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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. for paying state unemployment tax. By Nellie Akalp.

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Professional tax help Chicago: Taxpayers Facing Tax Audits, Back Taxes, and 941 Payroll Tax Problems

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Chicago, Illinois is home to numerous businesses and individuals who may face tax-related challenges such as tax audits, back taxes, and payroll tax problems. In this article, we will explore the benefits of professional tax help for Chicago taxpayers facing tax audits, back taxes, and 941 payroll tax problems.

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What Does A Tax Extension Mean For You?

Nancy McClelland, LLC

• An extension is a form filed with the IRS to request additional time to file your federal tax return. This extends the due date for submitting your individual return to October 15. • In some states, filing an extension with the IRS will automatically extend the time to complete a state income tax return.

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First-Quarter “Safe-Harbor” Quarterly IRS Estimated Tax Payments: Why and How to Make Them

Nancy McClelland, LLC

We still want folks to make quarterly payments (see my related IRS & Illinois posts for how to do it online), but for the first quarter, at least, we’re asking everyone to use “safe-harbor” calculations. However, times have changed. Why Use 1Q Safe-Harbor Calculations Instead of Annualizing?

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Top Five Tax Benefits Your Preparer Might Be Forgetting

Nancy McClelland, LLC

(c) Nataliya Vaitkevich via Pexels I used to find it annoying when a client would forward me an article about a tax deduction or credit, to make sure I would take it on their tax return. Yet we often see this benefit overlooked on tax returns, especially when S-Corp shareholders pay for their insurance through work.

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Tax Advantaged Strategies to Help Clients Plan for Long-Term Care

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HSAs inherited by non-spouses become taxable to the beneficiary as ordinary income. If the estate is the beneficiary, the value of the HSA is included in the final tax return and the taxable amount may be reduced by any qualified medical expenses incurred by the decedent and paid within a year after the date of death.

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From RMDs to Student Debt, SECURE 2.0 Offers a Lot

CPA Practice

The penalty will be further reduced to 10% for IRA owners if the account owner withdraws the RMD amount previously not taken and submits a corrected tax return in a timely manner. Illinois CPA Society member Daniel F. Rahill, CPA/PFS, JD, LL.M., CGMA, is a Managing Director at Wintrust Wealth Management.