Taxpayers who made some energy efficient improvements to their home or purchased energy-efficient products last year may qualify for a tax credit this year. The IRS wants you to know about these six energy-related tax credits created or expanded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
read more…The Alternative Minimum Tax attempts to ensure that anyone who benefits from certain tax advantages pays at least a minimum amount of tax. The AMT provides an alternative set of rules for calculating your income tax. In general, these rules should determine the minimum amount of tax that someone with your income should be required to pay. If your regular tax falls below this minimum, you have to make up the difference by paying alternative minimum tax.
Here are six facts the Internal Revenue Service wants you to know about the AMT and changes for 2010.
Due to the late changes in the Federal Gift and Estate Tax law included in the 2010 Tax Relief Act passed on December 17, 2010, IRS Form 709 underwent significant revisions to incorporate those changes.
The much awaited repeal of the 1099 reporting rules has finally come true.
The Senate approved the retroactive repeal of the expanded 1099 reporting requirements and the legislation was signed by President Obama. The signing of this legislation is sure to put a
smile on the faces of CPAs and business owners everywhere.
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Revised instructions to ICE Form I-9 for new employees includes guidance on the E-Verify procedure. E-Verify provides an automated link to federal databases to help employers confirm the employment authorization of new hires. E-Verify is free to employers and is available in all 50 states.
read more…Even though a one-member limited liability company (LLC) is treated as a “disregarded entity” for income-tax purposes, under state law the LLC is still a separate property owner.
read more…It appears that we may be one step closer to repeal of the Ohio Estate tax. On May 5, the Ohio House of Representative approved H.B. 153. Within this bill, was the inclusion of language eliminating Ohio’s estate tax, effective January 1, 2013.
read more…FBAR, otherwise known as Foreign Bank Account Reporting Form TD 90.22-1, is a separate filing from the U.S. Income tax return. Its purpose is to inform the federal government of the existence of foreign financial accounts in which you have an interest. Why do they want to know about this? To protect against international terrorism, combat money laundering and other crimes and to identify illicit funds or income escaping federal income tax because the money is being hidden outside the US!
Who is required to file?
by Joe Ramey, ATS Manager
The SEC recently released a work plan for how International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) might be worked into the U.S. financial reporting system, stressing that the SEC has not yet committed to convergence of U.S. GAAP with IFRS.
The plan drew a picture of how dramatically Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) role may change in standard setting.
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