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AAFCPAs’ Tax Attorney Provides Practical Tips and Strategies for How to Handle State and Federal Tax Controversy
AAFCPAs’ Partner and Tax Attorney Joshua England, LLM, Esq will share practical tips and strategies on how to anticipate state and federal tax controversy in a live webcast on October 7th, 2020 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET. Josh will be joined by Jon S. Barooshian, Esq., Partner at Bowditch & Dewey, Attorneys. In recent […]
IRS Issues Guidance on Presidential Payroll Tax Deferral Memorandum
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that the Treasury issued IRS Notice 2020-65 which provides guidance on the August 8, 2020 Presidential Memorandum directing the Treasury to allow employee deferral of withholding, deposit and payment of certain payroll tax obligations. Which Employees are Eligible to Defer? The deferral is restricted to any employee whose […]
Optimize Your IT General Controls
Information Technology General Controls (ITGCs) help organizations guard their systems and operations against IT-related risks in critical business areas like finance, purchasing, and payroll. ITGCs are the foundation for the overall IT control environment as they provide the assurance that systems operate as intended and that output is reliable. (For public companies, these controls support […]
Why Nonprofits are Outsourcing Accounting
Skilled accounting and finance talent is scarce and in high demand, especially for nonprofits who often struggle with expectations to keep “overhead” low. These labor challenges are national and expected to intensify over time. Knowledge-intensive industries like financial and business services are expected to continue to be hit hard by the talent crunch. Nonprofits also […]
New PPP Forgiveness Guidance Addresses Owner-Employee Compensation, Rent-Related Costs
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that the U.S. Treasury and Small Business Administration (SBA) released an interim final rule Monday, August 24th, addressing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgiveness issues related to owner-employee compensation and the eligibility of non-payroll costs. Specifically, the new guidelines state that an owner-employee in a C or S corporation who […]
AAFCPAs Welcomes New Tax Director to Support Growing Complexities of Multi-State Taxation
Boston, MA (August 31, 2020) – AAFCPAs, a 240+ member CPA and consulting firm known for tax, assurance, accounting, wealth management, business process, and IT advisory solutions, today announced the addition of Kelly Zack, MST, Director, State & Local Tax. Kelly has almost 20 years of state tax consulting experience within both public accounting and […]
Multi-State Worker Tax Considerations
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that Congress has introduced a bill under H.R. 7968 that would limit a state’s ability to tax nonresident telecommuters. The general rule is that an employee pays income taxes to the state where wages are earned, which can be different than the state where the employee lives. This […]
IRS Deadline to Return RMDs is Aug. 31
AAFCPAs reminds clients who are IRA owners, beneficiaries or workplace retirement plan participants and received a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) this year that they have until August 31 to rollover or repay the distribution to avoid paying taxes. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, waives RMDs during 2020 for IRAs […]
AAFCPAs Helps Clients Prepare a 360 Degree Action Plan for Business Continuity
On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel Coronavirus an official global pandemic. Businesses across the globe experienced interruptions, shortages, and other unexpected challenges that impacted multiple aspects of their organizations. Many continue to struggle to adapt. Some industries, like hospitality, are dealing with acute slowdowns in their operations and revenue. Others, […]