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Arizona One-Time General Welfare Rebate

The Arizona Department of Revenue (DOR) will be issuing a one-time individual income tax general welfare rebate, entitled the Arizona Families Tax Rebate to Arizona taxpayers who meet the following…

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IRS Announces 401(k) and IRA Limits for New Year

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the amount individuals can contribute to their 401(k) plans in 2024 has increased to $23,000, up from $22,500 for 2023. That’s just the…

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December 2023 Newsletter

In its usual late-year announcement, the IRS has presented the retirement plan limits and other adjustments for the new year.

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November 2023 Newsletter

Are you curious about the clean vehicle tax credit? Luckily for you, the IRS has plenty of answers to questions about clean vehicle credits,

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What Is a SEP IRA?

A SEP IRA offers employers and their employees a tax-friendly way to save for retirement. As it currently stands, with a traditional IRA you can contribute $6,500. This is a…

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How Your Home Affects Your Taxes: Energy Credits

Just a few years ago, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 greatly changed existing tax laws that affect homeowners. How your personal tax bill has been affected…

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IRS Clean Vehicle Tax Credit FAQs

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has altered the requirements for the clean vehicle tax credit, particularly for electric vehicles, including fuel cell vehicles. The credit is available for eligible…

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October 2023 Newsletter

The IRS is providing relief to heirs of inherited IRAs who are subject to the 10-year rule, allowing them to skip required minimum distributions (RMDs) in 2023. Click for the…

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Prepare for the TCJA Sunset — If You Can

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) largely winds down at the end of 2025. Maybe. Many of its provisions are political, so much depends on who’s in the White…

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September 2023 Newsletter

The IRS has announced it will extend a new provision stemming from SECURE Act 2.0 that requires employees with annual income exceeding $145,000 to divert their 401(k) catch-up contributions into…

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EV Tax Credits End in September 2025

September 2, 2025

Congress began creating tax incentives for purchasing energy efficient vehicles in 2005, and the Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022 brought major expansion to the electric vehicle (EV) tax credit program. The Trump tax reform bill passed in July 2025 has ended the federal EV credit for any vehicles purchased after September 30, 2025. For…

QuickBooks Desktop Slated to Sunset as Intuit Shifts to the Cloud

September 2, 2025

Like many vendors across the software industry, including Microsoft and Adobe, Intuit is sunsetting its long-running desktop product line in favor of its cloud-based model. QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT), used by small businesses for decades, is being phased out as the company directs customers to QuickBooks Online (QBO). As of September 2024, Intuit stopped selling new…

August 2025 Newsletter

July 31, 2025

In this newsletter we cover employee gift matching programs as a philanthropic strategy, fraud prevention using the “fraud diamond” framework, upcoming expanded income tax disclosure requirements for private entities, and differences between public charities and private foundations. Also features a team spotlight on Lisset Anderson from Client Services.

Meet Nathan Bolt – Senior Manager, Client Accounting Services

July 31, 2025

Nathan is a seasoned Chief Financial Officer (CFO) drawing from over two decades of experience in accounting and finance. He holds a BS in Accounting, is a licensed CPA, and is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). Nathan is also a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Arizona Society of CPAs…

Why 2025 Is Turning Out to Be a Great Year

July 31, 2025

In January, we wondered what the year would bring. Well, now we know what the first half of the year has brought, and it is good news for high-net-worth business owners. On Wall Street, the saying is buy low, sell high. In the world of estate planning, the saying is more like sell high, transfer…

ACC Announces New Policies Aimed at Preventing Business Filing Fraud

July 31, 2025

Most state business filing agencies like the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) are ministerial entities only and have no regulatory or enforcement authority.  In other words, these government entities can make sure any documents you file meet filing requirements, but that’s where their responsibility stops. For example, ACC does not have a requirement to confirm or…

Key Provisions of the New Tax Act

July 31, 2025

  On July 4, 2025, Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law. At the center of the bill is the extension of many provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) slated to end at the end of 2025. The OBBBA makes many expiring provisions of TCJA permanent,…

OBBBA – Tax Treatment of R&D Expensing and Bonus Depreciation

July 31, 2025

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) significantly impacts the tax treatment for businesses of research and development (R&D) expense and bonus depreciation. These new provisions offer substantial benefits and  crucial planning opportunities for businesses looking to invest and innovate. Following is a breakdown of the key changes. R&D expensing: Immediate Deductions Restored Internal Revenue…

July 2025 Newsletter

July 15, 2025