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5 Tips to Avoid Tax Filing Delays and IRS Rejection of Tax Return

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  5 tips to Avoid Tax Filing Delays and IRS Rejection of tax return When it comes to having your tax return prepared and successfully filed, you can easily AVOID these COMMON TRAPS that managed to cause IRS REJECTIONS and FILING DELAYS for several of my clients in this past tax season. TIP #1: IPPIN - Identity Protection Personal Identification Number  If you or your spouse APPLIED to the IRS to get this 6 DIGIT PIN number to prevent others from fraudulently filing your tax return, BE SURE that your MAILING ADDRESS is correct with the IRS AND WATCH FOR A MAILED LETTER FROM THE IRS in the beginning of the year that will contain this number. Without this number, YOU CANNOT FILE your tax return; PLUS , AT THIS TIME, it is FOREVER LINKED to your SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER and cannot be removed or received EXCEPT BY MAIL or through your IRS account. TIP #2: FORM 1095-A for HEALTH INSURANCE purchased through THE MARKETPLACE   Beca

BUSINESS OWNERS ASK - HOW MUCH TAX WILL I OWE FOR 2022?

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  As we approach year end, everyone begins to wonder, "HOW MUCH MONEY WILL I OWE FOR TAXES for 2022?" As a business owner, it is extremely important to have a PROFIT/LOSS statement that either you prepare for yourself or hire a bookkeeper to prepare for you. Here is how you can figure out the taxes that you may owe by using your last Profit/Loss statement for yourself. As a business owner, nobody except YOU is required to automatically withhold taxes from your pay. And unless you withhold and pay your own taxes, YOU CAN EXPECT TO OWE TAXES ON THE PROFIT THAT YOU MADE. The only way that you will NOT OWE MONEY, is if you did NOT MAKE ANY PROFIT or YOU OVERPAID YOUR TAXES with having children or with estimated tax payments. If you don't generate a profit for any 3 of the last 5 years, the IRS will not let you claim to be a business owner any longer and take a deduction for those expenses. This is VERY DIFFERENT for first time business owners to understand. So, PLEASE R