New Year, New Tax Season!2019 is almost here, and that means so is tax season. While we usually take a moment to discuss taxes and your business, we want to change it up and say just how thankful we are of each and every one of you. As a local business, we are appreciative of every person who walks through our doors in need of tax preparation or understanding. We enjoy working with local business professionals who seek our services.
In the new year, we hope that you continue to look to Pathways as a company you can trust and call on. You can keep up to date on our company, local events, and other fun topics through our social media, so be sure to give us a follow! Facebook: Pathways Consulting, LLC Twitter: @PathwaysConsul LinkedIn: Nanette Slappey West Thank you, and Happy New Year from all of us at Pathways!
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Why Use A Professional Tax Service For Your Business?When it comes to filing taxes for your business, you don’t want to end up with mistakes and money lost. To ensure a proper filing process, using a professional tax service is recommended. At Pathways, instead of just filing your taxes for you, we try our best to help you understand your taxes thoroughly. So, how do you file taxes for a small business, and why is it important to use a professional?
Keep All Records Record keeping is the most important step in the tax filing process for businesses. If there is no record, it never happened, and therefore makes it much more difficult to get correct information. In the process of keeping data, we suggest using a bookkeeping service like Quickbooks to store information used within the filing process. Use The Correct Form It is important to know the differences between the tax forms and which is appropriate for a business. The form most used for small businesses is a Schedule C or Form 1120. Schedule C is a simple form that is easier to calculate and input information. Deadlines are Real To make the filing process the easiest, be aware of the filing deadline for taxes on small businesses. We are very serious when it comes to this because of the repercussions that may occur due to late filing. Pathways is here to help your business breeze through tax season, so why not make your appointment today? Tax season is quickly approaching, and Pathways wants to ensure that your business has their taxes under wraps! Here are a few tax tips for your business!
Use Quickbooks Payroll When it comes to payroll, it can be difficult to manage by hand and keep up with all the employees of your business. In order to combat that, and provide relief come tax time, we recommend using Quickbooks payroll! File your Taxes on Time Many have been there, in crunch time, and end up missing the deadline for their taxes. Don't let that be you with your business. Ensure you get your taxes done on time, if not early, by using Pathways! Call and schedule your appointment today! Take Deductions Seriously When it comes to taxes and running a business, it helps to know what deductions you can file for and have. It is best to communicate with a Pathways team member to discuss the deductions that you and your business qualify for. We hope to see you soon for your tax appointment, make sure to get everything you need to get done early so you do not have to pay any late fees come 2019! Did you know The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was issued and installed more than a 100 new tax provisions? Don’t miss out on this fantastic news, and come to Pathways where we can start planning your taxes NOW and save you money in the upcoming tax season! Pathways will makes sure you itemize your deductions appropriately with the new 2019 installment! We will help ensure that either the standard deduction or itemizing is what is in your best interest. When it comes to medical expenses, the threshold for deductions has returned to the past 10%, which make it difficult to qualify once again. These thresholds would include payments made to doctors such as care physicians and dentists, optometrists, and even reaching to equipment such as glasses, oxygen tanks, and medications. For those who are high-income taxpayers, the recommendation to offset capital gain remains an option. This is where the option to sell underperforming investments comes into play; some have the option to defer income into January by delaying invoices to where payment arrives within the following year’s taxable income. For the charitable hearts, you now will have to itemize deductions if you want to claim deductions on the donations you gave. Take your IRA and 401K seriously by ensuring you are putting away the cap amount in each every year. This will also shrink your taxes! Don’t waste any more time, as November comes to an end here soon, there’s only one month left within this year to prepare for tax season. Take advantage of that and head over to Pathways Consulting where we can help you prepare for tax season NOW! Halloween was a doozy this year, and now we are left with all of this candy! What about you? Do you have individually wrapped, fun-sized candy that the trick-or-treaters never knocked on your door to receive? If so, our team at Pathways know exactly what you can do about it!
It’s a program called “Operation Gratitude” and they are dedicated to rounding up unused Halloween candy to send to our troops. We think this is an amazing idea, which is why we partnered with them and are now a candy drop-off site! Did you not participate in the candy craze this year? Did all the little tricksters receive all the candy you bought? That’s okay! Operation Gratitude also accepts dental floss, pens, and mechanical pencils for our troops! So even if you don’t have candy, you can still participate in this big thank you to our troops! All donations must be received on November 5th, so that means you have three days, this weekend, to gather your donations with your family and bring them to our Pathways office in Summerville! Our drop-off station will have cards for you to write small thank you notes or encouraging statements that make a big difference to the troops! Start gathering your candy now and we will see you before November 5th at our office is located on 105 S Cedar St d, Summerville, SC 29485! Financial Transaction TaxA financial transaction tax is characterized as a levy on a particular transaction of a certain purpose. It is also important for any business and owner to be conscious of. Since the start of the first financial transaction bill in 2008, financial transaction tax bills have been proposed multiple times since 2009 in the U.S.
