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Hans
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Practice limited to clients who own a business and/or rental properties.
Also assisting all individuals and businesses with filing
Financial Stability:
Preparedness is success waiting to happen.
If one is well-prepared with the proper tools for a specific, positive
goal, then their success is only a matter of time and persistence;
however, if one does not prepare themselves for a specific, positive
goal, then they will be preparing themselves, by default, for a negative
goal, which they have not chosen. In business and personal
affairs, the specific, positive goal is financial stability and
the default, negative goal is bankruptcy. I would like to welcome you to our web site. The purpose of this site is to educate you about various financial topics in the fields of accounting, taxes, and investing. The best way to move around the site and to find the topics that interest you is through the site map which you can click on above. On most web pages, there are standardized WEB LINKS on the left and SITE LINKS on the right. We encourage you to bookmark this site to your favorites list for easier linking in the future. Hans Kasper as a Certified Public Accountant and Hans Kasper, MS-CPA, PS as a Certified Public Accounting firm are licensed to practice in the State of Washington. PAST DUE TAX RETURNS SOLVED: Click to obtain how to get your past due tax returns filed, the ten reasons you should file your past due tax returns, and the fourteen steps to get the IRS off your back. Recommended Accountants and Bookkeepers and QuickBooks Bookkeeping Checklist: Click to obtain a list of recommended bookkeepers by Seattle to Everett locations, a listing of bookkeeping requirements necessary to prepare a tax return, and a general business tax organizer. Recommended Legal Counsel: Click to obtain a list of recommended attorneys. Recommended Investment Advisors: Click to obtain a list of recommended investment advisors. Bookkeeping on Excel: this spreadsheet is to be used for your bookkeeping purposes if you do not use the QuickBooks accounting program. Insolvency and Foreclosure worksheet: Click to obtain an Excel sheet to calculate your taxable income and taxable gain or loss from debt forgiveness and foreclosures.
1040 Individual Tax Organizer for 2009: this is a blank income tax organizer for new clients to use to fill in their 2009 income tax data. 1040 Individual Tax Organizer for 2008: this is a blank income tax organizer for new clients to use to fill in their 2008 income tax data. Business Tax Organizer: this is a blank business income tax organizer for all business clients to use to supplement their business income tax data. 2009 Form 1040 Income Tax Fee Schedule: We have increased our fees for the 2009 tax returns. Please click on this link to review the charges. 2009 Form 1120, 1120S, 1065 Income Tax Fee Schedule: We have increased our fees for the 2009 tax returns. Please click on this link to review the charges. BizPlan: How to get a BUSINESS tax deduction for Medical insurance and out-of-pocket Medical expenses. IMPORTANT TAX DATES FOR 2010
JANUARY 15, 2010 - Due date for the
fourth installment of 2009
estimated taxes for individuals.
JANUARY 31, 2010 - Employers must furnish
W-2 statements to employees.
1099 information statements must be furnished by banks, brokers, and
other payers including payments to subcontractors who are not
corporations.
FEBRUARY 28, 2010 - Businesses must file information returns
(such as
1099s) with the IRS. Employers must send W-2 copies to the
Social Security Administration.
MARCH 15, 2010 - 2009 calendar year
corporation income tax returns are
due that have a December year end. Form 7004 can be filed to
give you until September 15 to file the December year-end
return.
APRIL 15, 2009 - Individual income tax returns for calendar year 2009
are due unless you file for an automatic extension until October 15th using Form 4868.
APRIL 15, 2010 - Partnership returns for calendar year 2009
are due unless you file for an automatic extension until September 15th using Form
7004.
APRIL 15, 2010 - Annual gift tax returns are due.
APRIL 15, 2010 - Deadline for making your
Individual Retirement
Account (IRA and Roth) contribution.
APRIL 15, 2010 - Due date for the
first installment of 2009
estimated taxes for individuals.
JUNE 16, 2010 - Due date for the
second installment of 2009
estimated taxes for individuals.
JULY 31, 2010 - Due date for the
Form 5500 Retirement Plan return for calendar year businesses.
SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 - Due date for the
third installment of 2009
estimated taxes for individuals.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 - 2009 calendar year
corporation, trust, and partnership income tax returns
are due that have a December year end if you filed an extension
using Form 7004. No further extensions
are available.
OCTOBER 15, 2010 - Last date to
remove prior year's excess contributions or rollovers from your
IRAs.
OCTOBER 15, 2010 - Deadline to file your
individual income tax return
for calendar year 2009 if you filed for an automatic extension using
Form 4868 on April 17th.
OCTOBER 31, 2010 - If a person
names a trust as their IRA beneficiary AND they want the
beneficiaries of the trust to be able to stretch distributions over
the age of the oldest of the trust's beneficiaries, then among other
requirements, a copy of the trust or a list of the trust
beneficiaries and their entitlements must be delivered to the IRA
custodian (the financial institution holding the IRA funds) by
October 31 of the year FOLLOWING the year of the IRA owner's death.
DECEMBER 31, 2010 - Last date to
take a required minimum distribution from your IRAs if your turned
70-1/2 during 2009.
JANUARY 15, 2011 - Due date for the
fourth installment of 2009
estimated taxes for individuals. PUBLISHED ARTICLES WRITTEN BY HANS "One Graph Is Worth A Thousand Numbers", Journal of Accountancy, November 1988, Hans Kasper. This article discusses the use of computer graphics for financial projections and trends analysis for small and medium-sized businesses. "Measuring Profits - How Much Is Enough?", Journal of Accountancy, March 1981, Hans Kasper. This article discusses the relationship between minimum profitability of a business and bank financing limitations. "Tax Planning and Audit Prevention Defenses.", Puget Sound Builder + Designer Digest, February 2004, Hans Kasper. This article discusses the importance of tax planning and tax audit prevention techniques. "IRS Audits: Real Case Stories.", Puget Sound Builder + Designer Digest, March 2004, Hans Kasper. This article discusses the what can happen to you during an IRS audit.
Free Legal Help in Washington State for Low Income People and for all people over the age of 60. Salvation Army Non-cash Charitable Contribution Value List Real Life Bookkeeper Theft Stories Where's My Refund Phone Number: a special IRS phone number to call on your refund. Where's My Refund Web Site: a special IRS web site to check on your refund. Money quotes: There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody. ~Adlai Stevenson IRS stories: Read interesting stories about IRS audits. Historic IRS Tax Rates all the way back to 1913. Refund Penalty: Did you know that there is a refund penalty? Inflation Calculator gives you the change in the cost of living over the last 200 years. Did you know that $707 in 2001 is the same as $100 in 1949 when I was born. Did you know that $100 in 1804 when Lewis and Clark left St. Louis on their trip west was only worth $86.08 in 1934 (deflation of 14% since 1804), and that same $86.08 in 1934 is equal to $1,020.19 in 2001 dollars (11.85 times inflation since 1934). Lewis and Clark's trip cost $38,000. In 2001 dollars, that amount would be $430,555. Inflation Chart.
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