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How will the new Tax Reform Law effect my 2018 Income Taxes?
Congress passed the largest changes to the Federal tax code in over thirty years on December 15th, 2017. I have spent a lot of time reviewing this bill and I am very familiar with these tax code changes. If you …
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Why you should have a CPA prepare your Income Tax Returns!
The tax code keeps getting more complicated. Believe it or not Congress made major changes to the tax code in February of 2018 that affected tens of millions of tax returns that had already been filed. In December of 2017 Congress …
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2017 Federal and Indiana income tax returns
The April 17th, 2018 tax filing deadline is only three and a half weeks away. This has been a great tax filing season at Small Business Services CPA Group. We continue to grow due to referrals from satisfied customers. We …
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Indiana Use Tax
You might have noticed when you were shopping online over the holidays that some websites would add sales tax to the checkout and some would not. This might have even incentivized you to purchase from one website over another if …
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Tax Season Scares
Almost a full month into the filing season, which means that scams are running rampant. Most people want nothing to do with the IRS, and people who are trying to scam know this and play off of it. A quick …
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What Do I Need to Have My Taxes Prepared?
It is hard to believe but tax season is back! Football is over and now is the time for everyone to go through boxes, junk piles and paper stacks to find the information needed to prepare your 2017 tax return. …
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To Prepare or Not Prepare
By now you should have received most of your tax statements and you should be thinking about getting your taxes prepared. Should you head out to purchase the newest version of Turbo Tax and give it a go yourself, or …
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SBS CPA Group Tax Season Hours
It is almost beginning of February and that means that the business hours at SBS CPA Group will be changing. Tax season is upon us and we are ready to prepare both your business and personal tax returns. Beginning on …
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Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD’s): A Little-Known Tax Strategy
Taxpayers are required to take a minimum distribution (RMD) from your IRA each year beginning in the year you turn 70 ½ (this rule doesn’t apply to a Roth IRA). Normally, the custodian of your IRA will send you a …
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2018 Mileage Rates
The IRS has issued the new mileage rates for 2018 and it is good news for many people as the rates have risen. The new rates as of January 1, 2018 are: Business reimbursement rate – 54.5 cents per mile …