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Year-End Business Reporting for Growth
End-of-year can be a bit of a scramble as a business owner. So, before we get into holiday craziness, a friendly reminder: year-end is also your prime Central Floridaopportunity to make the calendar work in your favor as a business.From year-end profitability...
Partnership Income Tax Returns & More Central Florida IRS Targets
Though the days are getting shorter and the weather is taking a turn, there are some great revenue reasons to get excited about the next two months.As we round the bend into Black Friday territory (which for many began at the end of October), it’s time to get nimble...
Non-filing Isn’t a Good Option for Central Florida Taxpayers
The events of 2020 were both a reprieve for West Orlando taxpayers (like you) and a nightmare for tax pros (like me). And the complications of that year and the one following created a backlog for the IRS. That’s one of the reasons they shut off the reminder notices...
Are Central Florida Consumers Exhausted by Tip Screens?
You might remember this little story from last year when an ex-IRS contractor pleaded guilty to leaking President Trump’s private taxpayer information along with many other wealthy individuals. It brought the IRS’s ability to secure taxpayer data into question...
Accommodating State Sales Tax Changes in Your Central Florida Business
Loading the dishwasher is a daily job in most households. And, to get clean dishes and not melt your plastic to-go containers, you’ll need to arrange things well. And, according to Consumer reports, there actually is a right way to load yours. While doing...
Kimberely Bates’s Tips to Avert Financial Crisis
I gotta say, every time I hear a new disaster being reported on the news, I am struck by how different my daily existence is from the devastation I see in the photos in my feed.I must confess to feeling some "disaster fatigue" setting in.It’s hard to see hard things...
Prioritizing Cyber Network Security in Your Central Florida Business
A few things are grabbing my attention this week. The first being that the tax extension deadline has passed. That’s a big relief for my office, and perhaps for yours too. I’m continuing to avidly watch, as I’m sure you are too, the unfolding events in Gaza....
A PTO Payout Policy Checklist for Central Florida Business Owners
This weekend’s news coverage and social media scroll were dominated by reports of the awful things happening in Israel right now. It’s pretty difficult to swallow the images of violence and abuse being perpetrated by Hamas. And no matter how many times you hear about...
Bates’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights Breakdown
This is the week when tax filing mess-ups hit the fan again. The tax extension deadline on Monday, October 16 will still see Central Florida people not filing (even though they did file an extension request and get approved). And in preparing things, it will reveal...
Steps For Prioritizing Profit In Your Central Florida Small Business
Profit is the lifeblood of any organization. Show me a small business with PROFIT at its center, and I'll show you something worth modeling yourself after.An organization NOT to model yourself after: the federal government. They prefer to operate in deficit mode,...
Alternative Approaches To Paid Time Off Policy for Central Florida Businesses
October is right around the corner. So is the October 15th extension deadline. And so is the fourth quarter for your Central Florida business.As we approach Q4, be mindful of the usual year-end accounting needs and reporting requirements that will be popping up. We’ll...
Five Tax Rights to Protect Central Florida Taxpayers
When the IRS is breathing down your neck, it may feel like you have no choice but to just roll over and take whatever they dish out.But here’s the thing… You actually have an extensive set of tax rights, guaranteed by law, when dealing with the IRS. They’re...