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

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Compliance and Reporting Ensuring compliance with payroll tax regulations involves timely and accurate reporting to various tax authorities. As an accountant or CPA, you play a vital role in: Calculating and withholding taxes correctly. Filing tax returns and remitting payments on time.

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Indiana Owner of D.C.-area Tax Preparation Business Pleads Guilty to Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

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An Indiana woman pleaded guilty in federal court last Friday in the District of Columbia to conspiring to file false tax returns and related charges. According to court documents and statements made in court, Awett Tedla of Indianapolis was the owner and operator of Speedy Tax Services, L.L.C.,

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CPE Webinar July 18, 2023: Get Tax Ready! Solving Source Doc Gathering Issues

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Gail Perry is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. Gail is the author of over 30 books (including Mint.com For Dummies , The Idiot’s Guide to Introductory Accounting , and Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Income ), and she maintains a small tax practice.

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CPE Webinar October 30, 2023: Consumer Privacy – The Tax Professional’s Responsibility

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Gail Perry is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. Gail is the author of over 30 books (including Mint.com For Dummies , The Idiot’s Guide to Introductory Accounting , and Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Income ), and she maintains a small tax practice.

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IRS to Mail Taxpayers in Disaster Areas CP14CL Notices

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Taylor, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) The IRS, after confusing millions of California taxpayers with tax balance-due notices in May and June, will send follow-up letters to people in states that received extra time to file their federal income tax returns due to severe weather events. 16, 2023 to file.

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IRS Says State Issued Stimulus Payments are Not Taxable

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The IRS has determined that in the interest of sound tax administration and other factors, taxpayers in many states will not need to report these payments on their 2022 tax returns. Other payments Other payments that may have been made by states are generally includable in income for federal income tax purposes.

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CPE Webinar September 28, 2023: Source Doc Gathering, Delivery & E-Sign Issues

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Join SafeSend as we examine a variety of options for automating client touchpoints across the tax engagement – gather source documents, collect digital organizers, assemble, and deliver completed tax returns, collect e-signatures, send reminders, and accept tax prep fees just to name a few.