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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. Social Security Tax : Employers and employees each contribute 6.2%

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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? For some 90 years, states have levied sales tax on goods (West Virginia was the first to do so , in 1921). Sourcing is huge.

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RS&F Acquires Mister, Burton & Associates in Maryland

CPA Practice

A deal between two Maryland CPA firms commenced a couple weeks ago, as top 300 accounting firm Rosen, Sapperstein and Friedlander (RS&F), based in Towson, acquired Hunt Valley-based Mister, Burton & Associates (MBA). Financial terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed.

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How Are Public Accounting Salaries Stacking Up For 2023? (Part 4, Hays U.S.)

Going Concern

In its 2023 salary guide , Hays provides salary ranges for accounting and finance jobs in nine states, plus the District of Columbia. For this article, we selected four positions in audit and four in tax. Tax managers and tax directors in California are expected to see pay increases of 56.2% Tax accountant.

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Accounting Firms Continue to Prioritize Work-Life Balance

CPA Practice

Last summer she became a tax accountant at wealth management firm Stonehage Fleming. The 2024 tax and audit season, which generally stretches from mid-January to mid- or late April, hasn’t been quite as challenging as it was in pandemic years, industry experts said. Grace Kowal, Molly Kowal’s twin sister, is also an accountant.

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Here’s Everything We Know So Far About 2022 Accounting Salary Projections

Going Concern

According to trusty ole Bob, starting pay in each of the 10 public accounting roles included in the 2022 salary guide is expected to rise by an average of between 1.4% Starting salaries in Tax and Audit are up ever-so-slightly from 2021: Tax. Senior tax accountant: 1.4%. Tax accountant, 1-3 years’ experience: 1.6%.

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Last Week in Payroll: Summertime Tax Tips

ThomsonReuters

Summertime Tax Tips. Let’s go over a few summertime tax tips for payroll professionals this season: 1) Interns. Biden Administration issues tax proposals “Green Book.” The Department of the Treasury has issued detailed information about the Biden Administration’s tax proposals for fiscal year 2022 in its “ Green Book.”

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