Antares Group named Workplace Achiever of the Atlanta 2018 Top Workplaces Award
Antares Group, Inc., has been awarded a 2018 Top Workplaces, Workplace Achiever honor by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC (formerly WorkplaceDynamics), a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools. The anonymous survey measures several aspects of workplace culture, […]
Size of charitable deductions depends on many factors
Whether you’re claiming charitable deductions on your 2017 return or planning your donations for 2018, be sure you know how much you’re allowed to deduct. Your deduction depends on more than just the actual amount you donate. Type of gift One of the biggest factors affecting your deduction is what you give: Cash. You may […]
ACA Employer mandate penalties increased for 2018
While the Affordable Care Act’s Individual Mandate is repealed beginning in 2019, the Employer Mandate still is the law, and the IRS recently updated those penalties for 2018. The penalties relate to applicable large employers, or ALEs, that fail to offer affordable coverage to all their full-time employees. The update, along with additional information for […]
2017 tax filing deadline for pass-through entities is March 15
When it comes to income tax returns, April 15 (actually April 17 this year, because of a weekend and a Washington, D.C., holiday) isn’t the only deadline taxpayers need to think about. The federal income tax filing deadline for calendar-year partnerships, S corporations and limited liability companies (LLCs) treated as partnerships or S corporations for […]
Updated Form W-4 and withholding calculator now available
The new version of Form W-4 and an updated withholding calculator to reflect the recent tax law are now available. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed into law in December, made major tax law changes for individuals, including changing tax rates and tax brackets. The IRS issued in January new withholding tables […]
Take heart: Rural hospital tax credit available in Georgia
Georgia taxpayers have a unique way to contribute to local hospitals and receive a tax credit in the process. The Georgia HEART Hospital Program, which came into effect Jan. 1, 2017, awards Georgia income tax credits to individual and corporate taxpayers who contribute to qualified rural hospital organizations in the state. (A link to qualified […]
Families with college students may save tax on their 2017 returns with one of these breaks
Whether you had a child in college (or graduate school) last year or were a student yourself, you may be eligible for some valuable tax breaks on your 2017 return. One such break that had expired Dec. 31, 2016, was just extended under the recently passed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018: the tuition and fees […]
Emerging tax scam takes new turn
Scam artists are now defrauding taxpayers by first putting money into their bank accounts – before taking it out. It sounds crazy, but it’s true. The IRS is reporting an increasing number of scams involving fraudulent tax refunds. The scam is multi-tiered with scam artists first obtaining their victims’ personal identity and bank account information […]
Deductions for employee meals slashed under new tax law
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changes the deductibility on food and beverage expenses for employers. Under the new law there is a 50 percent limit for the employer’s expenses of providing food and beverages to employees at an eating facility that qualifies as a de minimis fringe benefit. Before The Tax Cuts and Jobs […]
‘Extender’ bill revives some expired tax provisions
Congress approved this month some last-minute tax law changes to extend some expired provisions into the 2017 tax year. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 extends some tax provisions that expired at the end of 2016. It is commonly referred to as an “extender” bill because it extends expired provisions through the 2017 tax year. […]