By Michael D. Koppel, CPA, MSA, PFS, CITPGray, Gray & Gray, LLPMarch 2013 If your company hires independent contractors in any capacity, be prepared to prove their independence, or you may face fines, penalties and back taxes. Ouch! The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor have announced plans to aggressively crack down on […]
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants to help you keep your identity safe from on-line thieves. The IRS has issued a proposal to allow some tax filers to use a truncated taxpayer identification number on certain forms and tax documents. However, there are no plans at this time to allow individuals to use a shortened
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A common theme of recent tax legislation has been to place most, if not all, of the burden of new taxes on “wealthy” individuals. In so doing, Congress has defined the wealthy as those with an income above a certain threshold. Unfortunately, Congress has chosen multiple different income levels. For example, a married couple filing
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Income tax rate increases for the wealthiestThe rate brackets remain as they have been for the past 10 years, adjusted annually for inflation. The six existing tax rates – 10, 15, 25, 28, 33 and 35 percent – are retained. However, beginning Jan. 1, 2013, the act imposes a new 39.6 percent bracket that will
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Joe Ciccarello, CPAGray, Gray & Gray, LLPApril 2012Should I stay or should I go now?If I go there will be trouble.If I stay it will be double. If you are old enough to remember these lyrics from The Clash, you are probably old enough to have retirement on your mind. And, given the very challenging
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