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Will the Health Care law have any small business breaks? Doug Stives joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the parts of the new Health Care law that might actually save small businesses money.
How will your tax planning change over the next couple of years? Doug Stives joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of the changes that are likely to take place with regard to tax law over the next two years, including income tax and estate tax. Also, what are the tax implications of the current health care reform proposals.
What are some of the key financial management and tax planning steps small businesses should take? Doug Stives talks with Jim Blasingame about the important financial best practices and tax planning tips to use to improve your changes of surviving and thriving in 2009.
What is the most important financial document for a small business owner to manage? Doug Stives joins Jim Blasingame as they discuss the critical financial instruments you need, especially the single most important one. Doug also reveals some of the new tax advantages for small businesses.
What's the future of our tax system? Doug and Jim talk about the debate that's going to be conducted over the next year or two on tax issues. Doug also offers some year-end tax planning tips.
What is the Tax Gap, why is the IRS so upset about it, and why do they think small business is the answer to their problem? Doug talks with Jim about what the Tax Gap, how big it is, what is being proposed to fix it, and what small business owners need to know about this.
At a time when we're all focusing on getting our tax returns together and filed, Doug talks with Jim about why it may be a good idea to file extensions, plus other tax advice for last year's filings and to do planning for the current tax year.
It's always time for small businesses to be thinking about tax planning, and Doug joins Jim to provide some year-end tax planning advice, as well as some tax perspectives for next year.
Doug talks with Jim about how to use Section 1031 of the U.S. tax code to our advantage. Doug will identify one of the most unique provisions in the tax code in that it actually helps you avoid tax. <br></["br"]>
Doug joins Jim to talk about how to pick a CPA firm, followed by a discussion about how the alternative minimum tax (AMT) is affecting more taxpayers than ever before, and they wrap up with a report on electronic tax filing.