Taxes July 25, 2025
Advanced Section 1202 (QSBS) Planning for S Corporations
Section 1202 provides for a substantial exclusion of gain from federal income taxes when stockholders sell qualified small business stock (QSBS).
January 14, 2013
Tips for businesses to avoid embezzlement
Accountants and business leaders say small businesses can take steps to protect themselves from employee theft. Good accounting practices are a must.
January 14, 2013
Connecticut couple charged with evading taxes for 18 years
A husband and wife from Brooklyn, Conn., have been charged by federal prosecutors with conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and four counts of tax evasion.
January 14, 2013
End of payroll tax cut to affect workers and retailers
The end of the 2 percent payroll tax cut, a provision in Congress' fiscal cliff deal, will be felt by most wage earners, and the local businesses those workers shop at.
January 14, 2013
Illinois CPA faces 40-count federal indictment for wire fraud, money laundering
A southeastern Illinois accountant faces a 40-count federal indictment alleging that he stole more than $1.5 million from an elderly client and used the money on personal expenses.
January 12, 2013
Pennsylvania Income Tax E-Filing Underway
Pennsylvania residents who file personal income tax returns were able to begin filing electronically for the 2012 tax year this week, despite the delay until Jan 30 for federal 1040 returns. Taxpayers using the combined Federal/State e-file service will need to wait until the end of the month.
January 11, 2013
National taxpayer Advocate focuses on tax reform, ID theft, IRS funding
The IRS's National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson released her 2012 annual report to Congress on Wednesday, identifying the need for tax reform as the overriding priority in tax administration.
January 11, 2013
FedEx donates Boeing 727 to College Aviation Science program
FedEx Express has donated a Boeing 727-200F to California Baptist University for use by its new aviation science program. The cargo jet made its final taxi today after landing at the Riverside Municipal Airport. The aircraft will be on permanent display at the airport and will provide a working laboratory for aviation science students.
January 10, 2013
California reports budget surplus
After more than a decade of financial strife, teacher cutbacks, employees paid with IOUs and the recall of one governor, California Governor Jerry Brown unveiled the state's latest finances. The surprise for many: A budget surplus of about $851 million.
January 10, 2013
Tax credits for energy-efficient home improvements reinstated
Federal tax credits for energy-efficient home improvements are back. Reinstatement of the popular credits was a little-noticed part of the American Taxpayer Relief Act, the last-minute legislation that kept America from tumbling over the fiscal cliff at the start of the year.
January 10, 2013
Virginia proposal complicates Maryland’s gas tax debate
The governor of Virginia has thrown a new wrinkle into a Maryland debate by calling for abolition of the commonwealth’s gas tax and increasing the sales tax to pay for roads and transit, a move that would alter the competitive balance between the two states. This week’s proposal by Gov. Bob McDonnell, a Republican, is...…
January 10, 2013
Texas sales tax revenues climb by 9.4%
Texas saw its sales tax collections rise again in December, with revenue of $2.17 billion, an increase of 9.4 percent over the same month last year, the state comptroller's office said Wednesday.
January 10, 2013
Gov. Rick Scott wants taxes eliminated for new equipment to rev up manufacturing
On his way into the Vistakon manufacturing plant in Jacksonville, Florida Governor Rick Scott went past heavy equipment operators building a new parking lot for the expanding campus.