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Ask an Accountant: What is Use Tax?
I file a Sales & Use Tax every month based on my taxable sales. I never remit Use Tax. What is it? Generally, Use Tax is due on out-of-state purchases of goods or services that would have been subject to sales tax had they been purchased New Jersey on which either...
OVDP or Streamlined: Choosing an Offshore Disclosure Program
by Patrick J. McCormick When clients admit to a retroactive failure to meet filing requirements involving their offshore assets, the overarching question is typically the proper route for making a disclosure to the U.S. IRS. For a multitude of reasons, ‘‘quiet’’...
Hold Onto Your Hats: New Jersey Sales Tax is Going Down
Beginning January 1, 2017 the rate drops from 7% to 6.875%. Next year there will be another decrease to 6.625%. There has been no change in the items subject to sales tax.
Quickbooks Tip of the Month: November 2017
It's time to update your Quickbooks 1099 vendor list. Believe or not, the year is almost over and it is a perfect time to update your 1099, miscellaneous vendor list in QuickBooks. The IRS requires all 1099 vendors to provide to the payor a signed W-9 which is to be...
A Little Planning Can Go a Long Way
By Clayton Himstedt, CPA, MBA The passing of a loved one is often a very difficult time in an individual’s life. In the case of a long term illness, the loved one has the time to inform family members of the estate assets and the proper distribution of those assets....
Estate Planning Is As Important As Ever
By Arthur M. Brown, JD, LLM, CPA Levine, Staller, Sklar, Chan & Brown, P.A. Many of our clients associate estate planning with tax planning. While estate planning is often driven by a desire to minimize estate tax, tax savings is only one aspect to consider....
What Is Exit Planning?
Exit Planning - It might not be what you think There’s a sign outside our office that lets the public know that our Firm assists in exit planning. Unfortunately it seems that a lot of people think this is a plan to exit the world of the living. Not so. A good exit...
iPhone Users – Document Signing Tip
Looking for an easy way to sign and return documents that are emailed to you? Tired of the long process of printing documents, signing them, scanning them, and attaching them to a reply email? If you own an iPhone, try this simple document signing technique. When you...
To pre-pay or not to pre-pay?
To pre-pay or not to pre-pay? That was the question that was the topic of many discussions relating to taxes at the end of 2017. However, it only scratches the surface of the issues resulting from the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Act). Most, if not all,...