In recent years, the security of tax payments has become an increasingly pressing issue for individuals and businesses alike. As CPAs, we have witnessed cases where estimated tax payments made by check have been intercepted and stolen, highlighting the vulnerabilities associated with traditional payment methods....

Advantage Plans are offered by private companies, such as UnitedHealthcare and Humana, approved by Medicare. They are all-in-one programs that may appear to provide advantages over original Medicare, such as reduced or nonexistent premiums. But it is a balancing act, as they may require higher...

The SECURE — Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement — Act was passed in 2019. After that, SECURE Act 2.0 was passed in December 2022 and went into effect Jan. 1, 2023. The secondary SECURE Act establishes new rules regarding the timeline that individuals must...

Managing payroll is often regarded as an overwhelming and daunting task. From tracking the unique tax codes for each of your employees and the seemingly countless deduction options to determining whether each employee is an hourly or salaried worker, there are many details to be...

First you need to understand what a cash-out refinance is. In such a refinance, you swap your existing mortgage loan for a new mortgage in which you borrow a higher amount. You use the found cash to pay for whatever you'd like....

Pay stubs help employees confirm what was withheld from their gross pay so they can understand how the final net pay amount was arrived at. Pay stubs are useful to employers as well, especially when they need to solve wage and hour disputes or tax...