Archives for February 2016

The last thing you need as a small business owner is to have to spend time unraveling tax problems you could have avoided. There are many tax issues that can trip up small business owners — here are a few. Mixing Business and Personal Keeping your personal bank and credit card accounts separate from your […]

Do you use your car for business driving or maintain an office in your home? In either situation, you may have a choice of methods for figuring your tax deduction. Car Expenses When you use your car for both business and personal purposes, you have to keep track of your mileage so that your car […]

If you run a small business, you already have a full plate. The last thing you need is for the IRS to question any of your business expense deductions. But it could happen. And that’s why having records that prove your expenses is so important. Even deductions for routine business expenses could be disallowed if […]

The real estate industry is very different from other industries, especially when it comes to accounting and tax issues. The tax incentives for real estate are very different than other industries.  The timing of expenses, specialized services like cost segregation and 1031 exchanges, debt restructuring and tax deferral strategies can have huge consequences.  For instance, […]

If you have a foreign bank account that has not been reported to the IRS, then you could be facing serious civil penalties and even criminal penalties. These penalties fall under the Foreign Bank Account Report, FBAR violations. To illustrate, the IRS Dirty Dozen tax scam list for 2016 clearly illustrates the emphasis placed upon […]

For many businesses, profits vary from year to year. However, with proper planning, even a bad year can be helpful from a tax perspective. Where business deductions exceed gross income, a taxpayer may have a net operating loss (NOL) that can be used to offset income in another tax year, potentially generating a refund of […]