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What is Bird Box Stirring up in the Tax World?
If you don’t know by now, Bird Box is an exclusive movie to Netflix. It was viewed by 45 million accounts the first week it was released without being released to theaters.
How is the IRS Post-shutdown?
The beginning of this tax season wrapped up the government shutdown and now the IRS is back at full capacity.
When can you Expect Your Tax Refund?
When can you expect your tax refund? Well, with the government shutdown and new tax laws everyone is guessing. But, Erb makes an educated one.
Zuzu, Our New Coworker
Zuzu is our newest coworker! Zuzu enjoys sleeping, playing and walking in circles around Les.
When is the IRS Processing Tax Returns?
Learn when the IRS will begin processing tax returns. Hint: it’s a day before last year.
Changes From the TCJA
What changes should you look out for this season? Well, there are a lot of changes due to the TCJA.
Secret Santa
Enjoy some photos of secret Santa at the office!
New Mileage Rates for 2019
Which mileage rates are going up in 2019? Here’s a hint, it isn’t the rate for charitable transportation purposes. What’s left? Business, medical, and moving.
Thinking About Moving to the Cloud?
Four Steps to Move to the Cloud Are you thinking about upgrading your accounting system to cloud accounting? You're probably wondering what first steps should be taken? First off, make sure you know the inner workings of your legacy system. How did you organize your...
Danny Devito
Backing You Now in its second year, Intuit's Backing You campaign has partnered with comedian Danny Devito to motivate small business owners to get on top of their books. The campaign showcases real small business owners getting tips from Danny Devito in short videos...
Ohio Takes the Lead With Bitcoin
In 2016, New Hampshire tired to pass a bill to accept bitcoin as a tax payment but it was heavily denied at a rate of 264 to 74. In early 2018, Arizona tried to do the same thing but it was also shot down. Georgia is also trying to accept cryptocurrency for tax...
Tax Transcripts and Scams
IRS Building photo courtesy of TravelingOtter The IRS's Three Pase Plan Back in August, the IRS announced some changes to be made to the tax transcript process. This is to due past hacks by cyber-criminals. There are three phases to this plan and we are almost to...
Find us in the Latest Bellingham Business Pulse!
Where to Find Us That's right, Andrews Tax Accounting was featured in the November/December issue of Bellingham Business Pulse. Jeri's expertise shows up in two pieces within the issue. The first being "Small Business Survival Guide," by Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy (page...
The “New” Use for Social Media
France Finally Catching Up Gerald Darmanin, France’s Minister of Action and Public Accounts, recently announced that next year France will use social media to fight tax fraud. How does social media fight tax fraud? Well, the French government, Darmanin claims, "will...
Mint: A Free Budgeting App
Do you have trouble staying on top of bills and your spending habits? Well, Intuit has the solution for you. Mint, a free budgeting app. Some Features Mint has many more features than just creating budgets. Some other features include: -consolidating all your accounts...
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween From Everyone at Andrews Tax Accounting! Costumes are required at the office, but to change it up this year we all dressed like superheroes because we are indeed your super accountants! From left to right we have, Spider-man, Superwoman, Bat-woman,...
A Tax Cut for the Middle Class?
Photo courtesy of TaxRebate.org.uk A New Tax Cut? The president recently announced that Congress will be voting on a new tax cut for the middle class, after the midterm elections. This plan could be announced in detail as early as November 1st but many politicians...
Flower and Emy
The Dogs of Tidal Vision and Andrews Tax Accounting Yesterday Emy met a new puppy friend, Flower, from Tidal Vision and they played hard. If they weren't playing, they were receiving some well-deserved pets. And if they weren't getting pets, they were chilling...