Taxes

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Financial analyst says California's long-tattered budget may be on verge of producing surpluses.

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The new software module is designed to provide U.S. businesses with the tools they need to pay 1099 contractors and non-employees, to prepare vendor accounting reports, and comply with IRS rules and regulations relating to vendors and independent 1099 contractors.

The Illinois CPA Society has made finding a trusted tax professional easy. Their new free and easy-to-use "Find a CPA" directory allows individuals, businesses and not-for-profit organizations to do a simple search through a database of member CPAs.

Marijuana is now legal in several states, and legal for purely recreational purposes in at least three. This will bring new tax revenues into state coffers... But, will the Feds allow it, and does it matter socially?

Toni Nitti, a CPA and tax partner at WithumSmith+Brown, is a contributor to Forbes, and has offered several tips for tax planning now that we know the results of the Presidential election.