Benefits May 29, 2026
Don’t Forget About Tax on Social Security Benefits
Seniors can lower their PI via capital losses, annuities, growth stocks, life insurance, or IRA contributions.
November 16, 2016
How To Get Your Income Tax Refund Faster
Want to get your tax refund as fast as possible? Of course you do. So, before you get ready to file, make you have all the documents you will need, such as W-2s and 1099s. And take a few simple steps to avoid tax refund delays.
November 9, 2016
Chart Shows When To Expect Income Tax Refunds in 2017
2017 IRS tax refund schedule. Where's your income tax refund? When will the IRS send you your tax refund either by mail or by direct deposit? We've got the answer.
October 23, 2016
2016 Review of W2 Mate from Real Business Solutions
W2 Mate is an easily affordable product from Real Business Solutions that provides accountants and businesses with the ability to prepare, import, file and print both W-2’s and 1099 forms. The vendor also offers a long-list of add-on modules to ...
October 23, 2016
2016 Review of W-2/1099 Forms Filer – 1099-Etc.
W-2/1099 Forms Filer is part of 1099-ETC, which includes a variety of modules that provide form processing functionality, including E-Filer, Forms Filer Plus, 1042-S Filer, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Filer. W-2/1099 Forms Filer is considered ...
October 23, 2016
2016 Review of Tenenz Laser Link
Laser-Link, from Tenenz, is an affordably priced year-end form processing and compliance solution. The product is designed as a stand-alone solution, and offers easy year-end compliance for accountants.
October 23, 2016
2016 Review of Magtax W-2 and 1099 Filing System
Magtax, from American Riviera Software is available in two versions; Standard and Professional, and also offers a foreign reporting version as well. Also available is an Affordable Care Act add-on module to process ACA forms 1094/1095.
October 23, 2016
2016 Reviews of W-2 and 1099 Preparation Systems
For businesses of any type that may hire a contractor, it’s imperative that a system be in place to ensure that 1099’s are processed on a timely basis. Late or missing filings run the risk of both IRS and other state or local taxing organizations for ...
September 6, 2016
Tax Preparers Take Center Stage in the Fight Against Tax Fraud
According to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, the number of victims of tax-related identity theft dropped 48% in the first half of 2016, as compared to the first half of 2015. Further, the number of suspicious refunds that financial institutions ...
August 29, 2016
Democrats Push Harder to Get Trump’s Tax Information
With about two months left before the presidential election, Republican nominee Donald Trump still hasn’t made his tax returns available to the general public. And it doesn’t look like the billionaire is going to do it anytime soon or even before voters g
August 18, 2016
Fraud Examples Demonstrate Need for RIVIO Clearinghouse
The new RIVIO Clearinghouse (see accompanying article) is a solution to a problem of financial hijinks with which you might not be familiar. After all, most CPAs perform their services ethically and expect their clients to represent their financial ...
August 18, 2016
Back to School Tax Tips for 2016
As the final weeks of summer tick away, back-to-school sales are ramping up and it's time to think about getting those kids back in the classroom. It's also a good time to think about a variety of tax breaks and deductions available for qualifying ...
August 16, 2016
Dependent Care Assistance Plans: A Fringe Benefit With Tax Benefits
To help ease the burden of hard-working parents, employers may institute a dependent care assistance plan for employees. Under such a plan, payments made to third parties like babysitters and day care centers are excluded from income if the costs ...