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Shutting Down a Tech Company – Some Tax/Accounting Tips

Shay CPA

Close your accounts. You’ve probably already thought about closing your bank accounts, but that’s not the only area where you need to get things sorted. Specifically, you should look at: Payroll accounts, including withholding, Department of Labor, and state unemployment insurance accounts. Sales tax accounts.

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Finance Directors’ Tax Toolkit

Menzies

Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. Menzies are often appointed by the Finance Directors of large companies and groups to work alongside their existing auditors. We also offer an IXBRL accounts tagging service which can either form part of our overall tax compliance offering, or can be provided as a stand-alone service.

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Lost Accounting Data – Emergency Plan for Limited Company Contractors

Cheap Accounting

Some times accountancy data can be lost. They say that “a reasonable excuse is something that stopped you meeting a tax obligation that you took reasonable care to meet”. The first step in your recovery plan will be to establish a clean starting point – the last date at which you have your accounting data available.

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BEPS 2.0 Pillar Two – What Tax Teams Need To Succeed 

CPA Practice

BEPS also requires that companies itemize their revenues by country, and as taxation bodies develop more sophisticated models that compare BEPS data with corporate tax return data, there may be an increase in investigations. Further, teams need to adapt to a shifting landscape of rules as the framework evolves over time.

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Top 10 Common Accounting Interview Questions with Answers

Simple Accounts

Accounting is one of the most well-liked professions. The number of students choosing commerce as a major in college and accounting-related employment is on the rise. Companies, both big and small, are looking for the finest accountants. . Companies, both big and small, are looking for the finest accountants. .

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HMRC Business Enquiry/ HMRC Corporate Enquiry

Accounting Insight

A large business tax enquiry / corporate tax enquiry is carried out by HMRC’s ‘Large Business’ directorate and ‘Wealthy & Mid-sized Business Compliance’ directorate. Remember, a corporate tax enquiry is not routine, despite what HMRC may suggest. What is a business tax enquiry / hmrc corporate enquiry ?

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What is a provision for income tax and how do you calculate it?

ThomsonReuters

A tax provision is just one type of provision that corporate finance departments set aside to cover a probable future expense. Other types of provisions a business typically accounts for include bad debts, depreciation, product warranties, pensions, and sales allowances. How provision for tax is calculated.