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The Internal Revenue Service has agreed with recommendations in a newly released government report urging [...]
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A U.S. District Court recently ruled against a S Corporation shareholder whose distributions dwarfed the [...]
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Employers may claim a “retention credit” for retaining qualifying new employees (certain formerly unemployed workers [...]
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For years beginning after Dec. 31, 2010, small employers (those having an average of 100 [...]
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Employees will pay only 4.2% (instead of the usual 6.2%) OASDI (Social Security) tax on [...]
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Beginning this year, the cost of over-the-counter medicines can’t be reimbursed with excludible income through [...]
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In September, many of the employees of Longcrier & Associates took part in the 2011 [...]
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A huge shout out goes to Matt Martin who recently found out he passed the [...]
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Most businesses do a very good job of collecting and remitting sales tax for their [...]
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Some of the hardest times of our lives come when a loved one passes away. [...]
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New 2012 Inflation Adjusted Amounts In order to keep pace with the rise of inflation, [...]
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When nonprofit scandals occur, many people ask the question, “Where was the board of directors?” [...]
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If you have been thinking about rolling over amounts in your qualified employer-sponsored retirement plan [...]
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The 2011 grape harvest in San Luis Obispo County has been the topic of discussion [...]
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As we enter the “season of giving” we often aren’t thinking about the consequences on [...]
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The reporting requirements for capital gain & loss have become substantially more cumbersome due some [...]
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The last several years have been filled with news about banks clamping down on their [...]
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If you’ve been cheated in a Ponzi investment scheme “a la Bernie Madoff”, the IRS [...]
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The IRS has recently begun to focus on the accuracy of information contained in Schedules [...]
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In an effort by the IRS to increase compliance by businesses reporting gross receipts, a [...]
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Senate Bill 459, signed into law by Governor Brown in October 2011, makes the “willful [...]
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The Franchise Tax Board has been successful in enlisting the help of 107 cities in [...]
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When goods are purchased out-of-state that are used, consumed or stored in California and sales [...]
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December 2011 As you have probably heard, both chambers of Congress passed an amended version [...]
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1. I thought the rules requiring landlords to issue 1099s were repealed. So, why are [...]
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Intuit has updated the 1099 Wizard in QuickBooks® Windows and Mac 2012 to include payment [...]
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