CPA-HQ Articles and Podcasts

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Jobs Act

Hardship Distributions: What’s New?

In February 2018, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act (the “Act”). A key provision of this new legislation relaxes certain ...
/ / Employee Benefit Plan
Filing

Go Paperless with the Attach Document Feature

QuickBooks has made it easier for employees and businesses to go paperless. Electronic documents can now be stored in one ...
/ / Articles, QuickBooks
bad debt

Write Off Bad Debt in QuickBooks Online

Unfortunately, there may be a time when a customer does not pay you for your services and you need to ...
/ / Articles, QuickBooks
Itemized Deductions

Podcast: Pass-Through Business Deduction for Qualified Business Income

This is one of the largest and most complex parts of the TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT OF 2017. It ...
audit

ESOPs Offer Businesses Tax and Other Benefits

Wouldn’t it be great if your employees worked as if they owned the company? An employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) ...
/ / Business
Child Abacus

Don’t Let the Kiddie Tax Play Costly Games With You

It’s not uncommon for parents, grandparents and others to make financial gifts to minors and young adults. Perhaps you want ...
/ / Tax
school

Mark Your Calendar: Wisconsin Sales Tax Holiday August 1-5

In order to purchase certain items without sales tax, be sure to get your child's school shopping done between August ...
/ / Tax
Charitable Contributions

Podcast: Changes to the Charitable Giving Deduction

One of the unintended consequences of the increased standard deduction was that many people who received a tax deduction for ...
Nonprofit

Hawkins Ash CPAs Announces 2018 Employee Promotions

At Hawkins Ash CPAs, we're extremely proud to announce the following employee promotions. Emily Baldwin, CPA – Senior Associate Emily ...
Federal Overtime Rules

Podcast: Standard Deduction vs. Itemizing

In December of 2017, the President signed into law what is called the TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT OF 2017 ...