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Accounting Tips for Start up Freelancers

Cheap Accounting

Whatever the size or structure of your business dealing with your accounts and tax returns comes with the territory. Here’s a few tips to get you started. As soon as you start to trade or operate your business you’ll need to register with HMRC. It can all seem daunting and overwhelming at first. Sounds complicated?

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Advising clients to file Form 941-X for missed COVID-19 relief credits.

ThomsonReuters

Looking back at the last two years and the sprinter’s pace at which COVID-19 payroll tax credit relief was enacted, payroll accountants have earned a well-deserved pat on the back! But as the dust settles on those prior 2020–2021 Form 941 payroll tax returns, undoubtedly credits were missed, and mistakes were made.

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ERC Update: Tax Professional Responsibilities and IRS Examinations

Cherry Bekaert

The practitioner must follow Circular 230’s requirements of: Due diligence in providing advice, and preparing and signing income and employment tax returns, including the specific standards for credits claimed and adjustments to income taxes. Full disclosure to a client of their tax situation.

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What Is the Employee Retention Tax Credit and Who Can Apply for It?

inDinero Tax Tips

The purpose of the employee retention tax credit (ERC) was to encourage employers to keep employees on the payroll due to the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. Even if your business qualified for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) first or second draw loans, your business may still qualify for the employee retention tax credit.

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Finance Directors’ Tax Toolkit

Menzies

Business Tax Tax returns and iXBRL tagging Completion of corporate tax returns and electronic tagging is a necessary but administrative burden and ensuring that the correct amount of tax is paid and that available tax reliefs are maximised can be a complex process.

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What Is the Employee Retention Tax Credit and Who Can Apply for It?

inDinero Tax Tips

The purpose of the employee retention tax credit (ERC) was to encourage employers to keep employees on the payroll due to the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. Even if your business qualified for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) first or second draw loans, your business may still qualify for the employee retention tax credit.

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R&D Tax Credits – Important Things to Know

MyIRSRelief

R&D tax credits ( research and development tax credits ) were created back in 1981 as a means of stimulating research and development throughout North America. This is a dollar-for-dollar offset of any federal income tax liabilities, as well as payroll tax liabilities in special circumstances too.

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