The Small Business Tax Help Blog

Question: Appropriate W-4 withholding for newly married couple? (US California)?

Hello – I recently got married (mid ‘05), but didn’t change my withholding until last year. We were originally worried that we’d get nailed with a hefty tax bill last year, as we were both withholding 2, single. Turns out we only owed $500 federal, and a small amount for state. So early in 2006, we both updated our W-4’s to married jointly. My wife was between jobs, and was making a career move – we saw that our total income was going to drop, and thought withholding 1 for both of us would be fine. Our 2006 total income (before adjustments) was about $15K less than 2005 – so I thought we might even get a refund.
We were right, for our state taxes at least – refund of +$400.
For federal, however, we owe $3100.
My mind boggles at the insanity of this. Is this the dreaded “marriage tax” in effect? How in the hell could this happen? I filed through H&R Block’s website – and I checked and rechecked my return before submitting – and so now I might even owe a penalty? What gives?!?

Answer: What gives is that the withholding rates for Married are based upon a SINGLE income for the family unit. If both of you work, especially if one of you makes substantially more than the other, you will wind up with exactly the situation that you are now in.

Prior to making the change you had it just about right. A $500 debt at tax time isn't enough to draw any penalties for underpayment and gives you the maximum use of your $$$ through the year.

To properly calculate your withholding exemptions, a dual-earner couple needs to sit down with a copy of the Form W-4 package (get a copy from the IRS website) and use the worksheets on page 2 to figure the correct exemption amounts and extra withholding amounts. The totals you come up with are the TOTAL number of exemptions that you can claim between you and the TOTAL additional withholdg amounts that need to be withheld.

If you had left your withholding exemptions alone and added a $10 "kicker" per week ($20 per pay period if paid bi-weekly) you probably would have worked out just about right at tax time this year even with your spouse's reduced income in 2006.

If you read Form W-4 completely, it's pretty clear that you need to use the worksheets on page 2 to arrive at the correct withholding amounts for your tax situation. We're nearly 1/3 of the way into tax year 2007 so you need to get on this quickly, and probably will need to designate additional withholding amounts to prevent another negative balance next year to make up for the under-withholding so far this year.

Goal is money shift, no tax hike

Tempers are short, coffers low and a partisan skirmish Thursday on the Assembly floor made the target clear: Take money from some to help others while avoiding the dreaded two-thirds vote requirement.

DRIVE 300 MILES PER GALLON!!!!

The complete process of earning money and saving it is complex and gruel some, especially if it is complimented with taxation policies. Corporate Taxation is the income tax that is to be paid on the profits of the company. Taxable profits are calculated by subtracting total expense from the gross income. The amount levied from it is subjected to it. In the UK it is as high as 28%. For other countries it is different on individual basis. Corporate taxation counts all businessmen- small, medium and big. With 16 pages Standard Tax Calculation Guide and 34 pages comprehensive Tax Calculation Manual, the HMRC’s mantra “Tax doesn’t have to be taxing” doesn’t ring a soothing bell to the ears.

Process Involved

The amount decided to be paid as tax is not assessed beforehand by Inland Revenue. Any failure to make the payment in time will attract additional penalties and fines. Before the introduction of the tax enactment on April 1st 1965 the individuals and companies shared the same tax bracket with nominal additional profit taxes to be paid by the companies. But, with this enactment on 1st April 1965 there were changes introduced in to the corporate tax structure. As a result the business class had to suffer double taxation policies. This latest system was called the Classical System and was a follow up of the United States.

Online professional help

To add to the injury, this policy applies to all residential and non residential companies of the UK. Those companies that have international presence have to cope up with individual policy of respective countries. So, the net profit at times becomes virtually zero! To take you out of the dreadful situation many online financial advisories are working on board. They have qualified professionals as accountants, auditors, chartered tax advisors. You can trust them with your accounts and rely on their experience and qualification levels. They have updated information regarding the several tax policies of all countries and work accordingly. Take their expert advice to save maximum from the hands of corporate taxation worldwide.

Editorial: Tax Them Both

Intellpuke: This editorial appeared in the New York Times edition for Wednesday, January 13, 2010. The White House is talking about levying a tax or fee on large banks to recover the $120 billion it spent to bail out the financial system. That is a good place to start, but it shouldn’t stop there.

Dr. Rutledge on the Bailout/ ATR’s 401k Election Calculator

Tax help available for low-income residents

Quad-City residents with low to moderate incomes — householdincomes not exceeding $49,000 — can access free income-tax filingassistance. No appointments are needed for help at Friendly House,1221 Myrtle St., Davenport, beginning Jan. 21 or Martin Luther KingCenter, 630 9th Street, Rock Island, beginning Jan. 25.

David Gergan on AC360 Oct. 27, 2008

Question: how do I get a employers state id number?

I live in california. I worked for mervyns for two weeks in 2008 how do i obtain there state id number without a previous w2 or calling them cause I already tried calling and it didnt help. and I dont need the federal EIN I already have that

Answer: Here's a link to the California business/corporation look up. There are several listings for Mervyn's. Hopefully the one you are looking for is there:

http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/list.html

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Question: I currently run and operate a small business LLC as a 50/50 partner.?

We didn’t have to file quarterly taxes last year because we did not make enough money. This year we definitly have to. My question is there anything due on January 31st? What are some of the other key dates that I need to know about?

Answer: Dates applicable to your organization would depend on when you chose to start your fiscal year when you registered your business with the IRS, it was one of the questions on the form. Referencing a copy of the document would tell you when each of your quarters would end. If you registered your business as a partnership, your fiscal year will end December 31, and you will need to file by April 15. I hope this helped.

Best of luck!

Brendan Prewitt
President, New York Capital Investment Group LLC

State squeezes retailers for overdue sales taxes

You could call it the Cyberspace Hall of Shame. Or the Big Squeeze. Faced with falling revenues, Indiana is trying to embarrass retail merchants who have fallen behind on their sales taxes by publishing their names on a state Web site, available for public viewing.

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