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Mastering QuickBooks: 5 Essential Tips For Small Business Owners

Whether you just started using QuickBooks to manage your small business in 2024 or you've been muddling along for years with unanswered questions, diving into financial software can feel like swimming through uncharted territory. Your business's financial health depends on accurate bookkeeping and seamless transactions,

Who Needs to File a Tax Return in 2024

Article Highlights: Factors That Affect Whether Someone Needs to File a Tax Return Gross Income Required Filing Threshold 2023 Filing Thresholds by Filing Status Self-employment Status Status as a Dependent  Some Individuals Should File a Tax Return Even Though Not Required to Do So Tax

IRS Resuming Sending Collection Notices

Article Highlights: COVID-19 Pandemic Notice Suspensions Resumption of Collection Letters in 2024 Special First Letter Penalty Relief Taxpayers Qualifying for Penalty Relief Tax Returns Qualifying for Penalty Relief Reasonable Cause Criteria or First-Time Abate Relief Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IRS suspended the mailing

Addressing the Accountant Shortage In a Changing World

While technology firms are laying off thousands of workers, companies of all types and sizes are in a war for talent in another STEM-related (science, technology, engineering, and math) field: accounting. The demand for accountants is soaring across industries, from international corporations to local CPA

Your Tax Documents Should Be Arriving Soon

Article Highlights: Information Reporting IRS Matching List of Documents To ensure individuals properly report all their income, the IRS has an ever-expanding series of information-reporting forms used to advise you and the IRS of your wages, retirement plan income, Social Security benefits, health insurance premium

Death of a Loved One

Article Highlights: Collecting Paperwork  Decedent and Survivor Social Security Benefits   Probate Decedent’s Estate  Decedent Final Tax Return  Other Tax Returns  Surviving Spouse  Survivor Benefits Surviving Spouse Filing Status  The death of a loved one is one of life’s most difficult times and a time

Healthcare Considerations for Boomers in Retirement

Baby Boomers – the largest generation in America by the numbers – are approaching their golden years. This means that many are beginning to look ahead to a healthy and secure retirement as they put their years in the workforce behind them. One of the

Don’t Miss Out on Your Employer’s Flexible Spending Benefits

Article Highlights: Health Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA) Benefits of an FSA Qualifying for an FSA Contributions to an FSA Amount of Contribution Distributions From an FSA Qualified Care Expenses Qualified Medical Expenses Use-It-or-Lose-It A health Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA) allows employees to be reimbursed for