Zinner & Co. is pleased and proud to sponsor and support the Cleveland Play House 
production of Ken Ludwig’s “Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood,” which runs from February 2nd through February 24th at the Allen Theater. The historic Allen Theater first opened in 1921 and underwent a dramatic reconfiguration in September of 2011.
This year’s tax season is going to be different. The new tax laws that took effect for 2018
represent the biggest changes to the tax code in over 30 years. So if you haven’t thought about preparing your taxes for 2018, you’ll want to get a jump on it.
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has proposed a 20% reduction in the
average premium rate charged to private employers.
Effective January 1, 2018, new rules took effect for partnership taxpayers. These 
“Partnership Audit Rules” affect how taxes (as well as penalties and interest) are assessed when a partnership has been audited by IRS.
You or your business may qualify for First Time Penalty Abatement (FTA).
As you probably know, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can assess penalties to both individuals and businesses for not complying with the tax rules. For example,
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At Zinner, we love learning! In December, we shared a list of a few business-related books 
we enjoyed reading in 2018. But reading a book isn’t always practical. For example, reading while driving is frowned upon. Thankfully, we can listen to podcasts and learn while we commute.
Our team loves listening to podcasts, so we thought we’d share some of our favorites with you. Here are a few of our favorites and why we enjoy them:
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The nature of charitable giving has changed, and there are four primary reasons for this:
Every year at this time, you start to hear more about the importance of year-end income tax planning in radio and television commentary. For many people with more complex businesses or investments, the beginning of the 4th quarter of the year signals the time to start to organize their tax documents and to set-up an appointment with their advisors to review results.
This year is different! This year, tax planning should be important to everyone, not just for those that have complex tax situations. The implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 has impacted every taxpayer. While we have all heard about it, not everyone has an applied working knowledge of what the impact will be in the first annual income tax filing season, which begins in about three months.
The Internal Revenue Service has introduced a temporary one-year pilot program that will potentially enable certain small businesses with retirement plans to avoid penalties for not filing a Form 5500-EZ, and certain Forms 5500.
Just over $1.3 billion in Ohio Bureau of Worker Compensation rebates will be mailed out in late October. The news comes as many businesses are struggling to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and the related shutdown issued by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine earlier this...
On Aug. 8, President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on deferring payroll tax obligations in light of the ongoing COVID-19 Disaster, which directed the Treasury Department to suspend collection of the employee portion of Social Security taxes from Sept. 1...
Over the past month, many of our clients and referral sources have asked if we have re-opened our office. The short answer is that is yes, we are open for business and available to meet with our clients. The longer answer to the question addresses many other issues...
Over the past few weeks, some of our local commercial lenders have slowly begun to open their online portals to allow those businesses who received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans to file their applications to obtain forgiveness of the debt related to...
Over the past few weeks, we have received dozens of calls from clients, who have received tax notices from both the Internal Revenue Service and the State of Ohio. These notices indicate tax balances are due for the 2019 tax year, including additional penalty and...
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