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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. Understanding the details of payroll taxes helps you better assist your clients in fulfilling their obligations and maximizing tax efficiency. for paying state unemployment tax. By Nellie Akalp.

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POINT: IRS Direct File Simplifies Doing Taxes, Saves Money

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This year, for the first time, residents of 12 states who file simple tax returns can file online for free using the IRS’s new Direct File portal. Thanks to funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and as part of an ambitious modernization effort, this new public tool makes tax filing faster, easier and cheaper for eligible filers.

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Sales tax vs. use tax: the differences

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At the state level, it is not uncommon to have more than one sales tax rate. Items deemed necessities like groceries may have a lower tax rate (or even be exempt) in an effort to provide some low-income tax relief. As noted above, many states also have local sales taxes. However, many consumers do not pay the tax.

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Sales tax and nonprofits

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Definitions For Federal income tax purposes, according to the IRS , tax-exempt organizations include: Charitable: Organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes. But as always with sales tax, rules vary state to state.

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Last Week in Payroll: Backup Withholding

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The IRS requires the payer of certain income payments to be reported on information returns (e.g., Generally, the payer does not withhold taxes from these types of payments, as it is assumed that the payee will report and pay taxes on this income when the federal income tax return is filed.

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