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Maryland Accounting Firm SKMB Joins Marcum

CPA Practice

The Maryland-based accounting firm Simon, Krowitz, Meadows & Bortnick, P.A. The combination brings SKMB’s talented team to Marcum, including two senior advisors and their associates with extensive experience in accounting, assurance, tax services, and business valuations. SKMB”) has joined Marcum LLP, effective May 1, 2024.

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

CPA Practice

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. Social Security Tax : Employers and employees each contribute 6.2%

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Sales tax and accounting services

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It’s that time of year again when everyone suddenly thinks about preparing their income taxes. But does tax preparation incur sales taxes – and if it does, where and how? For some 90 years, states have levied sales tax on goods (West Virginia was the first to do so , in 1921). Sourcing is huge.

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CPA Firm Managing Partner Weighs in on How to Rebuild the Talent Pipeline

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And it popped up at a session during the first day of the 2023 Unique CPA Conference, “Bridging the Gap,” in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, IL, on Tuesday. I’m on the advisory council of my alma mater, the Smith Business School at the University of Maryland. You don’t have to be a CPA.

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RS&F Acquires Mister, Burton & Associates in Maryland

CPA Practice

A deal between two Maryland CPA firms commenced a couple weeks ago, as top 300 accounting firm Rosen, Sapperstein and Friedlander (RS&F), based in Towson, acquired Hunt Valley-based Mister, Burton & Associates (MBA). Financial terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed.

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How the 50 States Rank By Lifetime Taxes

CPA Practice

Earlier this week WalletHub released a study that shows which states’ residents have the highest and lowest tax burden , measured as the proportion of total personal income that residents pay toward state and local taxes. The study looks at how much tax the average person is estimated to pay in each state throughout their lifetime.

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U.S. Sales Tax Rate Changes Reach 10-Year High

CPA Practice

The domestic sales tax landscape in the United States has been in a constant state of flux over the last decade. In fact, the 2023 Vertex End-of-Year Sales Tax Rates and Rules report shows that a total of 444 sales tax rate changes took place across all U.S. States continue to issue new fees, exemptions and tax holidays.

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