As of July 1, 2023, Minnesota will prohibit employers from requiring employees to sign non-compete agreements restricting their employment options upon termination.
If your business has a choice to deduct real estate expenses or depreciate them over several years, the decision may seem simple. But there are a number of factors to consider.
Education benefits help attract, retain and motivate employees. One popular fringe benefit is an education assistance program that allows employees to continue learning and perhaps earn a degree with financial assistance from their employer.
An employee benefit plan audit is a periodic and independent examination of a company’s benefit plans that are subject to ERISA. If your company currently offers or plans to offer an employee benefit plan, read this article to learn about audit requirements.
These days, most businesses have websites. But surprisingly, the IRS hasn’t issued formal guidance on deducting website costs. Fortunately, established rules that generally apply to the deductibility of business costs provide business taxpayers launching a website with some guidance as to the proper treatment of the costs.
Many businesses shut down due to the pandemic and the economy. However, going out of business tax obligations need to be met. First, a business must file a final income tax return and other related forms for the year it closes its doors.
If your small business or start-up is planning to claim the research tax credit, there’s an option to get immediate use of the research tax credit. Subject to limits, you can elect to apply all or some of any research tax credits against payroll taxes instead of your income tax.
The next quarterly estimated tax payment deadline is June 15 for individuals and businesses so it’s a good time to review the rules for computing corporate federal estimated tax payments. You want your business to pay the minimum estimated tax payment without triggering the penalty for underpayment of estimated tax.
New Federal tax law changes are set to take place that could significantly increase the tax liabilities for companies that take part in research and development (R&D) activities.
The IRS recently announced the HSA amounts for 2023, which have been adjusted for inflation. High inflation rates will result in next year’s amounts being increased more than they have been in recent years.
Should you switch from a C-Corporation to S-Corporation? If you are thinking about switching entity types, there are a number of important issues you need to look at before finalizing your decision of which is best in your particular circumstances.
Believe it or not, the federal government is helping to pick up the tab for certain business meals. To help struggling restaurants during the pandemic, the Consolidated Appropriations Act temporarily doubled the business meal deduction for 2021 and 2022.
Typically, businesses want to defer recognition of taxable income into future years and accelerate deductions into the current year. However, sometimes would it be prudent to do the opposite and maybe accelerate and defer? And why would you want to?
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