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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. Filing tax returns and remitting payments on time.

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How Are Public Accounting Salaries Stacking Up For 2023? (Part 4, Hays U.S.)

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The latest group of fortune tellers gazing into crystal balls to figure out what accounting salaries will be like next year are from the recruitment firm Hays U.S. In its 2023 salary guide , Hays provides salary ranges for accounting and finance jobs in nine states, plus the District of Columbia. Illinois: $40,000-$60,000.

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Now the Profession Is Losing Experienced Accountants Too

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Here we are again talking about the accountant shortage. Mark Maurer at Wall Street Journal wrote today about a young man named Omer Khokhar who realized after six years in accounting that he was done. The article title: “Job Security Isn’t Enough to Keep Many Accountants From Quitting.” ” Ruh-oh.

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6 SECURE Act 2.0 Changes to Plan for in 2023

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RMD Age Increased Individuals saving for retirement via individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and most employer-sponsored retirement accounts must begin taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) when they hit a certain age. reduces this tax to 25% in 2023. This age limit increases to age 73 in 2023 and age 75 in 2033.

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CPE Webinar August 8, 2023: Lies Accountants Tell Themselves

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This webinar will look at common and not so common lies accountants tell themselves. Field of Study: Business Management and Organization Register Today Presented by Ryan Lazanis , CPA founded Xen Accounting, a 100% cloud-based accounting firm, in 2013. Already registered for this webinar? Click here to log in.

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Here’s Everything We Know So Far About 2022 Accounting Salary Projections

Going Concern

With the ongoing Great Resignation across all industries and the critical pipeline problem contributing to a shortage of accountants , the profession is in a bit of trouble. Let’s start with the salary guide to beat all salary guides: the 2022 Accounting & Finance Salary Guide from Robert Half. Senior tax accountant: 1.4%.

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CPE Webinar June 13, 2023: Invoice Automation to Accelerate Digital Transformation

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When it comes to choosing the next step, automating your company’s AP processes can be a game-changer by allowing your finance team to focus on work that makes an impact for the business. Field of Study: Accounting Receive 1 hour of free CPE credit for participating in this live webcast.