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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...
The Meals and Entertainment Deduction
A while ago the AICPA requested that the IRS clarify the state of some deductions, in particular meals and entertainment, for the coming tax year. Well, we finally have an answer. Businesses can still deduct 50 percent of meals while entertaining clients....
Paying Taxes in China vs. the US
Should You Pay Your Taxes? If you live in China, then you’ve got a reason. A few months ago, one of the top actresses in China vanished from the spotlight and social media after two contracts for the same film surfaced on social media. After a months-long...
The Eureka Room
Guess what we did last week? Some fun team building at the Eureka Room. Are you wondering how many accountants it took to find the treasure? It took four of us...but we made it out with about 5-10 minutes to spare. The Eureka Room has two rooms to choose from....
The Online Sales and Small Business Relief Act
Changes Towards The Collection of Sales Tax Do you remember the Supreme Court’s ruling on South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.? The ruling allowed states to collect sales tax from companies with “substantial nexus” within the state (check out our post "The Supreme Court’s...
The House’s Tax Cut Bill
Cutting your Spending photo from Tax Credits Possible Changes From the Tax Cut Bill The House is about to introduce new legislation for the 2017 tax reform which would make the lower tax rates on individuals permanent (before it was set to end in 2025). The tax cut...
Financial Concerns for Small Business Owners
A Recent Survey by Clutch Clutch, a research firm, asked three hundred small business owners about their financial concerns to yield the following results. How could Andrews Tax Accounting assist with these financial concerns? As small business specialists, we can...