start-up phase, for example, is when you write a formal business plan. You...

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Consequences of Filing Married Filing Separate

Married taxpayers generally have the option to file a joint tax return or separate returns, a filing status commonly referred to as married filing separate (MFS). If you are married and you and your spouse are filing separate returns, or are considering doing so, you...

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What Is an Offer in Compromise?

Carrying long-term debt is a challenge, but when the money is owed to the government and you see no way to pay what you owe, it can be psychologically and emotionally debilitating. Some people think they can turn to bankruptcy, but that is not the case – bankruptcy...

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ABLE Accounts and Individuals With Disabilities

Congress created Achieving Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts in 2014. Prior to the creation of the ABLE accounts, individuals with disabilities who were eligible for Medicaid or federal Supplemental Security Income were limited to a maximum of $2,000 in assets,...

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What Are Estimated Tax Payments?

Estimated tax payments are not just for the self-employed. They are for anyone whose withholding and tax credits are significantly less than their projected tax liability, and if used properly, can protect a taxpayer from underpayment penalties. Employees who will...

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Another Rough Tax Season for IRS and Taxpayers?

This could be another rough tax season for the IRS and taxpayers. Although this year’s filing season opens January 24, 2022 (i.e., it is the first day the IRS will accept and start processing 2021 returns), the Service still has a backlog of prior year returns to...

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2022 Standard Mileage Rates Announced

As it does every year, the Internal Revenue Service recently announced the inflation- adjusted 2022 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on...

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Start 2022 Off Right: Clean Up QuickBooks

Is Your QuickBooks company file ready for 2022? Three things you can do to put things in order. January is always such a transitional month. You’re trying to wrap up everything that didn’t get done during a hectic December. At the same time, you have to jump into the...

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NEW CLIENT PORTALS!

We will be transitioning to a new portal called Client Center. Client Center is a secure web portal that will be used to easily exchange files and communications (tax questions, e-signatures, supporting documents and tax returns) between our Accounting/Tax team and...

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Fall Tax Planning May Be Wise

Taxes are like vehicles in that they sometimes need a periodic check-up to make sure they are performing as expected, and if ignored, can cost you money. That is true of taxes as well, especially for 2021, as the pandemic benefits begin to wane and President Biden’s...

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Mid-Year Tax Planning Checklist

All too often, taxpayers wait until after the close of the tax year to worry about their taxes and miss opportunities that could reduce their tax liability or financially assist them. Mid-year is the perfect time for tax planning. The following are some events that...

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New Client Portals Are Coming!

We are making some changes with our tax software and will be using a different platform. This new platform will cause an update to our client portals. We will be sending out registration emails in the next couple of months. These new portals do not require Citrix...

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Day Care Providers Enjoy Special Tax Benefits

A taxpayer who is in the business of providing family day care in their home may deduct the ordinary and necessary expenses of their business. The two primary deductions include the business use of their home and the cost of providing meals and snacks to children in...

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Relocating? How to Do It with Taxes in Mind

If you’re thinking about moving from your current locale, you’re not alone. Americans are on the move for many different reasons: Remote work is increasingly popular and allows employees to live wherever they have access to WiFi, while tax changes introduced by the...

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Did You Get a Letter from the IRS? Don’t Panic.

Now that most tax refunds are deposited directly into taxpayers’ bank accounts, the dream of opening your mailbox and finding an IRS refund check is all but a thing of the past. However, since the IRS now does most of its auditing through correspondence, an IRS letter...

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May 2021 Important Due Dates

May 2021 Individual Due Dates: May 10 - Report Tips to Employer If you are an employee who works for tips and received more than $20 in tips during April, you are required to report them to your employer on IRS Form 4070 no later than May 1110. Your employer is...

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Tax Filing Deadlines Are Rapidly Approaching!

Just a reminder to those who have not yet filed their 2020 federal tax return that thanks to the IRS extending the filing due date, May 17, 2021 is the due date to either file your return and pay any taxes owed, or file for the automatic extension and pay the tax you...

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Employee Retention Credit Extended

In order to help trades and businesses to retain employees and keep them employed during the COVID-19 crisis, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act created the Employee Retention Credit for 2020. As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,...

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Big Increase in Child Tax Credit For 2021

An increased child tax credit is part of President Biden’s stimulus package to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic and stimulate the economy. This stimulus package will provide lower-income parents with substantial financial assistance and support various other...

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Are Your Unemployment Benefits Taxable?

President Biden’s American Rescue Plan has extended the $300 benefit through September 9, 2021, and increased the number of weeks an individual can qualify for the benefits from 50 to 74. The American Rescue Plan Act originally slated the weekly amount to be $400....

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Unemployment Benefits

 The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation were extended for 11 weeks. Congress will add $300 to all weekly unemployment benefits. Workers who rely on multiple jobs and have lost income will also be eligible for a weekly...

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What About the Stimulus Checks?

A second round of stimulus will include direct payments of up to $600 per adult and per child. Call Key2 Accounting today with any questions you may have. For more details visit:  https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/economic-impact-payments  

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December 2020 Important Due Dates

December 2020 Business Due Dates: December 1 - Employers During December, ask employees whose withholding allowances will be different in 2021 to fill out a new Form W4 or Form W4(SP). December 15 - Social Security, Medicare and Withheld Income Tax  If the monthly...

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Sick Leave For Employees

Concerning the requirement that employers offer COVID-19 paid sick leave to their employees, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation. On the effective date of the act through December 31, 2020, all employers in the state, regardless of size, are required...

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Is a Living Trust Appropriate for You?

You have probably heard others discussing living trusts but may not understand the reasons for them or whether you should have one. Living trusts are an estate-planning tool, and there is not a one-type-fits-all living trust. Each one is customized to suit the special...

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What Happens if the IRS Owes Me a Refund?

For taxpayers who believe they are owed a refund from the Internal Revenue Service, you have three years from the original due date of the return in order to file and claim your refund. However, if you wait too long you will forfeit any refund you might be entitled....

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