Accounting Tag

You may need to fill out Treasury Department Form 90-22.1 (PDF) every year if you own, or have an interest in, any foreign bank accounts or other types of financial accounts based outside the United States. This report is separate from your income tax return,...

With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Small Business Jobs Act during 2010, you might have heard of new reporting requirements for Form 1099....

Originally, with the passage of the new health care law, beginning in 2011, employers were to report health care benefits for employees. This amount would be reported on each employee’s form W-2, but it would not affect an employee’s individual taxable income....

Are you part of an Employee Benefit Plan or EBP? In the following BDO Seidman article, we discuss what happens when you don't take advantage of such plans, and how you could be forfeiting a sizable personal investment. *...

If you answered no, you may want to consider the benefits to you and your employees a retirement plan can offer. A few of these benefits are a tax deduction for your contributions, the assets grow tax-free with compounding interest, and it is another...

The Internal Revenue Service announced on February 8, 2011, a new voluntary disclosure initiative to encourage individuals with undisclosed income from hidden offshore accounts to get current with their federal tax obligations....

The mortgage interest deduction has become one of the most popular itemized deductions on personal income tax returns. As home prices and home mortgage loans have dramatically increased, many people mistakenly believe that all home mortgage interest is deductible....

If you own your home, but are getting ready to sell, there are some tax exclusions you may need to be aware of....