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Jul
29
2016

Arizona’s Tax Recovery Program continues

shutterstock_10462168Due to the success of the tax amnesty (recovery) program in 2015, HB 2708 has been approved to establish another tax amnesty period in 2016. A tax amnesty program, or tax recovery program, gives taxpayers the opportunity to file incomplete or unfiled tax returns for the periods specified and to pay their tax liabilities without interest or penalties or fear of criminal prosecution. The amnesty period will start September 1, 2016 and end October 31,

Jul
22
2016

Wages Paid to Children

Would you like to hire your kids to work for your business?

You can, as long as you follow some simple guidelines.

shutterstock_124029445Business deductions are allowed under the tax law when they are ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred as a result of carrying on a trade or business.This includes wages paid to compensate employees for services they provide. Although the Internal Revenue Code does not define a minimum age for employees (common practice advises children be at least 6 years old),

Jul
08
2016

Internal Controls for Small Organizations

shutterstock_96365069 (1)Proper internal controls are essential for all organizations. Critical to the implementation of these controls is an appropriate level of segregation of duties. This can be difficult for a small nonprofit to accomplish due to the size of the staff and/or the number of volunteers. The following section provides an outline of the various accounting functions and gives examples of how internal controls can be put into place to make errors or fraud more unlikely,

Jul
01
2016

New TPT (sales tax) reporting forms for Arizona coming soon.

The Arizona Department of Revenue has been revising their TPT (sales tax) reporting forms.  If you file your forms by paper (whether it be monthly, quarterly or annually), you will soon be receiving new forms that look much different than what you have been used to.  If you have a single location, you should be receiving the TPT-EZ form.shutterstock_123406111 If you have multiple locations, you should be receiving theTPT-2 form.

The new forms are to be used starting with sales made on or after June 1,