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Federal Aid Package Helps Individuals Affected by COVID-19
Federal Aid Package Helps Individuals Affected by COVID-19 The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201), became law on March 18, 2020. The Act guarantees free testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), establishes emergency paid sick leave, expands...
Employers Can Immediately Provide Tax-Free Qualified Disaster Payments to Employees in Connection With COVID-19
Employers Can Immediately Provide Tax-Free Qualified Disaster Payments to Employees in Connection With COVID-19 Employers are scrambling to find ways to help their employees who are impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Help is available. Now that the COVID-19...
IRS Releases COVID-19 Payment Relief
IRS Releases COVID-19 Payment Relief The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service are providing special payment relief to individuals and businesses in response to the COVID-19 Outbreak. The filing deadline for tax returns remains April 15, 2020, although...
What to Do If You Are Missing Important Tax Forms
What to Do If You Are Missing Important Tax Forms If you are ready to file your taxes but are missing important tax forms here's what you should do: Form W-2 You should receive a Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, from each of your employers for use in preparing your...
Are Social Security Benefits Taxable?
Are Social Security Benefits Taxable? Social Security benefits include monthly retirement, survivor, and disability benefits; they do not include Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments, which are not taxable. Generally, you pay federal income taxes on your Social...
Worker Classification: Employee vs. Contractor
Worker Classification: Employee vs. Contractor If you hire someone for a long-term, full-time project or a series of projects that are likely to last for an extended period, you must pay special attention to the difference between independent contractors and...
It’s Not Too Late to Make an IRA Contribution
It's Not Too Late to Make an IRA Contribution If you haven't contributed funds to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) for tax year 2019, or if you've put in less than the maximum allowed, you still have time to do so. You can contribute to either a traditional or...
Tax Filing Season Begins
Tax Filing Season Begins January 27, 2020, marked the start of this year's tax filing season. Complicating matters is a newly revised Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return. With more than 150 million individual tax returns expected to be filed for the 2019 tax...
Tax Extenders, Retirement Plan Changes, and Repeals
Tax Extenders, Retirement Plan Changes, and Repeals The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, signed into law on December 20, 2019, extended a number of expired tax provisions for business and individuals through 2020. It also included several retirement plan...
2020 Tax Withholding: the new Form W-4
2020 Tax Withholding: the new Form W-4 Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Certificate, has been redesigned for 2020. Previously, income tax withholding was based on an employee's marital status and withholding allowances or tied to the value of the personal exemption....