I am simultaneously eager while also being slightly horrified that tax season has officially begun.Horrified, simply because the IRS has been significantly behind the 8-ball this year, and I still can’t believe that we’re already halfway through February...
During the first Super Bowl that Tom Brady won (with the Patriots), these were some of the companies who advertised (hat tip to Jon Erlichman of Bloomberg):AOLBlockbusterRadio ShackCircuit CityCompUSASearsHotJobsYahooVoiceStream WirelessGateway ComputersThe year was...
My goal today is to simplify your options.There is so much noise, and so many conflicting voices about all of this, that I wanted to give you an authoritative, basic rundown of what’s being made available to you and other Frederick small business owners by the...
So, last week I ran through the (rather incredible) selection of NEW and/or extended tax credits available for Frederick business owners.That’s just the tip of the iceberg though.But this is the great thing about working with business owners in tax strategy...
Last week, when I wrote my message to our Frederick business clients, the biggest news was the second round of the PPP, and that expenses covered under the first round of it would be tax deductible.Has anything happened since then?Goodness, even just the...
Let’s start today with a couple questions I’ve been getting here at J Allen & Associates from our Frederick small business clients about the second round of the PPP, and some of the new provisions of the recent bill that affect businesses.If I received...
Wow, does it ever feel good to have turned the page on 2020. This first “working week” is when I finally began to feel the newness of it all.Yes, it’s “just a date” on a Gregorian calendar, but …2021 holds great promise for our...
It’s going to take us many weeks to digest everything in this massive omnibus of a relief bill that the President signed on Sunday night.And with year-end barrelling at us (2021 is on FRIDAY), it’s unlikely that we will be able to make substantive action...
Well, Congress seems to have heard the cries of the huddled masses of SMB’s around the country, and more PPP funding is (seemingly) on the way.Details aren’t finalized yet as of this writing, so I will have more to say on these matters in future weeks.Even...
Maybe I’m writing this today because we’re very much feeling the end-of-year crunch here at Team J Allen & Associates.Really, we only have a few business days left before 2020 is in the rearview. Yes, my heart wants that to happen YESTERDAY, but my...