Thursday, March 28, 2013

Business Rents Paid


Provide your landlord’s name and address. Please summarize the rent you paid for business purposes during the tax year.


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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Estimated Tax Payments


We might need to know details of your transactions like if you made any estimated tax payments this tax year, we will need to know the dates and amounts paid of all federal and state estimated tax payments.

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Stocks & Mutual Funds


Please be very wary of this one. Do not assume your cost information is provided on Form 1099. Please provide a spreadsheet showing the date you bought each item that was sold along with the total purchase price of each item sold, if you sold stocks or mutual funds.

Please carefully review all your stock sales to ensure you have the purchase date and cost information for each stock or mutual fund sold during the year.

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

IRAs



The amount you contributed to a traditional IRA (Form 4598). If you converted a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, please supply the amount of any applicable after-tax Traditional IRA contributions you made over the years.

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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Dependents



If you desire to claim dependents, provide all dependent’s full names (as they appear on their social security card), dates of birth, & social security numbers.

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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Itemized Deductions

Compose a spreadsheet/list summarizing your deductions (Schedule A) if you are planning on itemizing them. Itemized deductions include: medical expenses, personal property tax, state and local sales taxes, tax preparation fees, custodial fees, financial planning fees, interest on mortgages and home equity loans (bring Form 1098), mortgage insurance premiums, real estate taxes, casualty and theft losses, investment related subscriptions, uniforms, cash and non-cash charitable donations, safe deposit box fees, unreimbursed job related expenses (such as job seeking expenses), cell phone charges, tools, dry cleaning, luggage, PDAs, online service fees, trade journals, travel, meals and entertainment.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Income Statements


Carry with you all applicable W-2 forms, 1099 forms, interest income, dividend income, K-1 forms, pension or IRA distributions forms, brokerage account forms, social security, and student loan interest forms.

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Monday, March 11, 2013

Prior Year Tax Return Copies



A new client may bring copies of your last 3 years federal and state income tax returns. The best part is HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING will review the for FREE, yes for free. You may think that you don’t have any problem with your tax returns but we may be able to amend mistakes/omissions getting you back additional refunds.

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Saturday, March 9, 2013

WHAT TO BRING TO YOUR TAX APPOINTMENT



Every problem is unique and so thus every taxpayer’s situation. We cannot list all the items one must bring in for a tax appointment for every type of tax situation so we recommend to rather bring the item in question to your tax appointment. The following is a good general list of the items to bring in with you for your scheduled tax appointment:

Prior Year Tax Return Copies
Income Statements
Itemized Deductions
Dependents
IRAs
Stocks & Mutual Funds
Estimated Tax Payments
Business Rents Paid
Moving Expenses
Dependent Care Expense
Self-Employment
Rental Property
Higher Education Expenses
Business Use of Home
Residential Energy Efficient Improvements
Foreign Nationals on a F-1 or J-1 Visas
Miscellaneous
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Monday, March 4, 2013

B2B: SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR BUSINESS OWNERS AND MANAGERS


Would like to provide their employees with a valuable service while saving money? Who doesn’t, right? That is why HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING offers income tax preparation services to business owners and managers.

Money Saving Options:

Group Discount – Offer HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING tax preparation services to your employees for a discounted rate*.
Flat Rate Promotion – Cover the cost of tax preparation services for your employees and HASS ASSOCIATES ACCOUNTING will charge a flat rate per employee*.
Saving you time and money is what we are all about that is why specializing in Individual, Partnership, Corporate, and Estate Income Tax Returns; we can reduce your employees’ taxes to the bare minimum because we understand that time and money is important to everyone.
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