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Two-Year Limit No Longer Applies to Many Innocent Spouse Requests

Beginning in 2002, the IRS required that innocent spouse requests be filed within two years after the IRS first takes collection action against the requesting spouse. This time limit was designed to encourage prompt resolution while evidence remained available. In late July 2011, the IRS announced that it will eliminate the 2 year time limit to help to more innocent spouses. Specifically,

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Reminder: Tax Filing Deadlines

Calendar-Year Corporate returns and Partnership returns (Federal Forms 1120, 1120S, and 1065) are due September 15th! This deadline is theabsolute and final deadline to file returns for both corporations and partnerships, as no additional extensions are available. Late returns will be subject to the following penalties:

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Employers Responsibility for Payroll

Employers are ultimately responsible for the payment of income tax withheld, and both the employer and employee portions of Social Security and Medicare taxes, even if they outsource their payroll responsibilities to a third party. Outsourcing payroll to a third party can help ensure that filing deadlines and deposit requirements are met and greatly streamline business operations. However, it's the employer's ultimate responsibility to pay these taxes, even if the failure to…

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Husband and Wife Businesses

One of the advantages of operating your own business is hiring family members. However, the employment tax requirements for family
employees may vary from those that apply to other
employees.… 

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President Obama signed into law on April 14th a bill to repeal expanded Form 1099 information reporting
requirements for certain business payments and rental property expense payments. It repeals the following:

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Nondeductible Expenses

As a small business owner, you have the opportunity to deduct certain expenses from your taxes. Don’t let
yourself get carried away though; there are some expenses that are not deductible, regardless of the situation. Just as a…

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Employee vs. Independent Contractor: 3 Categories of Evidence

A new approach with respect to worker classification has been adopted by the IRS.  Rather than using the IRS’s 20 Factors,
the approach now is to group items of evidence into three
categories of control.  To determine…

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