October, 2021

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How to Respond to Sales Tax Notices

TaxConnex

You may think your business is in full compliance with your sales tax obligations nationwide – and you may well be – but America’s 10,000-plus sales tax jurisdictions love to send notices. And without the right correspondence or adjustments due to these notices, you could be in hot water. These days, notices may arrive in snail mail, show up in your email inbox, or simply be posted to your account on the jurisdiction’s website.

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Key Q4 2021 Tax Deadlines for Businesses

RogerRossmeisl

Here are some of the key tax-related deadlines affecting businesses and other employers during the fourth quarter of 2021. Keep in mind that this list isn’t all-inclusive, so there may be additional deadlines that apply to you. Contact us to ensure you’re meeting all applicable deadlines and to learn more about the filing requirements. Note: Certain tax-filing and tax-payment deadlines may be postponed for taxpayers who reside in or have a business in federally declared disaster areas.

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Matching Bank Feeds in QuickBooks

SMBAccountant

In QuickBooks Online and Desktop, the Bank Feed is a nifty tool for importing transactions directly from your bank. Each transaction that the bank processes will show up in QuickBooks for you to categorize into the proper Income, Expense, or Balance Sheet account. What happens when a transaction in your Bank Feed has already been recorded directly through QuickBooks, like invoices you added to Accounts Receivable or a bill you wanted to show in Accounts Payable?

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Improving Diversity in the Venture Capital Landscape with Diversity VC

BurklandAssociates

Sarah Millar, US Director of Diversity VC and Principal at City Light Capital, joined us for a recent episode of Startup Success. We discussed the ways Diversity VC helps venture Read More. The post Improving Diversity in the Venture Capital Landscape with Diversity VC appeared first on Burkland.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Designing Your Firm… So It’s Not Reliant On You

PANALITIX

RESOURCES / ARTICLES. Designing Your Firm… so it’s not reliant on you. Being a slave to your accounting business is not a desirable situation and causes stress on you and your colleagues. Building a business which can scale and is not dependent on the owner(s) is a matter of Organizational Design. For tips on building a scalable business, read on. .

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IRS Federal Tax Credits – Different Types of Tax Credits

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If you had the opportunity to receive a refund from the IRS or pay less tax legally than you thought you had to, would you take the opportunity or just let it pass you by? 9.9 times out of 10, you’d jump at the opportunity, and why wouldn’t you? Despite there being numerous ways of paying the IRS fewer taxes, and indeed, of claiming back taxes and expenses that you weren’t aware you could, it turns out that every year, countless US citizens across the nation pass up these very opportunities by f

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New Per Diem Business Travel Rates Became Effective on October 1

RogerRossmeisl

Are employees at your business traveling again after months of virtual meetings? In Notice 2021-52, the IRS announced the fiscal 2022 “per diem” rates that became effective October 1, 2021. Taxpayers can use these rates to substantiate the amount of expenses for lodging, meals and incidental expenses when traveling away from home. (Taxpayers in the transportation industry can use a special transportation industry rate.

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What is Tulipomania?

Withum

Tulipomania refers to a speculative bubble that took place in the 17th century Dutch Republic (today’s the Netherlands) that collapsed in February 1637. This was caused by the frenzied fury of Dutch investors buying tulip bulbs and pushing the prices higher and higher until, suddenly, the buying stopped.

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Strategic HR for Startups: Wins to Focus on Right Now

BurklandAssociates

When it comes to HR and People Operations, you’ve probably enacted your first tactical steps around payroll and tax compliance in each state where you have employees. But have you Read More. The post Strategic HR for Startups: Wins to Focus on Right Now appeared first on Burkland.

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Keep Going: Claudia’s Story

MazumaBusinessAccounting

When the financial crisis hit in 2007, Claudia McKinney had no way of knowing it would mark the start of her new career. Nothing good—in her own family or across the nation—seemed to be coming from the economic slump. “My husband’s business suffered tremendously,” McKinney states. “And it went under.” In addition to their source of income, the McKinney’s lost their house.

