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Massachusetts Form 355 Instructions 2013

2013 Massachusetts Corporation Excise Return Form 355 Instructions Mayor 2013 tax law changes The new employer wellness program credit is effective for tax yars beginning on or after January, 1, 2013, and is set...

Sales Tax Audit Procedure in Texas (Nexus)

Sales Tax Verification Sales tax collected versus sales tax reported should be reconciled in detail for every audit. Gross Sales should not include sales tax collected but: If a taxpayer does not separate tax...

2013 California Tax Rates and Exemptions

The rate of inflation in California, for the period from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013, was 1.7%. The 2013 personal income tax brackets are indexed by this amount. Corporate tax rates Entity...

California State and Federal Income Tax Forms

California State Income Tax Forms Form 540 – 2013 California Residents Form 540 2EZ – 2013 California Resident Form 540NR – CA part-year or nonresident Form 540 ES – 2013 estimated tax FTB 3567...

Employment Taxes Recordkeeping

You must keep all  these records of employment taxes for at least 4 years. These should be available for IRS review. Your records should include the following information. Your employer identification number (EIN). Amounts...

Vechiles Sales and/or Registration Taxes Calculators

Free calculators California Vehicle Registration Fee Calculator The Vehicle Registration Fee Calculator allows current and new residents of California to calculate an estimate of their vehicle registration fees, determine Vehicle License Fees (VLF) paid...

California Sales Tax Audit Procedure

GENERAL 0416.05 Some retailers, when accounting for total sales, record only the sales price of the merchandise in the sales account and credit sales tax reimbursement to a reserve account. This procedure contemplates a...

California Employee Tips

  No employer shall collect, take, or receive any gratuity or part thereof, paid, given to, or left for an employee by a patron, or deduct any amount from wages due an employee on...

Limited IRS Operations During Goverment Shutdown

Due to the current lapse in appropriations, IRS operations are limited. However, the underlying tax law remains in effect, and all taxpayers should continue to meet their tax obligations as normal. Individuals and businesses...

Form 1099-MISC

File Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, for each person to whom you have paid during the year: At least $10 in royalties (see the instructions for box 2) or broker payments in lieu of dividends...

I received a notice related to Form 1099-K

You received one or more of these letters and notices because you may have underreported your gross receipts. This is based on your tax return and Form(s) 1099-K, Payment/Merchant Cards and Third Party Network...

IRS CP2000 notices 2013

IRS discovered interest calculation errors in the CP2000 notices mailed the weeks of July 1 and July 8. The notices contained an incorrect calculation on the interest owed on proposed taxes from under reported...

AccuWage Software 2012

In order to run the Java version of the AccuWage/AccuW2C software, you must have the necessary Java Runtime Environment (JRE) files on your PC. Most users already have these files on their systems because...

AccuWage Software 2011

AccuWage/AccuW2C is free software from Social Security. AccuWage is for use with Electronic Filing W-2 – EFW2 AccuW2C is for use with Electronic Filing W-2c – EFW2C The software allows you to check W-2...

Roth Conversions on 2012 Returns

Normally, Roth conversions are taxable in the year the conversion occurs. For example, the taxable amount from a 2012 conversion must be included in full on a 2012 return. But under a special rule...