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

CPA Practice

These taxes fund social insurance programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment benefits. Here’s a quick breakdown of payroll taxes: Federal Income Tax Withholding : Employers must withhold federal income tax from employees’ wages based on their W-4 Forms and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidelines.

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Sales tax and accounting services

TaxConnex

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? Lobbying is a major reason that professional services generally don’t incur sales tax nationwide).

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Last Week in Payroll: Summertime Tax Tips

ThomsonReuters

Among the book’s provisions include: (1) increasing the employer provided childcare tax credit for businesses, (2) creating a new general business credit equal to 10% of the eligible expenses paid or incurred in connection with onshoring a U.S. For the latest in tax, accounting, and payroll news, visit tax.tr.com/blog.

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Sales and Use Tax Updates from February

TaxConnex

In another possibly trendsetting development, Maryland has greenlighted the country’s first tax on digital advertisements sold by companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon. Estimates reportedly said the tax will generate up to $250 million but opponents promise legal challenges. Texas sales tax collections totaled $3.07

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