The bill that is in use now, suggested a tax of 0.25% of stock, 0.02% of features contracts on the buying or selling of specified commodity, and 0.02% of credit default swaps between two firms would be implemented. The projected revenue of this tax, being $150 billion, would be used deficit reduction and job promotion. While this tax does not apply to families, the businesses within the United States are subject to adhering to these financial transaction tax policies. What do you think about this tax? Is the revenue from it going to appropriate places, or would you rather it be put elsewhere? Tell us in the comments below! Pathways focuses on helping and educating the businesses within the Summerville area and strive to see the businesses grow! Call us today for any of your accounting or tax needs! Tax Planning: Why it is ImportantWe have talked in the past of how important organization is to how you approach your taxes. We may not need to remind you but tax season is approaching quickly and you need to be prepared. We suggest you start planning your taxes now, so here are a few ways you can start planning your taxes in advance to make the January tax season simple.
Tax planning can be done throughout the year by taking into consideration tax law provisions, tax breaks, and using every tax credit and deduction available to you. Take advantage of the legal ways you can save on your taxes, if you do not understand the ways listed above, come into Pathways and sit down with an expert who will explain everything to you. It is also important that when your tax planning you take the time for financial planning. The last thing anybody wants to do is get to tax time and realize that they owe money on taxes. If you plan financially to have money saved up for this specific reason, tax season will come as less of a shock. Everyone knows how stressful tax season can be but with the above tips you can ensure your tax season will run smoothly. If you would rather meet with an expert to sit down and ask your questions, please feel free to contact Pathways for an appointment. Have you been having a hard time lately with your finances for your small business? Have you been struggling trying to flip through papers up on papers that don’t seem to have the correct information? What if we at Pathways Consulting told you you don’t have to do that anymore?
That’s right. You don’t. QuickBooks is an accounting software that can change the way you do booking. From spreadsheets to payroll, QuickBooks will have your business running smoother than you ever thought it could. QuickBooks is smarter than a spreadsheet, since it’s an online program you can use the convenience and efficiency of computer software to keep a hold of your businesses’ exchanges of money. Eliminate your worry today and do some reach search on QuickBooks. Once you’ve made a decision then that’s what you want to do, contact us! Lucky for you at Pathways Consulting we have experienced, knowledgeable, members of our team who understand QuickBooks to a T! Don’t be shy and call today to schedule your appointment! We will go over QuickBooks software with you and help you receive a better understanding of what this new innovative computer technology means for your small business! We look forward to hearing from you! Hurricane Florence has brought to our attention the necessity of having your business at your fingertips. Luckily for all the small business owners out there, technology has grown and flourished to accommodate every demand we place on it.
It even makes it possible and easy to handle your business from your phone! That means 24/7 access for you! But what allows you to run your business solely through your phone if you so choose? Quickbooks! Quickbooks is the best and most efficient accounting system right at your fingertips. Here at Pathways, we even have quickbooks specialists to help you manage your account without the hassle or confusion! Do you have your business’ books and records safe in case of a natural disaster? Make the switch to Quickbooks today by calling Pathways Consulting and scheduling a meeting! If you live in the Summerville, or surrounding area, we will get you on the right track with your money and out of the storm! Do you own a small business or are interested in learning how to start and run one? At Pathways, our job is to help you keep your business running smoothly when it comes to handling the money. We also want to make sure you know about fun opportunities within the community to grow your business!
On Saturday, September 8th from 10:00am-1:00pm Krystal Klear Productions is hosting The Entrepreneurial Kickback: The Business Brunch Edition! Located at Lightroom Studios 2070 Northbrook blvd. Suite A5 in North Charleston, SC 29406 It is going to be a fun time for business owners and potential business owners to network, relax, and have good quality time! It only costs $20 and that price goes to snacks, bingo, and a goody bag. For more information visit www.krystalklearproductions.com We hope that you find what you need from this local event, and don’t forget about how Pathways can help you manage your books for your small business! Contact us today to get started organizing your business’s taxes! |
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