Yearly Archives: 2012

Why You Should Skip the New Year’s Resolutions This Year

Why should you skip the New Year’s Resolutions this year? They didn’t work last year…did they?


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6 Reasons Small Business Owners Should Meet With Their CPA Before Year-End

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


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The Last (Really BIG) Tax-Free Gift

Under current federal estate tax law there is an exclusion up to $5.12 million in 2012. Taxable estates above this amount are taxed at 35%. This exclusion is scheduled to decrease to $1 million beginning in 2013. The tax rate


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Why the Fiscal Cliff is Fiscally Irresponsible

  The Federal Government and the country are set to go off the Fiscal Cliff on New Year’s Day.   The term Fiscal Cliff refers to number of laws that if they remain unchanged, could result in significant tax increases


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Why You Should Not Discard Your Form 1099-K

  If you get a Form 1099-K in 2013, don’t ignore it. The new form records payments received in 2012 by credit card companies or through third-party networks such as Amazon, PayPal, and Google. This added income reporting mechanism was


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