5 Things You Should Do Every Time You Open QuickBooks Some habits are good. Here are five of them that will keep you in the know about your financial status in QuickBooks. Usually when people talk about habits, they’re trying to find ways to break bad ones. Sometimes it’s difficult to even trace them back [...]
If you were distressed to find you owed money when you filed your last federal tax return, you might want to change your withholding so that this doesn’t happen again. You might even want to adjust your withholding if you got a big refund, because you’re essentially giving the government a tax-free loan of your [...]
Summertime isn’t far off. If you typically hire minors for summer jobs, it’s a good idea to brush up on child labor laws before you hire. In a March 2022 News Release (No. 22-546-DEN) the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced that the department is stepping up efforts to identify child [...]
April 18 Besides being the last day for individuals to file (or extend) their 2022 personal returns and pay any tax due, first-quarter 2023 estimated tax payments for individuals, trust, and calendar-year corporations are due today (the state of Maine and Massachusetts have an April 19th federal deadline). Also due are 2022 returns for trusts [...]
Any U.S. person with a financial interest in, or signature or other authority over, any foreign financial accounts must file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), subject to conditions. That is, if the aggregate value of the foreign financial accounts exceeds $10,000 at any time during the calendar year, the individual must [...]
If you own a company and travel for business, you may wonder whether you can deduct all the costs of having your spouse accompany you on trips. It’s possible, but the rules are restrictive. Group of business people in the airport terminal on arrival or before departure First, your spouse must be your [...]