Especially in the early days of a business, it can be natural to want to handle as many day-to-day tasks yourself - bookkeeping included. Sometimes, it's in an effort to save money. Often, entrepreneurs just feel like they're in a better position to handle everything themselves. Regardless, this situation does seem to play out regularly. But as your business continues to grow and evolve, [...]
If you've been keeping up with the news, you're no doubt aware of a recent policy change that will impact the way that research and development (R&D for short) is handled when it comes to income taxes in the United States. Rather than being allowed to deduct those costs immediately, companies are now being told that they must spread those costs out over a [...]
Highlights: Standard Mileage Rates for 2023 Business, Charitable, Medical and Moving Rates Important Considerations for 2023 Switching Between the Actual Expense and Standard Mileage Rate Methods Employer Reimbursements Employee Deductions Suspended Special Allowances for SUVs As it does every year, the Internal Revenue Service recently announced the inflation- adjusted 2023 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile [...]
Article Highlights: The Forgiveness Plan Supreme Court Qualifications Tax Issues Payment Moratorium Current Applications President Biden's student loan debt forgiveness plan was originally authorized by an executive order and announced on August 24, 2022. It subsequently hit a snag when two court cases put a hold on the plan, which was one of Biden's campaign promises. The issue has since found its way to [...]
Article Highlights: Background Qualifications Income Limit 4-wheel vehicle Street Vehicle Minimum Battery Capacity Acquired for Original Use Final Assembly MSRP Critical Mineral and Battery Components Seller Provided Report List of Qualifying Vehicles Transfer of Credit to the Dealer Although the credit for purchasing a new electric vehicle can still be as much as $7,500, Congress has added some new stringent qualifications as to which [...]
Article Highlights: W-4 Updates W-9 Collection Estimated Tax Payments Charitable Contributions Required Minimum Distributions Gifting Retirement-Plan Contributions Beneficiaries Reasonable Compensation Business-Vehicle Mileage College-Tuition Plans Individuals and small businesses should consider various ways of starting off on the right foot for the 2023 tax year. W-4 Updates If you are employed, then your employer takes the information from your Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form W-4 [...]
As the name suggests, cash flow is a term used to describe the money coming into and out of a business. Cash received - like money being paid to the business from its customers - would be inflow. Cash spent - like the funds being paid to vendor partners and other operational costs - would be outflow. Obviously, it's always important to have more [...]
The reality series "Chrisley Knows Best" first premiered on the USA Network in March 2014. It followed the lives of Georgia real estate professionals Todd Chrisley and his wife, Julie. Filmed in and around Atlanta, the show was an instant hit - after an initial first season of eight episodes, it would go on to run for another eight seasons between its original inception [...]
Article Highlights: Income Deferral Earnings Deferral Individual Retirement Accounts Retirement Accounts Bank Savings Short- and Long-Term Capital Gains Education Savings Accounts Health Savings Accounts Installment Sales Tax Deferred Exchanges Qualified Opportunity Funds When you are attempting to defer the taxability of a capital gain, save money for your children's future education or plan your retirement finances, you may do so in several ways, including [...]
FTX Group, also officially referred to as FTX Trading Ltd., is a cryptocurrency company that is currently in the process of bankruptcy proceedings. In addition to previously operating as a cryptocurrency exchange, it was also a crypto hedge fund. It was originally founded in 2019 and hit its stride just a few years later in 2021. At one point, it had over a million [...]