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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SSA Announces Social Security Taxable Wage Base for 2022

ThomsonReuters

SSA Press Release: Social Security Announces 5.9 Percent Benefit Increase for 2022 (Oct. 13, 2021). Available at [link]. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced the annual cost-of-living adjustment to the maximum amount of earnings subject to Social Security tax (i.e., the taxable wage base). For 2022, that amount will be $147,000 (up from $142,800 for 2021).

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Understanding Your Sales Tax Obligations As an E-Commerce Business – a Checklist

TaxConnex

Sales and use tax generally applies to the sale or use of tangible personal property (TPP) and certain services. For most brick-and-mortar retail stores, sales tax is relatively simple, but what happens when you open an online store? Whether you’re selling tangible personal property or other taxable materials online, your sales tax obligations have changed considerably over the last few years with the introduction of economic nexus.

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Actively Look for Fraud and Reduce Financial Losses

RogerRossmeisl

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE’s) Report to the Nations: 2020 Global Study on Occupational Fraud and Abuse provides ample evidence that some fraud detection methods are better than others. In general, passive methods, such as accidental discovery or notification by police, coincide with longer-running schemes and higher financial costs.

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Find Out If You Stay Out of The Stock Market Because You Don’t “Gamble”

Withum

Many people do not invest in the stock market because they think it is gambling and they do not “gamble.” Here are some scenarios to explore to determine if you are a gambler.

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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.

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PEO for Startups: Save Costs & Improve Benefits

BurklandAssociates

What is a PEO? A Professional Employer Organization (PEO) allows its participants to outsource many of their human resource functions, share employment liability, and, often, gain economies of scale to Read More. The post PEO for Startups: Save Costs & Improve Benefits appeared first on Burkland.

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Learn When Your Should Outsource Your Accounting

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Business owners have a ton of demands on their plate, from bringing on the right staff members to marketing their products and working to improve the customer experience. But as your business starts to take off, it can leave you with a difficult choice. Should you focus on growing your core business or continue to focus on the administrative side, like managing your accounting and bookkeeping needs?

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Plan’s Anti-Assignment Clause Blocks Provider’s Lawsuit for Benefits

ThomsonReuters

Alkon v. Cigna Health and Life Ins. Co., 2021 WL 3362562 (D. N.J. 2021). An out-of-network health care provider performed surgery on a participant in an ERISA health plan. After receiving payment for less than 1% of the billed charges and unsuccessfully seeking additional reimbursement using the plan’s internal claims process, the provider sued the plan and its claims administrator.

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Top Skills Needed to Manage Sales Tax

TaxConnex

The majority of businesses still manage their sales tax obligations with internal staff, but do they have what it takes to manage sales tax effectively? Most businesses don’t have the internal expertise to accurately manage it in-house, especially in the current work environment where finding and keeping the best talent is difficult at best. Sales tax compliance involves everything from determining if your company is obligated to collect and remit sales tax in a jurisdiction (aka nexus) and moni

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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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Tax Implications of Donating Artwork to Charity

RogerRossmeisl

If you own a valuable piece of art, or other property, you may wonder how much of a tax deduction you could get by donating it to charity. The answer to that question can be complex because several different tax rules may come into play with such contributions. A charitable contribution of a work of art is subject to reduction if the charity’s use of the work of art is unrelated to the purpose or function that’s the basis for its qualification as a tax-exempt organization.

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Keep Going: Tyson’s Story

MazumaBusinessAccounting

When Tyson Harvey offered to take over a skydiving center in Snohomish, Washington , there was only one problem—he had never been skydiving. Aviation is a staple in the Harvey family, who own and operate Harvey Airfield. “My whole life I have grown up on the airport,” Tyson says. But he admits he considered skydiving as an “aviation sideshow.” But when the owner of the Snohomish skydiving center became ill, the skydiving community begged the Harvey family to keep the oppo

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Everybody Wins When AI & People Collaborate in the Workplace

BurklandAssociates

This is a joint article by Jeff Burkland, founder of Burkland Associates and Abhinav Agrawal, Co-founder & CEO of Rocket. It was originally published on Medium. The robots are coming! Read More. The post Everybody Wins When AI & People Collaborate in the Workplace appeared first on Burkland.

