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From Flights to Meals: A Guide to Business Travel Tax Deductions

RogerRossmeisl

Understanding which travel expenses are tax deductible can significantly affect your bottom line. Properly managing travel costs can help ensure compliance and maximize your tax savings. Your tax home Eligible taxpayers can deduct the ordinary and necessary expenses of business travel when away from their tax homes.

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Saving for College: Tax Breaks and Strategies Your Family Should Know

RogerRossmeisl

tax code may help ease the financial burden. Below is an overview of some of the most beneficial tax breaks and planning options for funding your childs or grandchilds education. Theyre treated as taxable gifts to the child, but theyre eligible for the annual gift tax exclusion ($19,000 in 2025). Contributions arent deductible.

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Drive Down Your Business Taxes with Local Transportation Cost Deductions

RogerRossmeisl

Understanding how to deduct transportation costs could significantly reduce the tax burden on your small business. You and your employees likely incur various local transportation expenses each year, and they have tax implications. It refers to travel when you arent away from your tax home long enough to require sleep or rest.

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How Inflation Will Affect Your 2024 and 2025 Tax Bills

RogerRossmeisl

Inflation can have a significant impact on federal tax breaks. While recent inflation has come down since its peak in 2022, some tax amounts will still increase for 2025. A larger standard deduction will shelter more income from federal income tax next year. The highest tax rate. Here are the highlights.

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3 Steps to Successful & Strategic Year-End HR Planning

Learn the main watch outs for year-end HR prep with Paycor’s helpful checklist covering employee data, wage and tax information, and special situations. Year-end can be a hectic time for HR professionals, but with proper planning and organization, you can navigate it smoothly. Ensure compliance and efficiency by downloading today!

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Your Guide to Medicare Premiums and Taxes

RogerRossmeisl

Read on to understand how taxes fit in. The post Your Guide to Medicare Premiums and Taxes appeared first on Roger Rossmeisl, CPA. Medicare health insurance premiums can add up to big bucks especially if youre upper-income, married, and you and your spouse both pay premiums. MAGI is the adjusted gross income (AGI) number on your.

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Maximize Your Year-End Giving with Gifts that Offer Tax Benefits

RogerRossmeisl

As the end of the year approaches, many people start to think about their finances and tax strategies. One effective way to reduce potential estate taxes and show generosity to loved ones is by giving cash gifts before December 31. The exclusion amount is adjusted for inflation annually, and in 2024 is $18,000.

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Cash Flow Secrets Every Upskilled CPA Should Know

Speaker: Debra L. Robinson

CPAs know the drill: taxes, compliance, rinse, repeat. By upskilling your accounting practices and shifting focus from tax compliance to the strategic movement of money, you can transform your role from reactive accountant to proactive financial strategist.

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Predicting What’s Next for Firms & Collaboration Tech

Read this whitepaper to understand the evolution of collaboration in audit and tax engagements, its impact on firms, and predict where technology will take collaboration next. What might be more surprising is the speed and scale at which that evolution has taken—and will continue to take—place. Download the whitepaper today!

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The CPA Firm Growth Strategy: From Compliance to Consulting

Speaker: Rita Keller - President of Keller Advisors, LLC

You've worked diligently and have built a glowing reputation grounded in your excellent skills in tax, accounting, and auditing. You're known as the “go-to” person when a client is faced with tax and financial decisions. You have a very successful firm -- but that’s not enough.

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Simplify Your Business Finances with Dedicated Bookkeeping Services

Managing bookkeeping and tax can be challenging for businesses of all sizes. Fincent’s services offer a comprehensive solution to streamline your financial operations. With personalized, dedicated bookkeepers and controllers, our platform ensures accurate monthly books and financial statements delivered by the 10th business day of each month.

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How CPA Firms Can Profit From Payroll Services Without the Extra Work

It is often time-consuming and complex due to changing tax laws and regulations, and with the growing staffing shortages, most just don’t have the resources. Most CPA firms know that they need to offer payroll services to their clients or risk losing them to another firm that will. However, many don’t really want to.

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Be an Odd Duck: Work on, Not in Your Public Accounting Practice

Speaker: Tom Bowman, CPA of Bowman & Company

It is possible to run an Accounting Firm and never do tax returns or financial statements! Owners of Public Accounting firms are always telling their clients to work on their business and not in their business, yet many times do not take their own advice.