<![CDATA[On Call Business Support and Services - Blog]]>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:15:41 -0500Weebly<![CDATA[Need extra cash? The IRS has published the new withholding tables.]]>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:48:26 GMThttp://www.ocbssolutions.com/blog/need-extra-cash-the-irs-has-published-the-new-withholding-tables6393907www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2018/01/11/irs-releases-new-2018-withholding-tables-to-reflect-tax-law-changes/]]><![CDATA["I never lose. I either win or I learn."]]>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:04:33 GMThttp://www.ocbssolutions.com/blog/i-never-lose-i-either-win-or-i-learn
Even the greatest business leaders fail from time to time. Which is why I encourage you to change how think about what it means to fail.


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]]><![CDATA[Cash Flow]]>Sun, 23 Apr 2017 02:40:42 GMThttp://www.ocbssolutions.com/blog/cash-flowhttp://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/financial-management/free-cash-flow-statement-template-example-and-guide/]]><![CDATA[August 30th, 2016]]>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:30:00 GMThttp://www.ocbssolutions.com/blog/august-30th-2016Student loan interest is deductible above the line
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Student loan interest is generally deductible as an above the line deduction, meaning you do not have to itemize in order to claim the deduction on your federal income tax return. There is a student loan interest deduction of up to $2,500 for paying interest on a student loan used for higher education. The amount of the student loan interest deduction is gradually reduced if the taxpayer’s modified adjusted gross income is within a certain range.]]><![CDATA[Tax Talk Tuesday ]]>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.ocbssolutions.com/blog/tax-talk-tuesdayIssue Number:  IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2016-20

Moving Expenses Can Be Deductible
Did you move due to a change in your job or business location? If so, you may be able to deduct your moving expenses, except for meals. Here are the top tax tips for moving expenses.
In order to deduct moving expenses, your move must meet three requirements:
  1. The move must closely relate to the start of work.  Generally, you can consider moving expenses within one year of the date you start work at a new job location. Additional rules apply to this requirement. 

  2. Your move must meet the distance test.  Your new main job location must be at least 50 miles farther from your old home than your previous job location. For example, if your old job was three miles from your old home, your new job must be at least 53 miles from your old home. 

  3. You must meet the time test.  After the move, you must work full-time at your new job for at least 39 weeks in the first year. If you’re self-employed, you must meet this test and work full-time for a total of at least 78 weeks during the first two years at your new job site. If your income tax return is due before you’ve met this test, you can still deduct moving expenses if you expect to meet it.
]]><![CDATA[Do you know about the Texas Tuition Fund?]]>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.ocbssolutions.com/blog/do-you-know-about-the-texas-tuition-fundWhat is the Texas Tuition Promise Fund?The Texas Tuition Promise Fund is designed to help families and individuals prepay for all or some future tuition and required fees at any two- or four-year Texas public college or university. Account holders purchase Tuition Units, which represent a fixed amount of undergraduate resident tuition and required fees charged by Texas public colleges and universities. The number of units needed varies depending on the school, but generally 100 units represents 30 semester hours, which is considered to be one academic year. Read more...
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]]><![CDATA[New user fees proposed for IRS installment agreements ]]>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:41:57 GMThttp://www.ocbssolutions.com/blog/new-user-fees-proposed-for-irs-installment-agreementsUnder the proposed rules, the new fee for a regular installment agreement, in which the taxpayer contacts the IRS in person, by phone, or by mail and sets up an installment agreement to make manual payments by check or via the electronic funds transfer payment system (EFTPS) will pay a fee of $225 (up from $120). The $225 fee can be lowered to $107 if the taxpayer agrees to direct debits.

​Taxpayers who apply online, but pay by check or EFTPS, will pay $149. Using the online application system at irs.gov and agreeing to direct debit lowers the fee to $31. The fee to restructure or reinstate an installment agreement that is in default will increase to $89.
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]]><![CDATA[Mid-Year Tax Planning]]>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 03:30:00 GMThttp://www.ocbssolutions.com/blog/mid-year-tax-planning9643642​Use the attached tax planning document ​to start planning for the 2016 tax year.
]]><![CDATA[How partnership income is taxed]]>Sat, 06 Aug 2016 03:30:00 GMThttp://www.ocbssolutions.com/blog/how-partnership-income-is-taxed
Generally, the IRS does not consider partnerships to be separate from their owners for tax purposes; instead, they are considered “pass-through” tax entities. This means that all of the profits and losses of the partnership “pass through” the business to the partners, who pay taxes on their share of the profits (or deduct their share of the losses) on their individual income tax returns. Each partner’s share of profits and losses is usually set out in a written partnership agreement.]]>