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3 Tips for Catching Up Your Books

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Falling a little behind in your books is no big deal. After all, you can always catch up tomorrow, right? But how many “tomorrows” in a row does it take before you lose control over your incoming and outgoing expenses? . Before long, your overdue books are hanging over your head like that project you forgot to complete in middle school. If your hands are already sweaty from the mere thought of catching up on your books, you’re not alone.

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Harness the Potential of Your Enterprise Knowledge

The first Market Momentum Index: AI and Unstructured Data Management, conducted by Deep Analysis with support from AIIM and M-Files, surveyed 500 enterprises across various industries to assess their readiness to employ AI. The results reveal that AI is already far more embedded into organizations' operations than previously realized. These findings and more insights have been brought to you in the "Market Momentum Index: AI and Unstructured Data Management.

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Partnership Tax Complications: Navigating Negative Capital Accounts and DROs

CTP

Starting with tax year 2020, the IRS is requiring partnerships to report their capital accounts using the tax basis method. Capital accounts show the equity in a partnership owned by each partner and often include initial contributions made by each partner, business profits and losses assigned to each partner, and distributions made to each partner. […].

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Name Your Sales Tax Data Files for the Long Haul

TaxConnex

When we talk with businesses about sales tax compliance, we eventually get to a discussion about preparing and filing returns. Many times, this starts with “how hard can it be”. “It’s just putting numbers on a form”. However, I encourage businesses to consider the myriad aspects that need to be managed including updating your tax filing calendar, managing sales tax notices, monitoring their nexus thresholds, etc.

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Using Fine Art to Launder Money?

RogerRossmeisl

(This is Blog Post #1104). The post Using Fine Art to Launder Money? appeared first on Roger Rossmeisl, CPA.

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5 Ways to Make Halloween Candy Tax-Deductible

MazumaBusinessAccounting

Did you know you can deduct Halloween candy from your taxes? As a business, you can use Halloween candy as a tax write-off if you figure out a way to make it business-related. Here are five ways to deduct those over-priced bags of snack-size chocolates this October: Make a promotion out of it. Attach your business card or a promotional flyer to packets of M&M’s and voila!

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Solve Your Firm's Automation Complexities Once and For All

Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.

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What Should We Do If an Employee Is Inadvertently Allowed to Make Health FSA Salary Reductions That Exceed the Code’s Limit?

ThomsonReuters

QUESTION: We inadvertently allowed an employee to make health FSA salary reductions that exceed the Code’s limit. Will this cause our cafeteria plan to lose its tax-advantaged status? ANSWER: The general rule is that a cafeteria plan will lose its tax-advantaged status if it fails to comply with the annual limit on health FSA salary reductions ($2,750 for plan years beginning in 2020 or 2021).

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The Power of Diversity of Thought

RLLeaders

We live in a world of constant disruption. It interrupts and destabilizes our systems and norms, impacting individuals, organizations, and indeed, all of our society. We face cultural, environmental, and technological disruptions on a daily basis and rarely do we recognize them until they’re on our doorstep. Sometimes this is because people are willfully ignorant, trying to carry on as if the world around us isn’t rapidly evolving.

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California Main Street Small Business Tax Credit II

KROST

In Late September 2021 Governor Newsome signed Assembly Bill (AB) 150 establishing the Main Street Small Business Tax Credit II. This bill provides financial relief to qualified small businesses for the economic disruptions in 2020 and 2021, resulting in unprecedented job losses. Taxpayers that qualified for Employee Retention Credit may also qualify for the Main Street Small Business Tax Credit.

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Monthly State Sales and Use Tax Update

TaxConnex

There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. Here’s a review of some of the recent changes and updates. Developing updates. There are currently five states with no state-level sales tax. Might that be changing? Take a look north. Alaska has long heard rumblings of a statewide sales tax. First came the state’s Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission of municipalities banding together to tax sales.

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Travel and Expense Policy Success: Your Essential Checklist

Setting the stage for successful organizational change always begins with clear, thoughtful communication. When it comes to rolling out a new travel and expense (T&E) policy, establishing a well-structured communication plan is key to ensuring that all employees understand the changes and their impact. By following a step-by-step approach, you can guide your organization through the transition, fostering smooth adoption from the outset and improving compliance.