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IRS Publishes Small Biz Telephone Numbers in English and Spanish

19 August 2010

The IRS wants to remind small businesses that help is available for tax questions. Some key numbers to put in your contacts: Business and Specialty Tax Line (800) 829-4933 Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) Hotline (800) 555-4477 Forms (IRS) (800) 829-3676 You can see more helpful telephone numbers on the IRS web site. Information [...]

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Congress Hates Small Businesses

30 May 2010

When I got up this morning, I was all set to blog more about the disaster that is (and let me type it out one more time) the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010. Specifically, I was going to focus on the S corporation provisions, which seem to be taking a beating [...]

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Tax Tips for Small Business Owners

18 March 2009

Today’s post is courtesy of guest author, Sheryl Schuff. You can find out more about Sheryl by checking out her interview as part of my Getting To Know You Tuesday series. – Thanks to Kelly for inviting me over to share this space with a guest post for her readers. I’ll be discussing some frequently [...]

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Get Organized (for free!) Before Tax Time

23 February 2009

One of the biggest challenges that small businesses and solos face come tax time is getting organized. If you’re like me – and I don’t mind saying so – you tend to spend far too much time sorting through papers and receipts. But what if you could scan all your paper receipts to transform the [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: LIVE (It’s today!)

23 January 2009

It’s “Ask the taxgirl: LIVE!” I hope you can stop by today at 11:00am to listen in. The focus is on small business tax questions with specific emphasis on home businesses and freelancers. You can ask your questions about small business a number of ways: Call in: (646) 716-7150 (regular charges apply) Email me: askthetaxgirl@taxgirl.com [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: 1099 for Closed Business

11 January 2009

Taxpayer asks: Aloha I am a bookkeeper for a small company. My boss wrote a check to a restaurant for preparing food for our Christmas party and it was over the amount for a 1099. I faxed a W-9 that week and have never heard a word. We just found out that the restaurant closed [...]

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Economic Stimulus Didn’t Help Us, Most Small Business Owners Say

22 July 2008

Despite the fact that former Sen. Phil Gramm thinks that Americans are merely in a “mental recession”, a survey conducted by Suffolk University seems to imply otherwise. More than 80% of those surveyed (all small business owners from across the country with 100 employees or less) believe the country is in an actual economic recession. [...]

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