In most cases if you make retail sales of tangible personal property or lodging accommodations, you must collect and remit the applicable tax associated with that transaction. However, there are three types of customers that are tax-exempt:
Do You Make Retail Sales To Entities That Are Exempt From Paying Sales, Use, Or Lodging Taxes?
Posted by Lisa Albritton on Feb 18, 2016
Posted in Tax Updates
8 No-Cost Transaction Cycles Available for Complimentary Evaluation
As business advisors to our clients, we take a comprehensive approach to assessing and serving your needs. Through the core accounting and financial services we provide, we are uniquely positioned to identify additional opportunities to improve the overall operational effectiveness of your organization.
Posted in Business Advisory
Exciting News: How Merger of Wolf & Taunton PC into Machen McChesney Can Benefit You.
Posted by Marty Williams, CPA on Jan 20, 2016
We are excited to be Returning Value to the Montgomery area through our recent merger with Wolf & Taunton, P.C. Click here to read the full press release and learn more.
This merger will not only benefit our clients but our firm as well. Having more professionals with experience in a wide range of industries and greater technical knowledge in specialty areas, we now have more resources readily available to better serve you.
Clients will have access to more comprehensive services, industry expertise, business advisory services, and domestic and international coverage. Click here to learn more about Machen McChesney, service offerings and industry specialization.
Posted in Business Advisory
Small Business Strategies: How a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Can Help Your Company Thrive
Posted by Michael D. Machen, CPA, CVA on Jan 18, 2016
Smart business owners know their products, services, markets and customers inside and out. Yet that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re experts in business finance, taxes and IRS regulations. While these disciplines grow increasingly complex every year, business owners must make intelligent decisions about each one in order to keep their businesses viable.
Posted in Business Advisory
How parents can avoid or reduce tax
Despite its name, the “kiddie tax” is not limited to toddlers or preschool children. In fact, it may continue to apply to 20-somethings. Saving grace: At least you may be able to minimize or even eliminate this additional tax.
Posted in Tax Planning
Three New Year’s Resolutions for Manufacturing & Distribution Businesses
Posted by Melissa Motley, CPA on Jan 12, 2016
Should auld tax rulings be forgot, and new ones take their place, we’ll give a cup of good advice, to help our clients keep pace.
Posted in Manufacturing Industry Insights
President Signs Extenders and Omnibus Acts, Impacting Broad Range of Provisions
Just before recessing for the holidays, the House and Senate passed the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH Act). President Obama signed the Act and a FY 2016 omnibus on December 18.
Posted in Tax Planning
IRS Significantly Increases Business Deductible for De Minimis Tangible Property
Posted by Nick Wheeler, CPA on Dec 11, 2015
On November 24, 2015, the IRS issued Notice 2015-82, which increases the deductible amount for purchases of de minimis tangible property from $500 to $2,500 per item. The new limit is for taxpayers who do not have an applicable financial statement (AFS), a financial statement that is required to be filed with the SEC or a certified audited financial statement accompanied by the report of an independent CPA.
Posted in Accounting & Outsourcing
2015 Year-End Tax Planning for Individuals and Businesses
Posted by Marty Williams, CPA on Dec 11, 2015
As 2015 draws to a close, the time to consider tax-saving opportunities for you and/or your business is before year-end. Individual income taxes, whether paid through employer withholding or quarterly estimates, are probably one of your largest annual expenditures. You may want to consider opportunities to reduce or defer your annual tax obligation. Also, if you own a business, some opportunities for your business may apply regardless of whether your business is conducted as a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, S corporation, or regular corporation. Other opportunities may apply only to a particular type of business organization. These Tax Planning Letters are intended to assist you in your individual and business tax planning efforts.
Posted in Tax Planning
How to achieve financial success
No one can predict with any great certainty the financial outlook for 2016, especially with the national elections looming in November. Nevertheless, here are 10 top money management moves that make sense for the rest of this year.
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