by Leif Jensen | Jul 15, 2024 | General, Taxes |
If you file your taxes late in the U.S., you may face two primary penalties: the late filing penalty and the late payment penalty. ### Late Filing Penalty – The penalty for not filing your tax return on time is 5% of the unpaid taxes for each month or part of a...
by Leif Jensen | Jul 1, 2024 | General |
This year we have worked on more amended returns than ever before. We have picked up a few new temporary client ranks, because the clients rushed to do it themselves to come to us for the amended return. Now the software is not their friend, and that rogue K-1 is...
by Leif Jensen | Mar 13, 2024 | General |
Elk Grove has plans for growing its industrial park in prominence. Elk Grove Village has plans to become the largest server farm in the country. It started with a tenant in a complex on Higgins not far from my office. The business liaison explained that the first...
by Leif Jensen | Feb 12, 2024 | General |
In 2024 the Annual Gift exclusion increases to $18,000 per done, so mom and dad can give $36,000 to a child to buy their first home with no gift tax consequences. Also it has no impact on your lifetime estate and gift tax exemption or filing a gift tax return. Annual...
by Leif Jensen | Oct 11, 2023 | General |
My guess is that you use a single bank for checking and savings, maybe even your credit card. While this may be a way of simplifying your life, it also ties you to the whims of that bank. Suchas their hours and levels of customer service. Granted with my businesses...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 9, 2023 | General |
You know the more I investigate cyber security for my procedure manual the more I am thinking, most for those attempting to prove themselves experts, don’t know what they are doing. A vast number of them seem to just spew buzz words that don’t say anything. I include...