3 Tips for an amazing 2016 Tax year
If you're a business owner, right now is a great time of the year, before the rush of the holidays, to get your tax books and get your bookkeeping reconciled IRS makes us ensure that we have logs. We're not…
Helping your customers automate their systems
Instructions on how to help clients get the answers they need from you. Watch the Video! Helping your customers automate their systems Ways that can facilitate customer service: For example, an auto-response to your client’s or customer’s emails informing them…
When Can Your Dog be a Tax Deduction?
Did you know that a dog is a potential tax deduction? Clearly, this doesn't apply to just any family pet, but if your dog meets certain criteria, man's (or woman's) best friend can help you increase your tax deductions. Security…
Importance of Delegation
Delegation! Watch the video to learn what this really has to do with taxes? Setting up a tuition reimbursement plan within your company: If you own a company, especially if it is an S Corp or a C Corp, where…
Learn to drop your taxes further in 2016, by the Tax Goddess
Watch the video to drop your taxes in 2016! Filing your tax returns on time, the IRS, at the federal level, can audit you going three years back. Document retention; any documents related to real estate should be kept permanently. Any…
Curious About Extensions?
We are edging closer to April 15th and, as the deadline approaches, you may be wondering if it’s smart to file an extension or not. Everyone’s situation varies, but it’s important to remember that it’s not necessarily a bad thing…
Tax Goddess Featured in New Article on Tax Strategies This Week!
Shauna, our very own Tax Goddess, was featured this week in an article on tax strategies and tax nightmares. Read more below... 5 Tax Nightmares You’ve filled out all the paperwork, checked boxes and now you’re ready to know what…
Top 3 Audit Flags for Small Businesses!
With tax season in full swing, Tax Goddess wants to help you avoid the always-dreaded audit! If you own a small business, pay attention! 1) Don’t claim 100% of your vehicle for your business! So you use your vehicle for…
Tax Goddess Newsletter – December 2015
THANK YOU, ALL! The holiday season is almost with us, and it always reminds me of my love for my family, my friends, and my clients. I feel so blessed to be working with you all as clients, vendors, friends,…
Don’t Bogart That Deduction, My Friend!
Imagine, for a moment, that you're a hardworking pot dealer just trying to operate an honest shop in the newly legal marijuana industry. You get audited, and the examiner hits you with a $290,000 bill! He then asks to talk…
Tax Amnesty Returns to Arizona!
Guest post by: Giselle C. Alexander*, J.D., LL.M., C.P.A. Taxpayers have an opportunity to resolve delinquent taxes with the Arizona Department of Revenue and receive the benefit of penalty and interest abatement. The recovery period is brief, so taxpayers should…
Vive le Tax!
This year, millions of American tourists took advantage of their summer vacation to travel abroad. Favorable exchange rates made European destinations especially attractive. Seeing Old World cultures gives us perspective that we just can't get when we load up the…
What’s In A Name?
Sports fans go crazy this time of year! Baseball fans are watching the pennant races heat up; football fans are watching the NFL take the gridiron to kick off the new season; and tennis fans are moving their heads from…
Cadillac Taxes For Everyone!
Employers have played a key role in financing their employees' healthcare ever since WWII, when they threw in tax-free benefits to attract talent in a time of wage controls. So it's no surprise that when Congress passed the Affordable Care…
Toxic Deductible Sludge!
Back in 2010, British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and spilled millions of barrels of oil just off of the Louisiana coast. Countless small business owners, including fishermen, hotel operators, restaurants, rental companies, and seafood processors, suffered and went…
