A buy–sell agreement can be critical to a business owner intending to sell the business interest or needing to accommodate other changes within the organization. Typically, it can help ease a transition in leadership to the younger generation. Basic concept: The buy–sell agreement protects your family’s interests in the event you become disabled or die [...]
If you are an employer, you've probably heard that there are new laws about who qualifies for overtime pay. It's been about two years in the making. The most important items to understand are: The 2016 salary threshold is $913 per week or $47,476 annually for a full-year worker. That's adjusted down slightly from earlier reports. [...]
By: Betsy Jarnigan, CPA Tax Supervisor Betsy is a member of the JMF Tax Department and an integral part of the JMF State and Local Tax (SALT) group. She is also a recipient of the ASCPA Outstanding Young CPA Award. About a year ago, we blogged (ADOR considering changes to existing rules for sales tax on photography) [...]
Like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character in The Terminator, the research credit is back. This valuable tax break, which had officially expired and been restored more than a dozen times in the past, was extended again by the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act, retroactive to the beginning of 2015. What’s more, the credit has been [...]
The IRS has announced the standard mileage rates that may be used in 2016 instead of deducting actual expenses. The new rates, which have decreased or stayed the same, are as follows: For business driving, the rate is 54 cents per business mile (it was 57.5 cents in 2015). For medical and moving expenses, the [...]
If you're a photographer, you may believe you're providing a service to your customers and aren't required to collect sales tax from them. You may be wrong. Here's a snapshot of what is developing in the sales tax darkroom in Alabama. Alabama sales tax must be collected on all gross proceeds from the retail [...]
In a recent article in the Globe and Mail by Jennifer Warawa, nine reasons to work with an accountant were discussed. While this may seem self serving coming from an accountant, I see so many start up problems that could have been prevented with a short visit that I find this worth sharing. Here is [...]
Prior to the election, JamisonMoneyFarmer CPA Rachel Taylor lead a discussion on the major "fiscal cliff" items like the expiration of particular tax cuts, shifts in alternative minimum tax, increased Medicare taxes, new spending cuts, tax extenders, and the expiration of payroll tax cut. Below is the Powerpoint deck. If you have any further questions, [...]
Who wants to pitch their business idea on the hit TV show Shark Tank? The Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama, JamisonMoneyFarmer's Bobby Bragg and local businessmen Lee Henderson of Smoothie King and Which Wich Superior Sandwiches helped launch the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!). Bragg and Henderson have both successfully started their own businesses multiple times and both will serve [...]