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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. By Nellie Akalp.

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IRS Expands Business Tax Accounts to Include S Corporations and Partnerships

CPA Practice

The Internal Revenue Service has launched the second phase of a new online self-service tool for businesses that expands business tax account capabilities and eligible entity types. Available at IRS.gov/businessaccount , the new business tax account is a key part of the agency’s continuing service improvement initiative.

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Why you should have separate bookkeepers and tax accountants

Basis 365

It's OK to ask an outsourced accountant for help with your daily books. Before we get into the reasons, let's first look at how the duties of accountants and bookkeepers differ. This will allow you and your accountant to make better financial decisions. Why not hire bookkeepers and tax accountants for the year?

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Using Your R&D Tax Credit Against Payroll Taxes

Shay CPA

For most companies, payroll makes up a huge category in the latter. It’s the R&D credit that the IRS will let you apply toward payroll taxes. Reducing your payroll tax liability The IRS has long offered a tax credit for increasing research activities. As a quick reminder, this is the 6.2% The bad news?

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Shutting Down a Tech Company – Some Tax/Accounting Tips

Shay CPA

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. Washington.

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Friday Footnotes: Tim Ryan Works Too Hard; Fake CPA Gets Violent Over QuickBooks Files; PwC PR | 10.20.23

Going Concern

Local CPA weighs in on accountant shortage [ WMDT ] The Salisbury, MD news spoke to a UHY partner about the issue. Accounting enrollment for the past 10 years has been declining by 16.9% LBMC is already Tennessee’s largest CPA firm, and was recently named a 2023 best tax and accounting firm by Forbes.

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Using Your R&D Tax Credit Against Payroll Taxes

Shay CPA

For most companies, payroll makes up a huge category in the latter. It’s the R&D credit that the IRS will let you apply toward payroll taxes. Reducing your payroll tax liability The IRS has long offered a tax credit for increasing research activities. As a quick reminder, this is the 6.2% The bad news?