2024 Update for Small Business Taxes Be sure to complete this list before you file your 2023 small business taxes in 2024. Scroll down to watch my video. 1. Income Checkup – If you are going to owe over $1000… Read More »Nine Things to do BEFORE you File your Small Business Taxes
Why are you going to the liquor store? – A real-life look at business tax deductions One day, my staff bookkeeper asked me, with a stack of receipts in hand, “Why are they buying booze?” My first thought was, because… Read More »Is the Liquor Store a Tax Deduction?
Franchise Tax is an annual tax that the state charges for your entity to exist. One day, I got a call from a lady who got a reminder letter to pay her Franchise Tax. “Why do I have to pay… Read More »What Is Franchise Tax and Why Do I Have to Pay It?
Every entity formed by the state needs a Registered Agent. All nonprofits, small LLCs, corporations, and any other entity formed by your Secretary of State needs one. Entities are not Humans An entity formed by the state (LLC, corporation, etc.)… Read More »What is a Registered Agent?
A Story of Two “New Guys” New guy #1 is Jack. Jack finished high school and, like most kids, had no idea what to do next. He sees an ad in the paper for a painter and he answers the… Read More »Employee or Contractor?
“I can deduct that?” Small entrepreneurs come to me with their business expenses and deductions, and I always ask: What about this? And this? And that? Deer-in-the-headlights. And then I assign the homework of going back and finding all ‘those’… Read More »Business Expenses and Deductions
How Shipwrecks, the Dog Groomer, and Single Member LLCs can Pierce the Corporate Veil What is the Corporate Veil? And what does that have to do with ships sinking in the Atlantic and paying the dog groomer from your business… Read More »Piercing the Corporate Veil
If you have an LLC or a corporation (Including a Nonprofit) you should have an annual meeting every year, even if you are the only owner, to protect you in an audit and other legal situations. Do I Need to… Read More »How To Have an Annual Meeting and Why
If you sell products of any kind, you need to know how to take inventory and you need to do it at the end of each year. Why should I take Inventory? If you sell products, it is REQUIRED that… Read More »How to Take Inventory (and why you should)
(TL;DR at bottom) This is question that I get all the time. “If I put my car in my company’s name, it is a company car, right?” Nope. “If I put magnetic signs on it, it… Read More »Can I Deduct my Car and Expenses?
Arkansas has NOT extended the deadline to assess your property in 2020. The May 31 deadline to assess all property stands. Since that is on a Sunday, the deadline is Monday June 1. What is Property Tax? Property tax is… Read More »Arkansas Commercial Property Tax Assessment
Why Would I Have to Send a 1099 to Someone? (Updated for January 2021) IF 1 – You have a business and business expenses AND 2 – One of your expenses is paying a person (or people) to do work… Read More »Everything You Want to Know About Form 1099
How do I deduct my credit card payments? This is a very common question in my office and not an easy concept. Taxation is not based on cash flow. What is Cash Flow? Cash flow is the immediate feeling… Read More »Why can’t I deduct my credit card payments?
I have been asked this question more than once by people not making money with their business. The short answer is ‘no’. Being a non-profit really has nothing to do with making money. Or taxes. Or profit. Or doing good… Read More »Am I a ‘Non-Profit’ because I don’t make any money?
