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Trust Fund Recovery Penalty: How Small Business Owners Can Protect Their Assets from IRS Action

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  • Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP) Risks: Small business owners may be personally responsible for unpaid payroll taxes, risking personal assets like homes and savings. 
  • Common Mistakes: Cash flow issues lead to unpaid payroll taxes, and failing to designate payments properly increases personal liability. 
  • IRS Enforcement: The IRS aggressively pursues responsible individuals, including business owners, officers, and check signers, even in bankruptcy. 
  • Prevention Strategies: Prioritize payroll taxes, correctly allocate payments, verify payroll providers, and seek expert help to avoid severe financial consequences.  

Running a small business comes with financial challenges, but few are as devastating as the IRS’s Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP).…

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15 Tips to Avoid Hectic Tax Preparation for Your Small Business

Tax season can feel like a marathon for small business owners, especially when preparation is left to the last minute. Scrambling for receipts, deciphering regulations, and trying to maximize deductions can be overwhelming without proper planning. However, with the right strategies, you can transform tax preparation into a smooth, stress-free process.

Hectic tax season

Below, we outline 15 actionable tips to avoid a hectic tax season and stay in control of your business finances.

1. Organize Your Financial Records Throughout the Year

One of the biggest reasons tax preparation becomes chaotic is disorganized financial records. Use accounting software like QuickBooks, Xero, or Wave to categorize your income and expenses consistently.…

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Facing IRS Letter LT11? Key Steps to Avoid Asset Levies

LT11

  • IRS Letter LT11 is a final notice of intent to levy assets due to unpaid taxes.
  • Taxpayers have 30 days to request a Collection Due Process (CDP) hearing to avoid asset seizures.
  • Ignoring an LT11 notice can lead to bank levies, wage garnishments, or property liens.
  • Consulting a tax professional can help navigate IRS processes and protect personal assets.

Receiving a notice from the IRS is stressful for anyone, but things are dire when it’s Letter LT11. This letter, officially titled the “Final Notice of Intent to Levy and Notice of Your Right to a Hearing,” signals that the IRS is preparing to seize your assets due to unpaid taxes.…

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Australia’s Small Business Restructure Rollover Explained

Operating a small business is a challenge. The Australian Government offers a range of incentives to simplify the process, and we’re going to provide a small business restructure rollover example in this article.

Small business restructure rollover

We’ll show how the small business restructure rollover scheme makes it easier for small businesses to adapt to changing market conditions and meet the needs of their customers.

The Small Business Restructure Rollover Scheme

The Australian Government offers a number of incentives to small businesses that are designed to encourage growth and reduce red tape. The Small Business Restructure Rollover (SBRR) scheme is a tax concession that simplifies the process of transferring assets when restructuring a small business.…

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How to Get Independent Contractor Quarterly Taxes Right and Avoid Penalties

Independent contractors have it rough when it comes to handling taxes. While the rest of the working world has income deducted from each paycheck to cover taxes, the independent contractor is forced to figure everything out on their own.

Calculating tax benefits

Figuring out your own taxes can feel like working on a complicated math problem. When you get the problem right, you have the pleasure of forking over your money. When you get the math problem wrong, it means penalties, or worse.

In this article, we take a look at how independent contractors can get their quarterly taxes right.

The Situation

Independent contractors are disadvantaged from a tax perspective in several ways.…

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Should Your Small Business Hire a Tax Preparer?

The tax filing deadline is fast approaching, but you are yet to finalize your paperwork. What do you do? Will you go into panic mode and make things even worse?

Tax preparation

One of the reasons some small business owners get into trouble with the taxman is the tendency to do everything independently. Although you can collect and piece together a few pieces of information, this process is too complicated for you. That is why you have to hire a tax preparer to take you through the process.

Before choosing to do it yourself or hire a tax preparation professional, you need to know what each option offers.…

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Why File Form 2290 Online?

If you are into the trucking business, you must be aware of form 2290 and Heavy Vehicle Use Tax (HVUT). The IRS mandates that every person who owns a heavy highway motor vehicle weighing 55,000 pounds or more and covered 5,000 miles or above in the odometer file form 2290 and make the HVUT payment.

Fleet of trucks

You can file form 2290 online or manually. Manual filing of form 2290 can be time-consuming and tedious, whereas e-filing allows you to file much faster, and with ease. When you e-file, you will receive your stamped Schedule 1 copy within minutes compared to paper-filing, which takes up to 6 weeks.…

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ITR Filing: 7 Reasons Why You Should File Income Tax Returns

Your tax return is your sole responsibility. So if you generate income in Australia, you have to have a tax file number (TFN) and pay taxes using your earned money. You can compute the amount you need to pay for taxes in a specific year based on your annual tax return.

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“Whether you’re a U.S. citizen or a green card holder living in Australia, you need to be aware of your tax obligations as a U.S. expatriate [in Australia], which can be a complex issue without guidance. For instance, if you earn income while on a short-term assignment in Australia, you are required to report that and any other income earned [in Australia] on your U.S.…

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Guide for Software Companies When Claiming R&D Tax Credits

Maybe you’ve heard that somehow a variety of practices associated with the implementation of updated or upgraded software might be considered for the R&D Tax Credits. Needless to say, the benefit is aimed at promoting the advancement of novel and advanced processes and technologies. The credit will help to reduce the uncertainties associated with creativity and recognize foresight.

R&D tax credits

When analyzing the seven major stages of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), it’s the fourth stage which development and coding entail operations that qualify for special tax credits.

Thus, while the new rules favored commercial software providers, you do not preclude your business solely just because you do not sell software to external parties.…

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The Steps to Take if Your Business Can’t Pay Its Taxes

When it comes to business taxes, it doesn’t pay to mess around with what’s due to the IRS. They don’t have a sense of humor about getting payments in on time and can take steps against the business, including charging interest, adding penalties or even freezing accounts if it comes to it.

Tax season stress

In this article, we cover the steps to take when a business is struggling to pay its taxes.

1. Confirm the Due Dates for Federal Income Taxes

There’s a tax return date based on the type of business structure.

For federal taxes (state ones may be different), the tax return data for filing is also the payment date for the taxes too.…

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