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Practicing Thankfulness in Your Business

Does your family sit around the table at Thanksgiving dinner and share something they’re thankful for?I’ve been at those holiday meals many a time. I appreciate the intent, and will admit it’s usually effective in getting me to feel more grateful, but I do wish those...

How Businesses Can Navigate Mistaken ERC Claims

Anyone else jump on all those great online Black Friday deals this year? There were a bunch. But, if you chose an online purchase because of the ease of returning said item, you might want to check the return policy. Looks like quite a few retailers...

Year-End Business Reporting for Growth

End-of-year can be a bit of a scramble as a business owner. So, before we get into holiday craziness, a friendly reminder: year-end is also your prime opportunity to make the calendar work in your favor as a business.From year-end profitability analysis to staff...

Non-filing Isn’t a Good Option for Taxpayers

The events of 2020 were both a reprieve for Coastal Southeastern NC taxpayers (like you) and a nightmare for tax pros (like me). And the complications of that year and the one following created a backlog for the IRS. That’s one of the reasons they shut off the...

Partnership Income Tax Returns & More IRS Targets

Though the days are getting shorter and the weather is taking a turn, there are some great revenue reasons to get excited about the next two months.As we round the bend into Black Friday territory (which for many began at the end of October), it’s time to get nimble...

Long-time Client regarding his Starting a New Business

I recently met with a long-time client regarding his starting a new business. I reminded him that they must consider keeping business and personal expenses separate. In the eyes of the IRS when you co-mingle personal and business and are ever audited all your...

I paid my taxes, and I owe…WHAT! Part one

Joe came into my office with a pile of letters. Some were unopened, but one that drove him to make an appointment with me was from the state department of revenue. That one was the Intent to levy or garnish from his state department of revenue. He figured that he had...

Are Consumers Exhausted by Tip Screens?

You might remember this little story from last year when an ex-IRS contractor pleaded guilty to leaking President Trump’s private taxpayer information along with many other wealthy individuals. It brought the IRS’s ability to secure taxpayer data into question...

Karen S. Durda, EA’s Tips to Avert Financial Crisis

I gotta say, every time I hear a new disaster being reported on the news, I am struck by how different my daily existence is from the devastation I see in the photos in my feed.I must confess to feeling some "disaster fatigue" setting in.It’s hard to see hard things...

Accommodating State Sales Tax Changes in Your Business

Loading the dishwasher is a daily job in most households. And, to get clean dishes and not melt your plastic to-go containers, you’ll need to arrange things well. And, according to Consumer reports, there actually is a right way to load yours. While doing...

How You're Missing Legal Tax Deductions

Here’s a certain truth: The State and Federal Government would love to have more of your hard-earned money in their accounts. Sure, even though it’s painful, none of us begrudge paying our legal and fair share of taxes.

But the problem is that regular taxpayers (like you) are missing out on legal and safe deductions to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed refunds every year!

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