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Our Focus newsletter provides monthly tax trends and topics written by our professionals.
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 03/01/2010Tax Benefits for EducationWith the ever changing times comes an ever changing tax code. And with college tuition on a steady rise to unaffordability, something's got to give. Introducing…the American Opportunity Tax Credit. "Taking Credit for Getting Credits" |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 03/01/2010Hobbies: When they're none of your "business"!As you reminisce about your childhood, think about the little activities you would engage in for fun and to pass time. Maybe it was toy trains, collecting baseball cards, dolls, stuffed animals or even pet rocks! In the glory days of our… |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 02/01/2010Expiring Tax Provisions Affecting Your Bottom LineAs the New Year gets underway, having completed our year end planning and seeing our results on financial statements and tax returns, we can look ahead and implement our plans for 2010 and beyond. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 02/01/2010Beyond the Numbers: James M. CzaplickiJamie M. Czaplicki recently joined Dermody, Burke & Brown with over 8 years of public accounting experience at a regional accounting firm. Jamie has tax and accounting experience with corporations, subchapter S-corporations,… |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 02/01/2010S Corporation Open Account DebtIn the November issue of the Focus, Tom Tartaglia, CPA addressed some of the issues surrounding the question of whether a business should decide to be taxed as an S corporation. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 01/01/2010Records RetentionIs one of your new year's resolutions to clean out your old file storage? If not, it should be. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 01/01/2010Beyond the Numbers: Michael A. O'Shea, CPAMike joined Dermody, Burke & Brown in July 2007 after 17 years with a national accounting firm and 2 years working as the corporate tax manager for a high-tech medical manufacturing company. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 01/01/2010Business Tax Planning Ideas (After the Fact)When the ball dropped in Times Square on New Year's Eve ushering in the year 2010, some may have thought they dropped the ball on the chance to reduce their 2009 Federal income tax liability. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 12/01/2009Beyond the Numbers: Janet T. Boller, CPAJanet joined Dermody, Burke & Brown in January 1987. She specializes in estate and trust fiduciary income tax, estate tax and gift tax areas of practice. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 12/01/2009Where Is a Crystal Ball When You Need One?The American public is very much aware that under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) the estate tax and the generation-skipping transfer tax (GST) are scheduled to be repealed effective January 1, 2010. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 12/01/2009Do You Know Where You Do Business?Many times, the efforts to grow your business can take you outside the borders of the state where you reside. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 11/02/2009A Happy Ending For Your Depressed IRA?Does the depressed value of your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) have you, well, depressed? Are you worried about individual tax rates skyrocketing? 2010 offers a first time opportunity for many taxpayers to bring their traditional… |