by Jonathan Bill | Sep 11, 2020 | Biz Taxes, Personal, Small Business
With a little extra time at home on your hands this year, you may have taken up a new hobby — maybe selling photographs, creating skin-care products or trading antiques — whether for fun or to make a few extra bucks. But is it just a hobby? Maybe you’re thinking it...
by Jonathan Bill | Jun 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Personal, Retirement
If you are retired now or planning on retiring soon, you’ll need to determine if any of your Social Security benefits will be taxed. It’s an important part of figuring your income and expenses during this time of your life. Since 1984, Social Security beneficiaries...
by Jonathan Bill | May 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Personal, Retirement
If you have an IRA or other qualified retirement plan and you are 70+, you’ll want to know about a special rule change made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act enacted in March, you will not have to...
by Jonathan Bill | Apr 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Personal
As the reality of sheltering in place settles in, many of our clients are asking how best to cut costs and deal with mortgage, credit card and other payments. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau encourages financial institutions to work with their customers to...
by Jonathan Bill | Apr 13, 2020 | Biz Taxes, GA Taxes, Personal
Thanks to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, unemployment payment amounts will increase, more folks will qualify, and benefits will be available longer. Previously, only those workers who receive W-2s from their employer qualified for...
by Jonathan Bill | Apr 13, 2020 | GA Taxes, IRS, Personal, Small Business
The first round of stimulus money should start arriving this week for those who already have direct deposit set up with the IRS. But that’s just the beginning … the process could take several months to get money to every taxpayer — more than 100 million of us! Also,...
