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Payroll Taxes Demystified: A Breakdown for Accountants and CPAs Serving Business Owners

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As accountants and CPAs, dealing with payroll taxes is essential to managing finances for your business clients. As an accountant or CPA, you play a vital role in: Calculating and withholding taxes correctly. Your client will be assigned an employer tax account number for the state. By Nellie Akalp.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Every Day Is Fools’ Day For Some Accounting Employers; McKinsey Now Paying People to Leave | 4.1.24

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Business Insider wrote about the accountant shortage, specifically Tupperware griping in regulatory filings that it can’t find enough people (again): The accountant shortage is so bad that companies are delaying filing key mandatory reports. A lot of this work that we’re doing is, I’d call it forensic accounting,” Cipriano said.

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Accountants Aren’t the Most Concerned About AI’s Impact—Except in One State

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Coming on the heels of a Moss Adams study that revealed 69% of accountants believe artificial intelligence has a positive impact on the accounting profession, a new report from AI customer support company DevRev found that accountants don’t fear AI advancements the most among professionals in the U.S.

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IRS Cautions Tax Pros About New EFIN Email Scam

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Please provide a copy of your EFIN Account Summary from IRS e-Services, with a status of ‘Completed’, to Software B for verification. Sign in to your IRS e-Services account 2. Alaska │7 a.m. Alaska │8 a.m. Alaska │9 a.m. Alaska │10 a.m. Alaska │10 a.m. To send us your EFIN Summary document: 1.

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The accountant’s guide to state taxes on retirement income

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As an accountant, understanding state tax considerations for various sources of retirement income — including pensions, Social Security benefits, 401(k) and IRA distributions, Thrift Savings Plans (TSPs), and military retirement income — is crucial in helping your clients minimize their tax liability and make the most of their golden years.

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Can an eCommerce platform alone manage sales tax?

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Examples of states with home rule are Alabama, Louisiana, Illinois, Colorado and Alaska. Even though the marketplace is collecting and remitting the tax on their platform, these sales need to be accounted for to determine whether you’ve reached economic nexus thresholds. Yet again, this can vary.

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Sales and Use Tax Updates from March

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The Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission has approved its “Remote Seller Sales Tax Code & Common Definitions” that would apply to local municipalities in Alaska that choose to adopt it. Online sales tax revenues have accounted for about 66.4 Here’s a review of some of the recent changes and updates.