5 Things a New York City CPA Should Know About the New Tax Legislation On Jan. 1, Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 in an effort to avoid automatic income tax increases for millions of Americans. New York … Continue reading
Accounting for Consignment Sales: Manhattan CPA Terms: Consignor: The owner of the item (e.g., painting) to be sold. Consignee: The selling agent (e.g., gallery) who accepts from the consignor the item to be sold. According to accepted accounting and tax … Continue reading
Piercing the Corporate Veil Are your personal assets at risk? Clients incorporate, in part at least, to protect their personal assets in the event their business is sued. However, attorneys who are successful in “piercing the corporate veil” of protection … Continue reading
Many states are scrutinizing tax returns! — particularly ones with large refunds — and are asking taxpayers for copies of their Form W-2 Wage and Tax statements in order to verify state and local tax withholdings. Employers must submit employee … Continue reading
New York CPA says – Beware of fake IRS communications According to the IRS you should be aware that each year thousands of taxpayers receive suspicious e-mails, phone calls, faxes, or notices claiming to be from the Internal Revenue … Continue reading
Tax Scam Alert from your new york city accountant for small bussiness At the end of October. 2013 a client of mine received a telephone call from a person stating that he was an IRS agent and told my client … Continue reading
Social Security and Medicare news from your New York CPA On Oct 30, 2013 the Social Security Administration announced an upward cost of living adjustment for the Social Security taxable wage limit. For calendar year 2014, the amount of earnings … Continue reading
Former H&R Block Manager Sentenced to Year in Prison for Identity Theft The former manager of an H&R Block outlet has been sentenced to 12 …… http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/Former-HR-Block-Manager-Sentenced-Year-Prison-Identity-Theft-67486-1.html?ET=webcpa:e7438:417396a:&st=email By Michael Cohn of accountingToday
In regards to the casualty losses resulting from Hurricane Sandy: Typically, the federal government will waive the “10 percent rule” for a Federally declared disaster which is what “Sandy” has been classified as. This has not been the case … Continue reading
IRS Delays Acceptance of Tax Filings On Jan. 8, the Internal Revenue Service announced that it will begin processing individual income tax returns on Jan. 30 for the 2012 tax season. However, taxpayers filing 1040s that include certain … Continue reading