Simplified per-diem rates boosted for post-September 30 business travel

Simplified per-diem rates boosted for post-September 30 business travel Simplified per-diem rates boosted for post-September 30 business travel Rev Proc 2006-41, 2006-43 IRB Many companies use per-diem rates to reimburse their employees for business travel expenses rather than requiring employees to submit receipts for their expenditure. The IRS recently increased the simplified per-diem rate (high-low…

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A Creative Plan to Help Lighten Your Tax Load

A Creative Plan to Help Lighten Your Tax Load

A Creative Plan to Help Lighten Your Tax Load Everyone likes to save as much as they can on their taxes every year. Of course, this is a noble goal and everyone should be doing exactly that. Likewise, everyone likes to keep his or her tax return as easy and simple as possible, which is…

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Why Entrepreneurs Can’t Manage

Why Entrepreneurs Can’t Manage By Joanna L. Krotz Entrepreneurs who can drive startups are often not the leaders who can also steer businesses into the big time. When a founder does insist on managing his maturing company, trouble tends to follow. Are you out to defy this trend? We welcome you to the challenge, and…

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Filing Requirements for Household Employment

Expecting An Audit? Expect to Wait

Filing Requirements for Household Employment By Rose Lu Chen, CPA Greenstein, Rogoff, Olsen & Co. Posted: 7/2/10 If you hire a household employee, you will have federal and California tax obligations with respect to your household employment. Household Employee A household employee is someone you hire to do your household work, and you can control…

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Attributes of True Leaders

Attributes of True Leaders

Attributes of True Leaders Leaders come in many different molds and what make a good leader in one industry might be completely different in another industry. Likewise, while many leaders possess a lot of the same attributes, not every lme. So, what attributes make true leaders? The answers will depend on the setting and upon…

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California Budget Surplus Could Have Adverse Effects

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California Budget Surplus Could Have Adverse Effects By Rose Lu Chen, CPA Greenstein, Rogoff, Olsen & Co. Posted: 7/2/10 If you hire a household employee, you will have federal and California tax obligations with respect to your household employment. Household Employee A household employee is someone you hire to do your household work, and you…

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Behind In Your Tax Debt to the IRS? Try Negotiating

Tax Debt; Negotiating

Tax Debt to the IRS? Try Negotiating Do you remember that part in the movie A Christmas Story where Ralphie, as the narrator, proclaims in reference to his father: “The old man loved bargaining as much as an Arab trader…and he was twice as shrewd”? Well, if you enjoy a good bargain or barter, then…

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Could This Be the End to an American Icon in the U.S.?

Could This Be the End to an American Icon in the U.S.?

Could This Be the End to an American Icon in the U.S.? Samuel Adams was one of our great Country’s founding fathers and an American statesman. However, despite his political accolades and contributions to the United States, his name might be better known as a brand of beer. That right; if you asked who Sam…

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Don’t Tempt the Taxman to Choose You for an Audit

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Don’t Tempt the Taxman to Choose You for an Audit There are a lot of benefits to being ultra wealthy. High net worth individuals get to experience so many things in life that most people can only dream of. The wealthy also enjoy an extravagant lifestyle that other people only get to watch in movies…

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How Long Does the IRS Have to Audit You?

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How Long Does the IRS Have to Audit You? Some people love surprises, like when you get that perfect gift for Christmas or your birthday that you weren’t expecting in a million years. Some surprises can be a great, like getting more back in your tax return than you were expecting, or receiving a raise…

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