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Our Focus newsletter provides monthly tax trends and topics written by our professionals.
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 06/15/2017Complex Rules Regarding Reporting Income from Rental Properties and Other Passive ActivitiesOne of the areas that the Internal Revenue Service has focused many of their audits and reviews on over the past couple of years are the issues associated with passive activities. Taxpayers may not even know that they have a passive… |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 05/30/2017What's Inside the May Edition of The Focus? |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 05/25/2017Home Office Deduction GuidelinesWho doesn’t like to work from home? For many people this is a good break in the normal routine that we all have in driving to our offices during rush hour. For many individuals who run a trade or business from their home, you may be able… |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 05/25/2017December 31st? January 1st? What's the Difference?Most of the time it's "just a timing difference," but sometimes timing makes ALL the difference when you want to save on taxes. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 05/24/2017Beyond the Numbers: Diane RafkisDiane Rafkis joined the Firm in January 2015 after Kane, Bowles & Moore, a Liverpool-based accounting and consulting Firm, merged with Dermody, Burke & Brown. As an Associate in the Tax Department at Dermody, Burke & Brown,… |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 04/26/2017Business Owners - Beware of IRS Red FlagsBlackbeard, Christopher Moody, Edward Low, and Henry Every… just a few of the more infamous pirates to have hoisted a fear-inspiring red pirate flag at one time or another to intimidate their prey. The dreaded red flag, a symbol that came… |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 04/25/2017Beyond the Numbers: Joshua LewisJoshua Lewis joined Dermody, Burke & Brown as an Associate in the Auditing & Accounting department in 2016. He received both a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from State University of New York at Brockport and a Bachelor… |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 03/22/2017Beyond the Numbers: Erica MuscatelloErica Muscatello joined Dermody, Burke & Brown in 2013. As the Marketing Manager, she is responsible for the growth and advancement of the Firm through internal and external communications, public relations, advertising, and marketing… |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 03/22/2017Bracket Busters - Changes for Partnership Tax Law, Rulings and DecisionsAs the week of March 15th has come and gone, those dwelling in the partnership world are breathing a sigh of relief that the big change in partnership taxation has been accomplished. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 02/24/2017Tax Scams to Watch Out ForLast year at this time we seemed to get daily phone calls from clients who had been contacted by the IRS demanding that they pay the “substantial money they owed” to the Government immediately or the police would come and arrest them. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 02/22/2017Beyond the Numbers: James Sikora, IIJames Sikora, II joined the Firm as an Associate in the Tax department. |
The Focus - Our Tax E-Newsletter | 01/26/2017Understanding Tax Penalties and How to Avoid Paying ThemIncome tax filing season is upon us once again. As millions of taxpayers hurry to gather up all their pertinent tax documentation and applicable support, thoughts race through their minds as to whether or not they included everything that… |