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How to Keep Clients Protected from Scammers During and After Tax Season

CPA Practice

Tax season – an already stressful time for Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) – has been made even more stressful by tax scams. For example, many CPAs and tax professionals use e-signatures to sign and send documents digitally, reducing instances of errors and speeding up time-consuming processes like auditing or reporting.

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Tax Preparers Rejoice! Here’s How To Prepare SECURE 2.0 Form 8881 Retirement Tax Credit If You Use Gusto & Guideline

Nancy McClelland, LLC

This week, I discovered a gift that Gusto created for tax preparers with clients that use the Gusto+Guideline combo — a reporting tool that will literally prepare the Form 8881 “Credit for Small Employer Pension Plan Startup Costs” for you. On the left side bar, click on “Tax credits” 3.

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Guide to accountant responsibilities

ThomsonReuters

Accountant vs. CPA vs. tax preparer: What are the differences? Preparing tax returns. CPA responsibilities to clients As a trusted advisor in an increasingly complex financial landscape, certified public accountants (CPAs) have significant responsibilities for the services they provide to their clients.

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Top Five Tax Benefits Your Preparer Might Be Forgetting

Nancy McClelland, LLC

(c) Nataliya Vaitkevich via Pexels I used to find it annoying when a client would forward me an article about a tax deduction or credit, to make sure I would take it on their tax return. Although many of these benefits were modified and expanded upon with SECURE 2.0 , the new rules didn’t take effect until 2023.

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How Tax Automation and Advisory Solutions Can Transform a Firm

CPA Practice

In the 2000s and 2010s, CPAs witnessed technology advancements that largely accrued to accounting-centric workflows. Similarly, tax practices for firms who embrace AI & TAAS will outperform firms that do not adapt to the coming innovation. Here are some examples of how this will manifest: • Accelerating tax preparation.

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Friday Footnotes: Working Late; The Year of the ESOP?; It’s Not Layoffs, It’s “Repositioning” | 1.5.24

Going Concern

Big 4 Big Four Reshape Consulting Workforce, Strategy With Rare Layoffs [ Bloomberg Tax ] The Big Four accounting firms have leaned into their tech advisory work and data analytics services—areas ripe for revenue growth—as interest rates and the artificial intelligence boom reshaped demand for consulting services. Happy trails, Tom!

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What happens if you miss the tax deadline?

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Difference between filing and paying taxes There is a difference between filing and paying your taxes. While you file tax returns once a year, businesses must also pay estimated taxes quarterly. The deadline for both is the same in Q1 of 2023, but quarterly taxes have different due dates throughout the year.

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