Business Resources

Get tips and real-world examples to help run your business even better
Fill in your Knowledge GAAP

Fill in your Knowledge GAAP

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is a set of accounting standards that are used when preparing financial statements for companies, nonprofits, and other entities. Public companies are mandated to follow GAAP standards, but even small private companies...

read more
Some California Sales Tax Exemptions

Some California Sales Tax Exemptions

Recently we broadly went over sales & use tax in California and that it applies to categories of tangible personal property that cover almost anything that residents and businesses will encounter in their daily life. There also happen to be several categories of...

read more
Estimated Taxes & Periodic Payments

Estimated Taxes & Periodic Payments

Businesses and individuals with income not subject to withholdings generally must make estimated income tax payments throughout the year. For example, self-employed individuals and winners of large prizes. Additionally, estates and trusts are usually subject to paying...

read more
Entrusting the Future: Trusts & Estates

Entrusting the Future: Trusts & Estates

Byron worked a long & successful career as the head of a local engineering firm. He built up the business over many years & provided the best for his family. However, he knows he is not getting any younger. Questions of how his children will inherit his wealth...

read more
Writing Tips to Polish Your Email Messages

Writing Tips to Polish Your Email Messages

The other day, I glanced at a social media ad promoting a webinar that would provide attendees “piece of mind.”  Tax season recently ended and I’m pretty sure my mind is (mostly) in one piece! Corny jokes aside, reading that message reminded me of the importance of...

read more
Expensing It All with the Section 179 Deduction

Expensing It All with the Section 179 Deduction

Recently, we took a look at depreciation and its income tax-required relative, MACRS depreciation. Typically, assets like computers and vehicles purchased for a business are capitalized and depreciated over a set number of years through specific MACRS requirements for...

read more
Standardized Depreciation Deduction – MACRS

Standardized Depreciation Deduction – MACRS

Recently, we looked at depreciation as a method that businesses use to expense long-term assets like vehicles for their records. For income tax though, depreciation is a bit more federally standardized and potentially more complex. The Modified Accelerated Cost...

read more
Business Assets & an Appreciation for Depreciation

Business Assets & an Appreciation for Depreciation

Let’s start off with a little joke. “What did the accountant say to his business client who insisted that his company’s return get filed, ASAP? .......I depreciate if you didn’t.” Corny puns aside, depreciation is an important concept in accounting and tax. In...

read more
A Tax-Free Gain – The Home Sale Gain Exclusion

A Tax-Free Gain – The Home Sale Gain Exclusion

Selling your home while the market looks good? You’ll likely make a nifty profit, but the profit may be subject to the capital gains tax. Did you know some or maybe ALL of that capital gain on your home sale may be excluded? By excluding that capital gain on the sale...

read more
A Window into the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction

A Window into the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction

The Home Mortgage Interest Deduction is a popular deduction that homeowners use to save on their taxes. It is a part of a category of deductions called “itemized deductions”, such as medical expenses and charitable contributions, which are all reported on Schedule A...

read more
Quick Guide – Itemized Deductions

Quick Guide – Itemized Deductions

Itemized deducti-what? For many ears unfamiliar to taxes, it may sound like word spaghetti. In reality, the concept is simpler than assumed. Basically, itemized deductions are certain expenses that the IRS have allowed to be “deductible” from an individual or small...

read more
Frequent Filer – Keeping up with Corporate Taxes

Frequent Filer – Keeping up with Corporate Taxes

Running a business can get hectic, but it is important that corporations keep up with filing deadlines and paying their taxes. Corporations must make periodic estimated tax payments to the IRS in order to comply with tax rules. Also, due to their ability to select a...

read more
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

The Earned Income Tax Credit is a refundable tax credit that essentially puts more money back into the pockets of working taxpayers. However, there are several requirements for taxpayers to meet in order to qualify for EITC. Your income levels, if you can properly...

read more
Tracking Inventory for Small Businesses

Tracking Inventory for Small Businesses

Managing your merchandise effectively can mean the difference between a loss or a profitable year. There are certain methods of accounting for inventory set by the Internal Revenue Service that impact how your taxes are filed. Inventory includes a variety of items,...

read more
Electronic Filing for Tip Income through IRS FIRE

Electronic Filing for Tip Income through IRS FIRE

Employers use Form 8027 to report the amount of money received as tip income by employees or any allocations of tips. Just like other filings the IRS has been migrating online, filing Form 8027 has also become possible electronically. For the most part, information...

read more
W-2 Forms and Issuing Substitute W-2 and W-3 Forms

W-2 Forms and Issuing Substitute W-2 and W-3 Forms

W-2s and Filing W-2 forms provide information to individuals about how much an employer paid them, how much withheld for taxes, and other information. Individuals use the information from W-2s to file their taxes properly. W-3 forms report the same information, but...

read more
Nonprofit Annual Filing Requirements

Nonprofit Annual Filing Requirements

Nonprofits have the distinct advantage of exemption from federal income tax, but nonprofits still must regularly file like any organization in order to maintain that status! Just like any other organization that actively participates in the ecosystem of our economy,...

read more
Other Section 501 (c) organizations

Other Section 501 (c) organizations

Thinking about donating to a nonprofit? Here's something to think about: your donation may be non-deductible. 501c3s may be the most common nonprofit and donations to them are tax-deductible.  There are numerous other nonprofit "types" designated under Section 501 in...

read more
Section 501c3 Nonprofit Organizations

Section 501c3 Nonprofit Organizations

What does the Los Angeles Mission, the local Goodwill thrift store, and the UC Irvine Foundation have in common? All are Section 501c3 nonprofit organizations.  More specifically, they are all seen in the eyes of the IRS as Section 501c3 nonprofits. 501c3s are...

read more
Tax Info for Small Construction Businesses

Tax Info for Small Construction Businesses

The health of the construction industry often echoes the health of the larger economy, be it in a region like Orange County and new housing tracts, or at the national level with things like grand transportation projects linking regions. The industry contains...

read more
Taxation of Employer Offered Fringe Benefits

Taxation of Employer Offered Fringe Benefits

Employers often give their employees a wide assortment of fringe benefits such as child care or stocking a fridge with snacks in order to encourage them to remain with the company. While these benefits may not have specific dollar values to employees, the IRS...

read more
Employers and Employee Taxes You Must Know

Employers and Employee Taxes You Must Know

Do you own a business, or at least have thought about running one? There are lots of steps involved in setting up a business, but for this article series, we will take a look at employee taxes. As part of the duties of managing a business, employers are also...

read more

Please note that articles on the www.mikloscpa.com website are purely for informational purposes only and should not be treated as legal or tax advice whatsoever. Each situation is different and requires a full analysis and independent solution. MiklosCPA Inc. disclaims any liability whatsoever with respect to any actions taken or not taken by any person or company based on the content of this website or any information contained herein.

Office Address
355 S. Grand Avenue
Suite 2450
Los Angeles, CA 90071

Have an immediate question?
Phone: (213) 283-9002
E-mail: urCPA@mikloscpa.com
(a.k.a. yourCPA)

Follow us on social media

Copyright © 2022 MiklosCPA. All rights reserved.     Privacy Policy     Terms & Conditions

Share This
Skip to content