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How to Pay Your Estimated Taxes

  Many taxpayers are employees and have their income taxes withheld from their paycheck.  Every April 15th they need to settle up with Uncle Sam and their state tax department.   Other taxpayers may not be employees or have taxes


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Why You Need Form W-9 Now to Complete Form 1099 Later

1099 Filing Requirements Businesses have a responsibility to file Form 1099-MISC to all unincorporated businesses that they pay more than $600 to annually.  An unincorporated business is a sole-proprietorship, partnership or a Limited Liability Company (“LLC”).  In addition to having


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How a Small Partnership Can Get The Failure to File Penalty Waived

Face it, no one likes to get letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). This is particularly true when you are being assessed a penalty. The IRS has many different penalties.  One penalty they have is the failure to file


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5 Lessons Learned From Tax Season

Another Tax Season has come and gone.  Here are the 5 Lessons Learned from this Tax Season.  1) Don’t Pass Tax Legislation on December 31 Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act on December 31, 2012.  It’s clear that no


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