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Tuesday January

  • 2012
  • 31
Many small businesses are claiming that they are being given the short end of the stick in the area of income taxes. In fact, there has been much controversy centered on the topic. Read More

Tuesday January

  • 2012
  • 24
If you use independent contractors to perform services for your business and you pay them $600 or more for the year, you are required to issue them a Form 1099-MISC after the end of the year to avoid facing the loss of the deduction for their labor and expenses. The 1099s for 2011 must be provided to the independent contractor no later than January 31 of 2012. Read More

Tuesday December

  • 2011
  • 13
The IRS has launched a new Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) for employees who have been misclassified as independent contractors (or as other nonemployees). The VCSP is available to taxpayers who are currently treating their workers (or a class or group of workers) as independent contractors or other nonemployees and want to prospectively treat the workers as employees. Read More

Tuesday December

  • 2011
  • 6

An employer may pay a per-diem amount to an employee on business-travel status instead of reimbursing actual substantiated expenses for away-from-home lodging, meal, and incidental expenses (M&IE). If the rate paid does not exceed IRS-approved maximums, and the employee provides simplified substantiation, the reimbursement is not subject to income-tax or payroll-tax withholding and is not reported on the employee's Form W-2.

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Thursday December

  • 2011
  • 1
The tax law provides a credit for small business employers in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 that pay the health insurance premiums for their low- to moderate-income workers. This refundable credit can be as much as 35% of the insurance premiums paid by the employer. Read More

Tuesday November

  • 2011
  • 15
There are an abundant number of provisions that provide tax relief to small businesses this year. Just so that you don't overlook any of these benefits, or in case your business would like to position itself to take advantage of some before the close of the year, here is a brief rundown on many of the business benefits that are available for 2011. Some of these provisions are currently set to expire after December 31, 2011. Read More

Thursday November

  • 2011
  • 3
Originally enacted to help offset the repeal of a tax break for U.S. exporters, this provision of the tax code provides a deduction for many U.S. businesses that's allowed for both regular tax and alternative minimum tax (AMT) purposes. And, despite the deduction's history, it's fully available to taxpayers who don't export. Read More

Thursday October

  • 2011
  • 27
Hiring independent contractors instead of employees can save a lot of money in employment taxes and employee benefits. And it can be a mine field of tax problems if workers are misclassified as independent contractors when they should have been treated as employees. Read More

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