Tax & Business Services
John F Howes CPA
Posts Tagged With: Business
Is the Economy Improving? Questions, questions and more questions
July 24th, 2010 at 3:35 pm » Comments (0)
Although anecdotal, all of a sudden some of my clients in the construction industry have work again after at least a year of very hard times. Perhaps we have rounded ...more »2010 Health Care Tax Credits For Small Businesses and Non-profits
April 19th, 2010 at 12:25 pm » Comments (0)
Health Care Postcard NoticeFrom the IRS: The maximum credit is 35 percent of premiums paid by eligible small business employers and 25 percent ...more »IRS Trying To Do Their Job
March 21st, 2010 at 11:02 am » Comments (0)
Short audio of NPR talk with IRS commissioner[audio:http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/wp-content/uploads/20100321_wesun_16.mp3] The Internal Revenue Service has always been a source of consternation for many Americans, but in tough economic times like these, the anger ...more »Tax Season Has Begun
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:42 pm » Comments (0)
Just electronically filed the first 2009 tax return of my tax season. All went swimmingly well considering I am studying a 5 dvd, 600 page tax update manual of all ...more »IRS Will Be Health Care Insurance Enforcers
January 14th, 2010 at 11:14 am » Comments (0)
Accounting Web has an article about the new duties the IRS will have regarding the new health care insurance reform bill:Monitoring compliance. Taxpayers will have to provide proof of coverage ...more »New Taxes Contemplated for WA State
January 10th, 2010 at 1:42 pm » Comments (2)
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption]Brad Shannon of the Olympian outlines new taxes being contemplated for Washington State to help with the budget crisis:Closing the exemption for door-to-door sales ...more »Homebuyer Tax Credits – What Are We Doing?
November 9th, 2009 at 1:58 pm » Comments (0)
My son recently purchased his first home. After making his downpayment, the US government gave him an extra $3000 (the $8000 tax credit less his $5000 down payment) in cash ...more »$122,783.51 IRS refund issued in error
August 26th, 2009 at 5:20 pm » Comments (0)
One of my clients gets an adjustment of his taxes by the IRS which I know is incorrect. It is a very small amount and it entails payroll taxes on ...more »

