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Should Married Couples File Jointly or Separately?
Once you're married, you have two options when it comes to filing your annual federal income tax return — married filing jointly or married filing...
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Chart a Tax Course for Business Travel
Are you planning to take a business trip this year? If your destination is known for its cultural or recreational attractions, you might want to...
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Eight Red Flags for IRS Audits
The number of people being audited by the IRS isn't that high. For many years, less than 1% of taxpayers undergo face-to-face audits (although...
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Growth Strategies: How to Take Your Business to the Next Level
Once your business has survived the start-up phase, it's got a solid foundation to grow. Business and financial advisory services are critical at...
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Help Wanted: Hiring Your Kids to Work for Your Small Business
If you own a small business, you might consider hiring your kids to work during their time off from school. In addition to teaching your children...
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Withdrawing Cash from Your C Corporation
C corporation owners often need to take cash out of the business to pay personal expenses or to shield excess cash from creditors. Paying dividends...
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Responsibilities When Collecting W-4s
Employees don't always take the task of filling out their W-4 forms seriously. They may write "exempt" on the withholding portion of the form or even...
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Perform an Operational Review to See How Well Your Business Is Running
In the wide, wide world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), most business buyers conduct thorough due diligence before closing their deals. This...
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Cost-Effective Ways to Improve Retention
Like many other businesses, your company may occasionally endure downturns during which revenues stagnate, and your ability to authorize generous...
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Can Your Company Revise its Payday Schedule?
Paydays are sacred in the workplace. Some employees who can't remember how many years they've been married or how long it's been since their last...
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Keys to Avoid Payroll Tax Trouble
What would happen if your company failed to pay the IRS payroll taxes when they were due? You could be on the hook for penalties and, if you're...
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Nine Tax Considerations if You're Starting a Business as a Sole Proprietor
When launching a small business, many entrepreneurs start out as sole proprietors. If you’re launching a venture as a sole proprietorship, you need...
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Clear Overtime Policy Saves Money
It's not enough to have a one-sentence statement in your employee handbook that merely tells your employees something like this: "All time worked...
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Do's and Don'ts for Business Expense Deductions
As tax season heats up, companies of all kinds and sizes will be on the hunt for ways to reduce their tax bills. One of the most common ways is...
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How TMA's Payroll Service Works
Twenty-five years ago, TMA was focused solely on helping small businesses get a handle on bookkeeping and taxes. Providing payroll services was not...
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Setting Goals for Your Small Business
Setting goals plays a pivotal role in shaping the success and growth trajectory of small businesses. It's a practice that every small business owner...
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The Value of Using One Service Provider for Accounting, Payroll, and Taxes
Navigating the landscape of accounting and payroll decisions is an essential choice for small business owners. There are advantages to bringing these...
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Partnerships: Tax Considerations When Adding a New Partner
Are you considering inviting an employee or an outsider to participate in your existing partnership? Before making any commitments, it's important...
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What is Bookkeeping, and Why is it important for Small Businesses?
Running a small business requires you to understand the financial health of the business. Most people know that a business’s financial statements...
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Year-End Review of S Corp Compensation: Stay on the Right Side of the IRS
With the new year right around the corner, your shareholders might be thinking about year-end bonuses or distributions. Before doing so, it's...
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Avoid Costly Equipment Buying Blunders
Have you ever bought a new "state-of-the-art" piece of equipment only to discover that you paid dearly for some bells and whistles you didn't really...
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Seven Ways Supervisors Can Hit the Target on Communication
Successful supervisors know how and when to be assertive. They communicate their needs in a way that earns them respect and gets results.
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Answers to Common Payroll Questions
Understanding the payroll tax rules can be challenging when your company hires workers or the personal situations of existing employees change....
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Can You Require a Switch to Direct Deposit?
It may not be long before paper paychecks go the way of the five-and-dime store and the VCR. They may soon become obsolete as "direct deposit" into...
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QuickBooks – Pros and Cons for Small Businesses
QuickBooks is by far the most popular software system to streamline bookkeeping for small businesses, with many programs in its arsenal. Among them,...
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What Accounting Services Does My Small Business Need?
One of the most common statements we hear from prospective clients is, “I don’t know what services my business needs.” At first glance, accounting...
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Payroll Deduction IRAs Are a No-Cost Benefit
If you've considered setting up a retirement plan for your employees and decided it was too costly or too much trouble, there is an alternative. No...
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LLC: A Blueprint to Limit Liability and Cut Taxes
There is generally no one legal structure that works best for all businesses. The most favorable choice depends on a number of factors, including the...
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The IRS Has Announced Increased Retirement Plan Benefits for 2024
With the 2024 tax year right around the corner, there's good news coming from the IRS. According to a recent announcement from the tax agency (Notice...
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Be a Hands-On Owner to Maximize Profits
Over the years, McDonald's has been able to sell hundreds of billions of hamburgers. The business started with a single drive-in burger stand started...
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Have You Outgrown the Year-end Accounting Approach?
When you start a small business, many items are on your to-do list. While bookkeeping, accounting, taxes, and payroll may not be your favorite...