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IRS Announces 2014 Standard Mileage Rates

IRS Announces 2014 Standard Mileage Rates

Beginning on Jan. 1, 2014, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) used for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes is: 56 cents per mile for business miles driven 23.5 cents per mile driven for medical or moving...

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Tax Brackets, Deductions, and Exemptions for 2014

Tax Brackets, Deductions, and Exemptions for 2014

In 2014, personal exemptions and standard deductions will rise and tax brackets will widen due to inflation. By law, the dollar amounts for a variety of tax provisions, affecting virtually every taxpayer, must be revised each year to keep pace with inflation. New...

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How to Get Paid on Time

How to Get Paid on Time

Due to current economic conditions, it's likely that collecting on your accounts receivables is becoming more and more of a challenge. Strengthening your collection procedures may allow you to improve collection rates and shorten the aging days of your accounts...

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Ensuring Financial Success for Your Business

Ensuring Financial Success for Your Business

Can you point your company in the direction of financial success, step on the gas, and then sit back and wait to arrive at your destination? Not quite. You can't let your business run on autopilot and expect good results. Any business owner knows you need to make...

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Tax Changes for 2014: A Checklist

Tax Changes for 2014: A Checklist

Welcome 2014! As the new year rolls around, it's always a sure bet that there will be changes to the current tax law and 2014 is no different. From health savings accounts to retirement contributions and standard deductions, here's a checklist of tax changes to help...

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Filing Season Delayed by 10 Days

Filing Season Delayed by 10 Days

Taxpayers should note that the 2014 tax season opens on Jan. 31, 2014. In most years, the filing season opens on Jan. 21; however, due to the 16-day government shutdown that took place in October 2013, the filing season is delayed by 10 days this year. No returns,...

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Are Your Social Security Benefits Taxable?

Are Your Social Security Benefits Taxable?

All Social Security recipients should receive a Form SSA-1099 from the Social Security Administration which shows the total amount of their benefits. But many people may not realize the Social Security benefits they received in 2013 may be taxable. The information...

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10 Things to Know About Capital Gains

10 Things to Know About Capital Gains

Did you know that almost everything you own and use for personal or investment purposes is a capital asset? Capital assets include a home, household furnishings and stocks and bonds held in a personal account. When you sell a capital asset, the difference between the...

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Retirement Contributions Limits Announced for 2014

Retirement Contributions Limits Announced for 2014

The Internal Revenue Service announced cost of living adjustments affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items for Tax Year 2014. In general, some pension limitations such as those governing 401(k) plans and IRAs will remain...

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