Everyone groans when budget time rolls around. QuickBooks Online Plus offers tools that simplify the process.
Sales tax in the United States is complex, but because Americans are raised with it, the thousands of jurisdictions and special taxes seem to make (at least a kind of) sense. As soon as a company starts making overseas exports, the level of complexity increases significantly — especially because many other countries use tariff and import fee types that are unheard of in the United States.
In 2015, fine art sales amounted to a whopping $63.8 billion. While this is nearly 5 billion dollars less than the art market’s all-time high in 2014, visual art is still a big business.
Art sales pose interesting problems for sales taxation. Some of those problems boil down to that most eternal of questions: what, precisely, is art? Is it just a painting? Or is it an investment?
The sprint to the end of the school year is underway. Students are working to finish assignments and prepare for exams while keeping one eye glued to the calendar: three weeks left; then one; summer! Most kids will be happy to close the books and not think about the upcoming school year for two months. But for retailers, now is the time to prepare for the back-to-school retail rush.
Back-to-school spending is second only to winter holiday spending. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), total combined spending for back-to-school and college reached approximately $68 billion in 2015. Although some consumers start earlier, most do their back-to-school shopping during July and August. Retailers have no time to lose.
A recent study by Deloitte found that nearly half of all mid-market companies not only automate, but do it in multiple areas of their business. And why not? It’s a great way to offload time-consuming tasks and free up resources for more value-add activities. And what could be more tedious than sales and use tax compliance?
We’re just a few months into the new year, so millions of people have already made New Year’s Resolutions that they’ve sworn they’re going to keep in order to make this a great year. And by now they’ve hopelessly broken them and returned to their old habits.
What is EMV? EMV is the global standard for smart card payments and refers to EMV refers to smart or chip cards that contain an embedded chip which provides stronger security features.
How many steps does your Intuit QuickBooks payroll take? Right around . . . 35? From receiving and organizing timesheet data to calculating overtime and verifying deductions, rates and withholdings, 35 steps is what the average process adds up to thirty-five steps of pure . . . fun.
What if you could eliminate a whopping 32 QuickBooks Payroll steps? The good news is, there’s no “what if” about it: You can simplify and streamline payroll to an average three easy steps with TSheets. There’s no need to dread payroll a moment longer.
Did you know that integrating a CRM with QuickBooks can streamline the workflow across your company? Not only will your team become more efficient, but a QuickBooks CRM will allow your Sales Team to generate more sales and your customer service team to provide even better service!
While you’re enjoying the summer respite, remember to remain vigilante about business and personal tax planning. Luckily, many of the following hot summer tax-planning tips enable taxpayers to save on taxes while combining business and pleasure.