IRS May 29, 2026
IRS Increases Health Savings Account Limits for 2027
The IRS on Friday released its annual inflation-adjusted amounts for health savings accounts for calendar-year 2027, with across-the-board increases.
April 20, 2017
4 Tips on Amended Sales Tax Returns
The majority of sales tax return filers are on a monthly filing schedule, so the opportunity for amendments happens 12 times a year. Even a solid sales tax operation can find itself in need of an amended return. Besides the hand-wringing that ...
April 14, 2017
Student Loan Burden Hitting Older Americans
A new survey by education financial management company IonTuition.com shows that more than 37 percent of respondents had fallen behind on their student loan payments and 17 percent had defaulted on their student loans.
April 7, 2017
6 Tips for Measuring Time and Attendance
One of the most frustrating aspects of payroll can be measuring the time and attendance of employees. Here are a few tips for making it easier.
March 27, 2017
Amazon to Collect Sales Taxes Nationwide Starting April 1st
The final nail in the coffin was a long time coming. Initially, Amazon contested governmental regulations requiring it to collect states sales taxes, arguing that it should not be have to meet this responsibility in states where it didn’t have a ...
March 22, 2017
Tax Tips for the Sharing Economy
Freelancers and contract workers have been around pretty much forever, but the collaborative workspace is suddenly finding itself front and center. Whether you call it the sharing economy, the peer economy, the gig economy, or just “This is how I ...
March 22, 2017
Recouping Sales Tax on Bad Debts: Help Your Retail Clients Reduce the Pain of Bad Debts
For accrual method clients chalking up bad debts, a claim for refund of transactional taxes previously remitted can be a worthwhile engagement. Sales taxes are the most common form of transactional taxes for retailing vendors, and since the majority of retailers remit sales taxes on a monthly basis, sales taxes are often remitted in full...…
March 20, 2017
Should Sales Tax Be Included in Price?
Simplicity is key. If sales tax is charged separately, the amount designated as sales tax is given to the state tax authority. If a statement that sales tax is included appears on the invoice, the seller calculates the amount of sales tax due and ...
March 16, 2017
Marijuana in the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know
With the proliferation of legalized marijuana among the states, the wide-spread use among employees that these state laws encourage, and changing positions from enforcement agencies, now is a good time for employers to review their drug testing ...
March 15, 2017
Trump 2005 Tax Return Shows $150 Million Income, $38 Million Federal Taxes
On Tuesday night, the 2005 personal 1040 income tax return for president Donald Trump was revealed on MSNBC. The network says the return was provided to an independent author and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, David Johnston, by an anonymous source.
March 14, 2017
6 Tax Tips for Self-Employed Workers
On-demand work is a rapidly growing alternative to the 9 to 5 job, and companies such as Lyft, HomeAway and TaskRabbit are effectively reshaping the economy. Workers can set their own schedule, work a variety of jobs at the same time and find specific ...
March 9, 2017
Taxes and the Sharing Economy – Airbnb
Are you going away on an extended vacation or business trip this summer? While you’re gone, your house, apartment or vacation home will likely remain dormant. But there’s a way for property owners to make some money while they are away from home.
March 2, 2017
$1 Billion in Tax Refunds to Expire if Not Claimed
The IRS says that more than $1 billion in federal income tax refunds from 2013 has gone unclaimed so far, and will be lost to the nearly 1 million taxpayers who failed to claim them. Taxpayers have three years to file for an income tax refund, after which