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New Online Small Business Tax Workshop

By Maesz

New business owners always have questions about taxes. I visited this IRS-made site. It is remarkably “user friendly” and intuitive. The video is of an excellent quality and there are many features that make it very easy to use. You should, at least, go watch/listen to the Introduction. Then you can chose whichever area is […]

January 7, 2010 Filed Under: resources, tax matters

Claiming Business Use of Your Car

By Maesz

If you are going to use the standard mileage deduction, you need to keep track of the business miles driven. There are two ways to prove to the IRS how many miles you have driven your car for business. Under either method it is very advisable to record the odometer reading on the 1st day […]

December 22, 2009 Filed Under: tax matters Tagged With: maesz

Employee vs Independent Contractor

By Maesz

Ten Tips for Business Owners Source: IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2009-20 If you are a small business owner, whether you hire people as independent contractors or as employees will impact how much taxes you pay and the amount of taxes you withhold from their paychecks. Additionally, it will affect how much additional cost your business […]

September 5, 2009 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, finance, tax matters Tagged With: service businesses

IRS Features Recovery Tax Credits on YouTube, iTunes

By Maesz

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced the availability of video and audio products to help taxpayers take full advantage of the 2009 tax provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The IRS has launched a YouTube video site and an iTunes podcast site to better serve taxpayers. People can visit the video […]

August 24, 2009 Filed Under: finance, tax matters Tagged With: recession

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