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What Is an Offer in Compromise with the IRS?

May 17, 2018 | by | Comments Off on What Is an Offer in Compromise with the IRS?

An offer in compromise can make you happy: “Oh boy, the IRS said yes, and my tax debts are over!” Or it can frustrate you. Let’s go over how to navigate the IRS settlement guidelines and see what an offer in compromise entails. Here’s the good news: An OIC can be a fresh start from your IRS debt. You no longer have to worry that the IRS will seize your wages or bank accounts. Your credit score will no longer show any tax liens against you — the IRS releases them all. IRS collections are put on hold and the
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Tags: accountant, accounting, bankrupt, compromise, cpa, cpa firm, debt, firm, IRS, oic, tax, taxation, wfy, and wright ford young.

Earn Money from California’s Training Subsidy Program

March 8, 2018 | by | Comments Off on Earn Money from California’s Training Subsidy Program

It’s Free Money, and We Can Help You Get Your Share Do you provide formal training for your employees? Exciting news: The government wants to chip in. Yes, really. In fact, for the past 35 years the State of California has provided over $1.5 billion in training subsidies to California businesses. Smaller companies can receive up to $50,000 per year and larger companies can receive up to $375,000 per year. Never heard of this program? You’re not alone. The funding comes from a tax that every for-profit company in the state pays, the Employment Training Tax. This tax generates over
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Tags: accountant, accounting, audit, auditor, business, california, california subsidy program, computer, credit, free, manufacturing, money, program, skills, tax, taxation, wfy, wright ford young, and wright ford young & co.

How to Co-ordinate Cost Segregation with Like-kind Exchange

February 6, 2018 | by | Comments Off on How to Co-ordinate Cost Segregation with Like-kind Exchange

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was signed by the President on December 22, 2017. The TCJA is the most significant overhaul of Internal Revenue Tax code since the 1986 Tax Act under President Reagan. The Committee Report has over a thousand pages of modifications to many areas of the tax code. One piece of the new legislation (that concern most real estate investors) involves changes to the like-kind exchange rules. When certain conditions are met, no gain or loss is recognized when a taxpayer exchanges property of like-kind (used in a trade or business or for investment purposes).
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Tags: accountants, accounting, cost, exchange, federal, income, law, segregation, state, tax, tax bill, taxation, TCJA, wfy, and wright ford young.

Pass-Through Entities and the 20 Percent Tax Break

January 23, 2018 | by | Comments Off on Pass-Through Entities and the 20 Percent Tax Break

Small-business owners and partners are scratching their heads over the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and how the new 20 percent tax deduction for pass-through entities will work. Here’s a little background A pass-through entity can be a partnership, S corporation, limited liability company or partnership, or sole proprietorship — basically, most of the country’s small businesses. Owners and shareholders of these entities are taxed on earnings based on individual, not corporate, tax rates. Effectively, company earnings, losses and deductions pass through to the individual’s personal tax rates, which, in the past, were typically lower than corporate rates. The pass-through
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Tags: business, corporate, deduction, income, investments, pass-through, qbi, shareholders, tax, tax break, tax cuts and jobs act, taxation, trusts, wfy, wright ford young, and wright ford young & co.

Bracket Changes and More From the IRS

December 13, 2017 | by | Comments Off on Bracket Changes and More From the IRS

You haven’t even filed your 2017 taxes yet, but the IRS has already announced changes that will affect your 2018 taxes, which you’ll be filing in 2019. The changes were announced in Revenue Procedure 2017-58, which runs 28 pages, but below are some key points. How do these changes impact you? Of course, if any meaningful tax reform is passed, anything can be changed. We’ll keep you posted on any developments that affect you. The standard deduction for married filing jointly rises to $13,000 for tax year 2018, up $300. For single taxpayers and married individuals filing separately, the standard deduction
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Tags: cpa, deduction, exemption, tax, tax bracket, taxation, taxpayers, wfy, and wright ford young.

Is This Your Situation: Wondering If An Audit Can Benefit You

November 30, 2017 | by | Comments Off on Is This Your Situation: Wondering If An Audit Can Benefit You

Your privately owned business may not need a financial statement audit according to law, but that doesn’t mean you should skip it. Read through to learn why an audit can be a smart move. With the vicissitudes of change combined with technological advances, we’re living in an age of transparency where businesses are required to disclose more information about their taxes, financial records, operations and executive salaries.  While private companies are spared the intense scrutiny of professional auditors and not required to provide an external review of their financial statements, there are advantages to having an external audit many business heads
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Tags: audit, auditors, business, cpa, external audit, finance, firm, tax, taxation, wfy, and wright ford young.

House Tax Bill Outline Released

November 2, 2017 | by | Comments Off on House Tax Bill Outline Released

On the heels of the recently passed 2018 budget resolution that allows for tax legislation to increase the federal deficit by $1.5 trillion over 10 years the House Republican leaders released details of its tax overhaul plan. The key changes in the plan from the current law are as follows: Individuals: Current tax rates: Seven brackets from 10% to 39.6%. Proposed tax rates: Four brackets at 12%, 25%, 35% and 39.6%. Current standard deduction: $6,350 individuals and $12,700 married filing joint. Proposed standard deduction: $12,000 individuals and $24,000 married filing joint. Elimination of personal exemptions, worth $4,050 per person. Increase
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Tags: cpa, house tax bill, tax, taxation, wfy, and wright ford young.