Accounting for Managers
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Accounting for Managers
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185 Webster09.qxd 8/29/2003 5:53 PM Page 185 There are often credits promoting employment or employ- ment within certain localities identified by the Small Business Administration. The welfare-to-work credit applies to first 24 months of wages paid to individuals who have been long-term recipients of family assistance welfare benefits. Individual states may offer credits as well. Housing and real estate have several attractive credits. The low-income housing credit is issued on a nationwide allocation program to qualified development projects that rent units to low-income tenants. The rehabilitation expenditure credit is a percentage of expenditures made to substantially rehabilitate industrial and commercial buildings and certified historic struc- tures. Small businesses can qualify for the disabled access credit to defray costs incurred in complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Tax Practice Given that taxes are complicated and this overview of taxes is brief, you may want to consider a tax advisor. For most W-2 wage earners grossing less than $100,000 a year, with no stock or real estate investments, any of the inexpensive tax software packages should be adequate. For business owners and higher wage earners, some tax advice will likely pay for itself several times over. Having a knowledgeable person guide you through the thickets of tax code prose to help point out deductions to take or pitfalls to avoid can be valuable. Unfortunately, there is a downside: the area of tax practice is largely unregulated. Professionals like CPAs and attorneys must follow certain ethical standards. For example, ethical guidelines issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) instruct CPAs not to take a questionable position on client’s tax return in hope of it not being audited. Other instruc- tions include using reasonable client estimates and answering every question on the tax return, even if disadvantageous to client. Also, CPAs will ask to review two or three prior year Download 3.03 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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