March 1, 2013
The Internal Revenue Service has expanded its Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP), paving the way for more taxpayers to take advantage of this low-cost option for achieving certainty under the law by reclassifying their workers as employees for future tax periods.
February 26, 2013
Congressional action at the start of 2013 to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" has raised questions and created some confusion for taxpayers, but it hasn't sent many of these folks over the edge.
February 22, 2013
Greg Moore and Irvin "Jim" Jones Jr. have been friends for more than 40 years. For most of the past 10 years, they worked together at Jones' business, which performed inventory services for large companies.
February 22, 2013
A Catholic elementary school in Erie, Pennsylvania, owes the Internal Revenue Service more than $300,000 for failing to remit federal withholding taxes when the school was facing financial difficulties.
February 14, 2013
Small businesses are leading most states' economic recovery, according to a new state-by-state report released today by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy, an independent office that serves as the voice for small business within the federal government.
February 14, 2013
The United States posted a $3B federal budget surplus for the month of January, marking the first surplus in about five years.
February 14, 2013
A man who was supposed to pay federal income taxes on behalf of several small business owners but didn't is going to prison for up 30 months.
February 13, 2013
What the government taketh away, one area company decided to replace.
February 8, 2013
Premier Social Security Consulting offers Social Security training for professional advisors
January 31, 2013
Even though wage earning taxpayers are already paying an extra 2 percent this year after the expiration of the payroll tax cut, a new survey shows that Americans are willing to pay more to preseve Social Security.
January 15, 2013
State Sen. Jim Ferlo added a new wrinkle Monday to the debate about whether nonprofits in Pittsburgh should pay for public services when he proposed a 0.4 percent payroll preparation tax.
December 31, 2012
Curt Brand, a partner at Ryun, Givens and Company, explores the expiration of the payroll tax holiday and 2013 withholding tables. The firm and Brand can be contacted at cbrand@ryungivens.com or 515-225-3141. More at http://ryungivens.com.