J.K. Lasser’s Small Business Taxes 2008 gives you a complete overview of small business tax planning in an accessible manner. Focusing on strategies that help you use deductions and tax credits effectively, shield business income, and maximize other aspects of small business taxes, this valuable guide will show you how your actions in business today can affect your bottom line from a tax perspective tomorrow.
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The tax facts and strategies thatevery small business owner needs to know
Owning a small business is a big responsibility. While many small business owners seek to improve their bottom line, few realize all the ways that both current and new tax laws can help them do so. With J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2008, you'll quickly discover how.
Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this reliable resource—which includes a new chapter on multiple businesses—offers a complete overview of small business tax planning and provides you with the information needed to make tax-smart decisions throughout the year. Focusing on strategies that help you use deductions and tax credits effectively, shield business income, and maximize other aspects of small business taxes, this practical guide will show you how your actions in business today can affect your bottom line from a tax perspective tomorrow.
In this fully updated volume, you'll find:
Detailed coverage of the newest tax laws and IRS rules
Planning strategies that can help you run a tax-smart business all year long
Comprehensive information on each deductible expense, including dollar limits and record-keeping requirements
Clear instructions on where to report income and claim deductions on your tax forms
Help with state taxes and a guide to information returns you may need to file
Sample forms and checklists to help you prepare for tax time
Access to an online supplement to this book, which contains up-to-the-minute tax changes
About the Author
Barbara Weltman is an attorney and a nationally recognized expert in taxation for small businesses, as well as the author of several top-selling books on taxes and finance. She is also an experienced writer and has been featured in many media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Inc.com, Bloomberg TV, CNN, and CNBC. Sign up for her free e-newsletter and daily tips at www.barbaraweltman.com.
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Not bad, but not the ultimate resource...,
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... I thought it might be. It is easy to get such impression if you've bought yearly JK Lasser tax books in the past - thick volumes, newspaper quality paper (you buy a new one each year), everything explained in the most clear fashion, nicely redundant - so that you can find and read just what you are looking for, without leafing through the whole volume. Examples of tax court cases are really helpful, giving you the perspective on how even some fairly simple provisions can be viewed differently. A few years ago our tax situation became a little more complicated (investments, small business), but with the help of that big JK Lasser book (and TurboTax!), I still do the taxes myself.
Small Business Taxes 2008 disappointed me in a way that this book does not seem to contain any more information than the Small Business section of its big sibling - which makes sense if you compare the number and size of their pages!.. There were a few places where I stumbled doing our 2007 return. To give you an example, one of them was about home office and whether you can elect to keep your entire mortgage and real estate taxes deduction all in your personal itemized deductions or you really must put the home office percentage into your business taxes (Schedule C). To my disappointment, this, as well as a few other similar "finer" points, was not covered in the book. I finally found the answer in the official IRS publication - very clearly, it was saying that no, I can't, that percentage *must* go into Schedule C. So here we are. As much as I love JK Lasser tax books, I found that I seldom needed to use any external help outside TurboTax - which now has excellent Small Business help menu, including some tax attorney's (sorry, forgot the guy's name) free, and very nicely written, whole book. And when I do need that extra help, JK Lasser books, sadly, won't do. The ultimate resource remain those boring original IRS publications. In the spirit of not inflating the grade, I am giving 3 stars here.
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installment sales, entity classification election, loss from business operations, standard mileage allowance, clear business setting, employment tax obligations, nonstatutory fringe benefits, excess casualty losses, miscellaneous business expenses, actual expense method, domestic production activities deduction, general business credit, ordinary business income, personal tax credits, minimum tax credit, regular tax purposes, carryback years, allocable amount, inclusion amount, ordinary loss deduction, business bad debts, business income and deductions, net tax liability, standard meal allowance, home office activity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Social Security, United States, Gulf Opportunity Zone, Tax Court, Internal Revenue Code, Corporation Income Tax Return, Depreciate Property, Health Savings Accounts, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, New York, Net Profit From Business, Hurricanes Katrina, Employer's Supplemental Tax Guide, Sioux Falls, Farmer's Tax Guide, Mid-Month Convention Month, North American, Individual Retirement Arrangements, Self Employed, Black Lung, American Express, Employer's Guide, Individual Retirement Accounts, Employer's Tax Guide, Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System Browse Sample Pages:
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installment sales, entity classification election, loss from business operations, standard mileage allowance, clear business setting, employment tax obligations, nonstatutory fringe benefits, excess casualty losses, miscellaneous business expenses, actual expense method, domestic production activities deduction, general business credit, ordinary business income, personal tax credits, minimum tax credit, regular tax purposes, carryback years, allocable amount, inclusion amount, ordinary loss deduction, business bad debts, business income and deductions, net tax liability, standard meal allowance, home office activity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Social Security, United States, Gulf Opportunity Zone, Tax Court, Internal Revenue Code, Corporation Income Tax Return, Depreciate Property, Health Savings Accounts, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, New York, Net Profit From Business, Hurricanes Katrina, Employer's Supplemental Tax Guide, Sioux Falls, Farmer's Tax Guide, Mid-Month Convention Month, North American, Individual Retirement Arrangements, Self Employed, Black Lung, American Express, Employer's Guide, Individual Retirement Accounts, Employer's Tax Guide, Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System Browse Sample Pages:
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