The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) was a valuable tax credit that helped employers that kept workers on staff during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the credit is no longer available, eligible employers that haven’t yet claimed it might still be able to do so by filing amended payroll returns for tax years 2020 and 2021.
A new year has arrived. For many businesses, this means employees’ paid time off (PTO) arrangements have reset. And at companies with “use it or lose it” policies, workers have likely left a few or perhaps many unused hours on the table.
Good news for anyone who uses one or more of the popular payment applications such as Venmo, PayPal, or CashApp: the new tax reporting requirement threshold that was scheduled to take effect for the 2022 tax year has been delayed!
A new law was recently signed that will help Americans save more for retirement, although many of the provisions don’t kick in for a few years. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement 2.0 Act (SECURE 2.0) was signed into law on December 29, 2022.
If you own a home and rent it to a relative, you may be surprised to find out there could be tax consequences.
It might sound like the lingo of air traffic controllers — inbound vs. outbound. But businesses of all types must grapple with these concepts and their associated challenges when developing sales strategies.
Socking away money in a tax-advantaged retirement plan can help you reduce taxes and help secure a comfortable retirement. If your employer offers a 401(k) or Roth 401(k), contributing to the plan is a smart way to build a substantial nest egg.
Family-owned businesses face distinctive challenges when it comes to succession planning. For example, it’s important to address the distinction between ownership succession and management succession.
As you may know, you can’t keep funds in your traditional IRA indefinitely. You have to start taking withdrawals from a traditional IRA (including a SIMPLE IRA or SEP IRA) when you reach age 72.
Most growing small businesses reach a point when it’s time to offer employees a retirement plan. Perhaps the most well-known plan type is the 401(k), which is available to any size company. Contributions to a traditional 401(k) are made pretax, reducing taxable income, but distributions are taxable. Another option: a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plan, which is also available to any size business Contact us for more info about possible plans.
