Don’t File Your Tax Return on April 15th
April 15th. The most notorious IRS tax deadline, right? Well… There’s more to the story. And while yes, you should extend if you’re not going to file. If you’re working with a tax preparer… You may want to hold off on filing your tax return on April 15th, if you haven’t checked with someone who […]
A Plan to Break Out of Debt
The average credit card balance for an American household as of this month was $5,897, which is (remarkably) DOWN from years past. Also interesting: personal bankruptcies are NOT yet rising, compared to years past. But unemployment is still VERY high, and Congress has been slow to create more relief. There is a very good chance […]
Three Secrets of Tax Planning
Come in close. You can’t tell anyone. This is just going to be between us. The first secret most people don’t realize. Secret #1: You don’t have to be a multimillionaire to benefit from tax planning. In fact, I’ve seen people who have less than $10,000 in REVENUE for their business benefit from tax planning. […]
PPP Loan Deductibility
There’s both good news (for some) and bad news (for many) as we round the corner into December. And I’m not talking about our culture, or politics, or sports, or anything like that. I’m talking about TAXES. I’ll start with the good news. One of the difficult aspects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act […]
Audit-Proofing your Tax Returns
The IRS has apparently caught up on processing their backlogged mail that stacked up during COVID closures. Or, well enough, they say. That means that they are now resuming the mailings of tax-due notices to taxpayers with outstanding tax bills. If you receive one of these notices, get in touch with us immediately: 410-224-2600 Secondly, […]
Some PPP Forgiveness News…
You might have seen some rumors on this already, but I wanted to help make everything clear for you… A few weeks back I told you that there were some tax professional rumors circulating about “automatic forgiveness” for PPP loans under $150K. Remember that? Well, they did it! Except it is for even smaller loans […]
New CDC Eviction Rule
Floating under the radar during so much NOISE the past couple weeks … the CDC announced a halt to evictions for residential renters, and that starts THIS WEEK. First of all, the authority the CDC cites to establish this rule is the Public Health Service Act of 1944, which is also being cited in a […]
Do you accept credit cards? Then read this.
You may have already heard about the multi-billion-dollar legal settlement if you accepted credit cards from 2004-2019. Here’s the warning: you do NOT need a lawyer to claim your part of this settlement. But there are lawyers now advertising to do it all for you, for 20% of any recovery. All of the information you […]
AACounty Offers Grants to Help Businesses Deal with COVID-19
County businesses with 50 or fewer employees can apply for a grant up to $10,000 to cover the purchase of a variety of supplies and technology that are suddenly necessary to keep business going safely in the midst of a pandemic. Qualifying purchases include: PPE for employees Protective shields/dividers Sanitation products and services such as: […]
Loan Forgiveness under PPP Loan Provisions
Well, you probably saw this coming… Turns out … if you received a PPP loan, the expenses you pay from the proceeds of this (forgivable) loan … are not deductible. Ouch. The IRS just released new guidance to this end (which is being protested by the AICPA and other accounting associations). This provision reduces the value of the […]