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Carefully Track Nondeductible IRA Contributions
If, like many people, your traditional IRA holds a mixture of deductible (after-tax) and nondeductible (pretax) contributions, it’s important to track your contributions carefully to avoid double taxation of distributions. Why? Because the IRS treats distributions as a blend of pretax and after-tax dollars. If you treat distributions as fully
Benchmarking Financial Performance
You already may have reviewed a preliminary draft of your company’s year-end financial statements. But without a frame of reference, they don’t mean much. That’s why it’s important to compare your company’s performance over time and against competitors. Conduct a well-rounded evaluation A comprehensive benchmarking study requires calculating ratios that
Home Office Expenses Deduction Rules
We regularly get questions regarding the rules for deducting home office expenses. Since technology has made it easier to work from home, lots of people now commute each morning to an office down the hall in their home. However, just because you have a home office space doesn’t mean you
Does Your Employee Benefit Plan Need an Audit?
Some benefit plans are required to include an opinion from an independent qualified public accountant (IQPA) when filing Form 5500 each year. The IQPA examines the plan’s financial statements and schedules to ensure they’re presented fairly and in conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The financial statements and IQPA
Cost Management for Businesses
If your company comes up over budget year after year, you may want to consider cost management. This is a formalized, systematic review of operations and resources with the stated goal of reducing costs at every level and controlling them going forward. As part of this effort, you’ll answer questions
Tax Savings for Adopting a Child
If you’re adopting a child, or you adopted one this year, there may be significant tax benefits available to offset the expenses. For 2019, adoptive parents may be able to claim a nonrefundable credit against their federal tax for up to $14,080 of “qualified adoption expenses” for each adopted child.
SECURE Act – New Retirement Plan Laws
If you save for retirement with an IRA or other plan, you’ll be interested to know that Congress recently passed a law that makes significant modifications to these accounts. The SECURE Act, which was signed into law on December 20, 2019, made these four changes. The maximum age for making
DWC CPAs Earn Exclusive Employee Benefit Plan Audit Expert Credentials
Dalby, Wendland & Co., P.C., is pleased to announce local CPAs Brian J. Hollingsworth and Kelsa D. Tinsley have attained certifications in Employee Benefit Plans Audit (EBP) from the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. Brian obtained the Intermediate Employee Benefit Plans Audit Certificate and Kelsa obtained the Advanced Employee
Seth Knighton Promoted to Senior Tax Accountant
Dalby, Wendland & Co., P.C., is pleased to announce the promotion of Seth Knighton to Senior Tax Accountant in Grand Junction. Seth is a Colorado Native from Fort Collins. He attended Colorado Mesa University for cross country and track and graduated in 2017 cum laude with a bachelor’s of science
FAQs of Prepaid Expenses
The concept of “matching” is one of the basic principles of accrual-basis accounting. It requires companies to match expenses (efforts) with revenues (accomplishments) whenever it’s reasonable or practical to do so. This concept applies when companies make advance payments for expenses that will benefit more than one accounting period. Here