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How New Business Start-up Expenses are Handled on your Tax Return

RogerRossmeisl

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, government officials are seeing a large increase in the number of new businesses being launched. How to treat expenses for tax purposes If you’re starting or planning to launch a new business, keep these three rules in mind: Start-up costs include those incurred or paid while creating an active.

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Starting a Business? How Expenses will be Treated on your Tax Return

RogerRossmeisl

Government officials saw a large increase in the number of new businesses launched during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you’re one of the entrepreneurs, you may not know that many of the expenses incurred by start-ups can’t be currently deducted on your tax return. And the U.S. from April 2023 to May 2023).

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Sales tax and the Navajo Nation

TaxConnex

The Navajo Nation has a sales tax of 6% for all retail sales within The Navajo Nation. Quarterly sales tax returns are due 45 days after the end of each calendar quarter. The 6% rate is higher than that of three states where the Nation is: Arizona (5.6%), New Mexico (5.125%) and Utah (4.85%).

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S Corporations: Tax Preparation, Tax Planning, and the Benefits of Professional Tax Help

MyIRSRelief

The main advantage of an S Corporation is that it allows income, losses, deductions, and credits to pass through to shareholders for federal tax purposes. This means that the business itself is not taxed at the corporate level. Create Bylaws: These are the rules that govern the corporation. How Do You Form an S Corporation?

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Feds Cracking Down on Unlawful Tax Return Preparers

CPA Practice

The Justice Department is advising taxpayers to choose their return preparers wisely as the April 15 federal tax filing deadline approaches. Unscrupulous preparers who include errors or false information on a tax return could leave a taxpayer open to liability for unpaid taxes, penalties and interest.

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Georgia Tax Preparer Guilty of Filing $3 Million in Fraudulent Returns

CPA Practice

27)—A tax preparer who admitted to filing more than $3 million in fraudulent tax returns on behalf of her clients is facing up to 30 years in prison for her crime. Crawford is not representative of most tax preparers who provide honest services to their clients. McEwen are prosecuting the case for the government.

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Opinion: The IRS Shows What Government Efficiency Really Looks Like

CPA Practice

government operate more proficiently. were much more complex but also much more remunerative, pushing the return to $6.29 Second, the average doesn’t consider the effect on tax collection in the years following an audit. There is no shortage of ideas on what should be cut and by how much. Audits for the top 0.1% on the dollar.