A Sole-Proprietorship Many self-employed people will run their business as a sole-proprietorship. They are very easy to set up and cost very little to form. First, decide on a name. For example, John Jones D/B/A (Doing Business As) Prime…
This question is asked frequently during tax season. I suspect it will be asked even more this tax season. There will likely be even more delays this year than in past years. Congress passed The American Taxpayer Relief Act…
It’s time for business owners to file their 1099’s. Here are 5 Easy Steps to do this: 1) Determine who you will be Required to File a 1099 For Form 1099 is due to any independent contractor who is unincorporated…
There are a host of reasons small business owners should meet with their CPA. Here are 6 of them: 1) Method of Accounting Smaller business can usually file their tax returns on the cash basis of accounting. The taxable…
1) The Roth 401(k) Plan Has a Higher Contribution Limit that a Roth IRA Taxpayers can contribute up to $5,000 per year into a Roth IRA. Taxpayers over age 50 can contribute an additional ‘catch-up’ contribution of $1,000 for…