As the year comes to a close, many taxpayers consider making clothing and household item donations both to give back and to optimize their tax deductions. Recent cases, like the one involving Duncan Bass, underscore the significance of understanding and adhering to...
HSAs for Business Owners When enacted, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) eliminated most small-business health plans that reimbursed individually purchased health insurance. Consequently, many small business owners with fewer than 50 employees chose health savings...
ICHRA Unleashed: Transforming Small Business Health Benefits The individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement (ICHRA) allows businesses of all sizes, from large corporations to small businesses like yours, to reimburse employees for their personally purchased...
If you own your own business and operate as a sole proprietorship or partnership (wherein your spouse is not a partner), one of the smartest tax moves you can make is hiring your spouse to work as your employee. But the tax savings may be a mirage if you don’t pay...
It’s 2023, but you still have the chance to qualify for the employee retention credit (ERC) for the 2020 and 2021 calendar years. This credit can potentially help you recover a significant amount of money. The ERC is a refundable tax credit against certain employment...
Know the $75 Rule for Business Expenses The $75 rule applies to certain business expenses where you do not need a receipt. But we emphasize that this rule does not apply to all tax deductions. Many taxpayers mistakenly apply the $75 rule to all their tax deductions,...