Two new taxes in 2013
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
Two new taxes are scheduled to take effect in January 2013. These taxes were instituted by the Affordable Care Act to help pay for health care reform. Congress may change these taxes as they negotiate ahead of the tax rate and sequestration deadlines at the end of 2012 – the so-called “fiscal cliff”. Few politicians […]
Read More »Karen Hellmund re-elected to TSCPA board
Friday, September 21st, 2012
Van Elkins & Associates, CPAs is proud to announce that the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA) has re-elected Karen Hellmund, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA, CMA to a second term on the statewide organization’s Board of Directors. As Knoxville Chapter Director, Karen will help lead the organization along with other chapter and at-large members and the […]
Read More »Another government email scam!
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Our firm’s junk email filter caught another government email scam. This one appears to come from the FDIC, the federal bank watchdog, with the subject “FDIC: about your business accounts”. It hints that your bank (which it does not name) is being taken over, and provides a link for more info on how your accounts […]
Read More »Filed an extension – now what?
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
You pulled your records together and worked on your tax return, maybe using an “easy-to navigate” software program. But you were left with a nagging feeling that there may be something you missed, so you filed an extension. Now what? We’ve received calls from several people in this situation, asking us if we would take […]
Read More »Paperwork cloud lifts
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
A paperwork cloud has hung over business owners and landlords for much of the last year. A clause in the health care reform law (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) required businesses to report payments of more than $600 to corporations (not required under prior law) on Form 1099. It also added reporting of payments […]
Read More »Complexity of the tax code
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
We just received a printed copy of the tax code, otherwise known as the Internal Revenue Code, or just the code. Sometimes we prefer to go to a book rather than navigate through searches and database links to find information that will help our clients. The book is 2.5 inches thick, printed on paper I […]
Read More »IRS abates penalties
Monday, April 4th, 2011
In a payroll tax case we have been working on for over a year, the IRS has agreed to abate penalties, saving the taxpayer over $200,000. This is a very unusual decision for the IRS, which considers non-payment of payroll taxes to be an unauthorized loan of government funds. Employers are required to withhold income […]
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