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4 Accounting Transactions that Use Journal Entries and How to Enter them in QBO

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

To better understand this it helps to understand other transaction types that are not journal entries in Quickbooks Online : Sales transactions that are entered as invoices or payments of invoices Expense transactions that are entered through bills and payments of bills. Shareholder loan accounts only apply to corporations.

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Financial vs Tax Accounting

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According to Investopedia, tax accounting is “a structure of accounting methods focused on taxes rather than the appearance of public financial statements”. Tax accounting applies to individuals, businesses, and corporations. Tax accountants must use the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to provide accurate tax returns.

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What is a provision for income tax and how do you calculate it?

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What is a tax provision? Simply put, a tax provision is the estimated amount of income tax that a company is legally expected to pay to the IRS for the current year. A tax provision is just one type of provision that corporate finance departments set aside to cover a probable future expense.

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The Rundown: Busy Season 2024 Guide

Cherry Bekaert

Reconciling items are required to be presented on a gross basis with two exceptions (unrecognized tax benefits and effects of certain cross-border tax laws). However, at a minimum the measure of profit or loss that is most consistent with GAAP should be disclosed.

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Understanding depreciation and its impact on corporate tax

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Book The trusted tax depreciation guide book from Thomson Reuters Checkpoint® Shop the Depreciation Quickfinder Handbook How does depreciation work in an S corporation? S corporations are handled differently given that they do not pay income tax. What is the depreciation guidance for corporate alternative minimum tax?

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Deferred Revenue and its Impact on your Small Business

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

Table of Contents What are Revenues and Why Accuracy is Essential Most small business owners are familiar with the concept of revenues, which is essentially the total sales of their product or service, to customers and clients, prior to deducting any costs. To a non-accountant, this can sound like a lot of mumbo jumbo.

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What’s Hot on Checkpoint for Federal & State Tax Professionals?

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 imposes a new 15% corporate alternative (book) minimum tax on the adjusted financial statement income of applicable corporations (those with 3-year average financial statement income of at least $1 billion). The direct-pay election under Code Sec.

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