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 »
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