The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) is a fully refundable credit that targets businesses with employees (w2s) in 2020 and 2021. These businesses must have been impacted by the pandemic, mainly either 1) reduction of sales (50% reduction in 2020 quarter versus 2019 quarter or 20% reduction in 2021 quarter versus 2019 quarter) or 2) partial
As you might be aware, there have been new requirements in the 2021 filings for the S Corporations. In the last few years, new tax requirements have been issued just before tax season or during tax season, giving tax preparers little time to comply with the new disclosure or tax processing for those returns. Disclosure
The IRS has released the Tax Tip 2021-186, with some recommendations on how to get ready for tax season. Publication 5348 - Get ready to file Protect your data Securely access your individual tax information Get tax information in your preferred language Check your ITIN Prepare to file electronically Get ready to direct deposit your
Are you unsure about a charity? Do you suspect it might be a scam or fraudulent organization? You can use the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search tool and search the organization using 1) EIN or 2) organization name, plus other fields (i.e. State, City, etc.). Some key features and functions of this tool: It provides
In the Issue Number: IR-2021-219, the IRS announced the tax year 2022 annual inflation adjustments for more than 60 tax provisions, including the tax rate schedules and other tax changes. The tax items for tax year 2022 of greatest interest to most taxpayers include the following dollar amounts: The standard deduction for married couples filing
If you are closing your business, you need to communicate to the tax authorities (Federal, State and local) which requires filing a final tax return, pay any liabilities to employees or vendors, pay any taxes outstanding, etc. Additionally, you need to keep the business records for a few years based on the period of limitations
The IRS in their Issue Number: COVID Tax Tip 2021-157 reminds us that there are several reasons to amend your tax return, such as, entering income (or expenses if business - Schedule C or rental - Schedule E) incorrectly, not claiming credits for which they're eligible, claiming deductions incorrectly, etc. Note that the IRS may
In the IRS Issue Number: IR-2021-183, the IRS extended the tax relief for hurricane Ida to victims in Pennsylvania. This is consistent with the tax relief provided to victims in New Jersey and New York as we published in our previous post. Victims of Hurricane Ida in parts of Pennsylvania now have until Jan. 3,
Our advice to our clients is to provide us the notice from the tax authority as soon as they receive it, so we can review it, check your tax returns and other tax records and either explain in plain English the letter to the taxpayer or reply to the IRS notice. In some cases, we
In the COVID Tax Tip 2021-117, the IRS reminds and clarifies advance child tax credit information to the taxpayers. Note that the advance child tax credit is an early payment on potential tax credits (these are estimates) to be claimed on their 2021 tax return during the 2022 tax filing season (January to April 2022).
