Renting Your Vacation Home

Do you own a vacation home you sometimes rent to others? If so, there are rules on reporting your rental income and expenses. For example, if you rent out your vacation home for only a short time (fewer than 15 days a year), you may not have to report it at all. That means generally, if [...]

How to Migrate Your QuickBooks Desktop Company Files to QuickBooks Online

If you decide to make the move from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online, you can bring your company's information with you. Your customers, vendors, transactions, and more will be copied to your new file in QuickBooks Online. Follow these steps to prepare your data for the move and then copy it to your new QuickBooks Online [...]

Preparing for Disasters

It's important to think about hurricanes, tornadoes, and other disasters so you're prepared in case they happen. This includes safeguarding your tax forms and other financial records. First, you could take advantage of electronic record keeping. See if you can receive your bank statements and related documents by email. For paper documents such as W-2s and [...]

Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)

An Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, or ITIN for short, is for people who have a federal income tax filing or reporting requirement, but who are not eligible for a Social Security number. Taxpayers who need an ITIN can mail a completed Form W-7, along with the required identification documents and federal tax return, to the IRS. [...]

Reminders for Extension Filers

Did you request an extension of time to file your tax return? If so, the filing deadline is coming soon. Since October 15 falls on a Saturday this year, you have until October 17 to file. But don't wait to file! File electronically as soon as possible once you have all your information together. There's no [...]

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