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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. Medicare tax on wages exceeding certain thresholds.)

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Employer Payroll Tax Obligations When Employees Work Out-Of-State

Anders CPA

This changing employment landscape requires employers to reassess their payroll tax withholding processes to ensure you are withholding the proper amount of state, local and unemployment taxes from your employees’ wages. Below we dive into the state and unemployment tax responsibilities employers need to know.

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5 States with the Lowest Combined Business Taxes

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One crucial factor to consider when selecting your business location is the tax environment. Business taxes can significantly impact your bottom line and overall profitability. The importance of business taxes As an entrepreneur, you face countless decisions when starting a business.

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The Benefits of Delayed Business Filings

CPA Practice

Incorporating at the End of the Year The primary advantage of incorporating before the end of the year is your clients can then take advantage of the tax benefits owning a corporation offers, including writing off the costs of incorporating on this year’s taxes.

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ARPA Close-up: COBRA Premium Subsidy

ThomsonReuters

Employers were reimbursed with a payroll tax credit or a refund if the cost exceeded their tax liability. Credits were claimed through Form 941, the quarterly employment tax return. The credit will be against the employer’s share of Medicare tax. in February. What’s on the horizon?

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Last Week in Payroll: The List and Legality of Employee Vaccination Requirements

ThomsonReuters

Montana is a state that recently passed legislation that prohibits discrimination in the state based on vaccination status or possession of an immunity passport by an employer. The post Last Week in Payroll: The List and Legality of Employee Vaccination Requirements appeared first on Tax & Accounting Blog Posts by Thomson Reuters.

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The New Year Brings Fresh Uncertainty for U.S. Business Tax Professionals

ThomsonReuters

Business Tax Professionals. The tax rules and regulations U.S. We’re left to approach tax-filing season with a great deal of uncertainty,” said Melissa Oaks, a Thomson Reuters tax specialist who presented the webinar. 20 with an ambitious tax agenda and a singular priority. Recent Changes.