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IRS wants your QuickBooks files

The Internal Revenue Service, continues to move aggressively to collect more taxes from small businesses.  They are telling companies being audited to turn over exact copies of the electronic records (QuickBooks, Peachtree, etc. files) kept in their business-software...

Unlicensed and ready to prepare your taxes…

The IRS is getting ready for competency testing of unlicensed tax preparers.  These are preparers of individual returns who aren’t lawyers, CPAs or enrolled agents. According to new IRS regulations unlicensed preparers who’ve already registered with IRS have until the...

PayPal Withholding and 1099’s

There is a new backup withholding easing for payment networks such as PayPal.  If a payee doesn’t give a valid tax ID number, 28% backup withholding will be required after 2011, but only if the payee has more than 200 transactions. The rules for 1099s are different. ...

The first Social Security payout…

The first person to collect Social Security benefits was Ernest Ackerman.  He received a whopping payment of 17 cents in January 1937. Social Security began collecting money January 14, 1937. This was a one-time, lump-sum pay-out—which was the only form of benefits...

A Brazilian and its effects on the ecomony

In Brazil the cost of a bikini wax is going up. This is a cause of concern for many; mainly because in Brazil a bikini wax is part of the gauges that measures inflation in Brazil. So as the costs rise, the leading indicators of inflation are also triggered. As...

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