Immigrants First Year Tax Responsibilities

Immigrants and students, and foreign nationals who are in the USA, are eventually faced with the situation that they are required to pay US income taxes.  Making that determination about when you are responsible for paying taxes is the beginning, there are a host of...

New Small Business Owners and Taxes

We are in the full swing of tax season.  As of today there is about 8 weeks in which to get your income tax returns filed (on time). One thing that I do not like to see as a tax preparer, are surprised taxpayers.  As a general rule, the surprised taxpayers are new...

Be Prepared for Changes in the Tax Code

Intro: Tax preparers should be aware of new changes in the tax code. CPA Doug Zandstra breaks a few of the more notable changes down for us: New taxes could cause late payment penalties Because of the new additional Medicare tax and the new surtax on unearned income,...