Tag Archives: Taxes

#COVID-19 Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) Part 1 of 3.

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Carol

The ERTC is encouragement, for employers to keep paying employees, in the form of a refundable credit equal to 50% of up to $10,000 of qualified wages for a maximum $5,000 credit – per employee. The credit is taken against … Continue reading →

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Getting To That 20%

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Carol

Perhaps the biggest change to your business and individual taxes is the Section 199A, Qualified Business Income Deduction (QBID). Your complimentary trip down Memory Lane (aka link to a Carol McAtee archived blog) –  TCJA and What in the World … Continue reading →

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Government Doesn’t Run on Dunkin’!

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carol

Here’s what’s up!  The longest ever paid vacation for 380,000 furloughed government employees.  The longest ever indentured servitude for 420,000 government employees and the Coast Guard as they work without pay.  All courtesy of the longest-ever partial government shutdown.  By … Continue reading →

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UPDATE FROM THE OFFICES OF CAROL McATEE & ASSOCIATES, CPAS, St. Petersburg, Florida

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Carol

Carol McAtee & Associates, CPAs   . . . . .continued from last week’s post, Never too Early to Start Thinking About Filing the Next Tax Return Consider Making IRA Contributions Contributions to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) are a … Continue reading →

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Know How Your Tax Dollars are Spent

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Carol

From Carol McAtee’s CPA firm in St. Petersburg, FL –Do you ever wonder specifically where your tax dollars are spent? For the first time ever, American taxpayers can go online and see exactly how the government is spending the federal … Continue reading →

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CPA Firm: Using a Tax Professional Can Actually Save You Money

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Carol

From Carol McAtee’s CPA firm in St. Petersburg, FL – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reports that an increasing number of taxpayers are using software programs to prepare and file their own tax returns. However, the cost savings may not … Continue reading →

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Tax Deductions for the Business Traveler

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Carol

From Carol McAtee’s CPA firm in St. Petersburg, FL –As a CPA I see many people who have lost their jobs.  The unemployment rate in Florida is way above the national average. I was recently  interviewed on the topic and I … Continue reading →

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