There's a perfectly reasonable question that comes up every tax season: My employer already took money out of every paycheck. They sent it to the IRS. The IRS knows how much I made. The IRS knows how much money was withheld. So...why can't the government just do the math? It's
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Starting a business comes with a seemingly endless list of things you have to figure out. Choose a name. Buy a domain. Open a bank account. Get an EIN. Figure out accounting. Maybe build a website. Maybe convince your family that, yes, this is actually going to work. And somewhere in that pile
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These sound like straightforward questions. Unfortunately, the tax code has a tendency to turn “Who lives with whom?” into a surprisingly complicated series of tests involving relationship, age, residency, income, support, custody and sometimes even the number of nights a child spent in your
Can Your Business Buy a Car? How Entrepreneurs Should Finance and Deduct a Business Vehicle
At some point, a lot of entrepreneurs reach the same realization: “I'm driving to see clients constantly. I think I actually need a car for the business.” Maybe you're visiting customers, traveling between job sites, meeting prospects, hauling equipment, or simply putting a ridiculous number
1099-K Forms: What you Need to Know about Online Payments
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The Largest Tax Package in Washington History
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