Accounting & CPA Blogs

Where Is My Refund?

Where Is My Refund?

The IRS has recently released a video that helps walk taxpayers through the Where’s My Refund? section of their website. It is a very detailed step-by-step tutorial guiding taxpayers through the different areas of the online tool. You can click the previous link or go...
Where Is My Refund?

Dependent Tax Rules

Most taxpayers believe that a “Dependent” is a minor child that lives with them. While that is essentially correct, dependents can include parents, other relatives and nonrelatives, and even children who don’t live with you. There is really much more to the dependent...
New Medicare Tax

New Medicare Tax

The 2010 health care reform legislation included several provisions that go into effect this year. Among them is the increase in Medicare Tax for taxpayers with incomes above certain levels. Here is an overview of these two new taxes. FIRST, the Payroll Medicare...
Where Is My Refund?

Business Bad Debt Deduction

It happens to butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers. It probably happens in your business, too: A customer doesn’t pay what they owe and you end up with a bad debt. Can you take a tax deduction? The answer depends on how you account for income on your tax return....
Where Is My Refund?

Business Partnerships

It is interesting to note how many Business Partnerships were formed over a weekend. You meet someone at a party on Friday and by Monday you are in business together. No courtship, no honeymoon, just off you go into business. Well, let me suggest that such partners...