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CALL EARLY FOR YOUR TAX APPOINTMENTS

Feb 1, 2020 | Article | Tagged:

Taxes consume the biggest portion of most people’s current earnings and future retirement income. Our job at Kallas Company is to help you maximize tax savings and help you create future wealth. For the greatest savings over time you need to plan ahead. Call us...

Retirement Plans for Restaurant Owners

Aug 1, 2018 | Article | Tagged:

Owners, on occasion, ask me what retirement plan is best for restaurant owners. Usually, I advise them that their hard-earned knowledge and experience in running a restaurant along with owning restaurant real estate is a pretty good retirement plan by itself.  Return...

New Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017

Aug 1, 2018 | Article | Tagged:

HOW IT EFFECTS “PASS THROUGH” BUSINESSES Under the new tax act, starting with the 2018 tax year, Pass-through businesses may be eligible for a 20% deduction for which they pay nothing.  This is a very generous tax break for small businesses and almost every restaurant...

Tips to Lower Your Sales Tax

Nov 1, 2017 | Article | Tagged: ,

Kallas bookkeepers and tax preparers are trained to look for every dollar we can to reduce your taxes. One way to reduce sales tax is to deduct tax-exempt sales, discounts, and giveaways. Tax-exempt sales are allowed when a charitable organization or a governmental...

Beware “Back-Up Withholding” Trap

May 1, 2017 | Article | Tagged: ,

Have you ever received a form called an W-9?  W-9’s are sent to you usually by someone you do business with like a vendor, bank, or merchant credit card processing company asking for your federal identification number and other information such as your address and...

What Is an LLC?

May 1, 2017 | Article | Tagged:

In the last 5 years or so, there has been a movement away from structuring small businesses as S corporations and more towards forming LLC’s.  S corporations still have unique benefits and should be considered when you start up a new business but LLC’s offer their own...

Warnings for S-Corporations and LLCs

Feb 1, 2017 | Article | Tagged: ,

A new penalty for late filed S Corporations and partnership LLC’s was created starting with the 2009 tax year and continues to present. I use this newsletter to remind taxpayers about this penalty because the penalty is severe. $195 per shareholder or partner per...

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