J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2014: Your Complete Guide to a Better Bottom Line

Preface

According to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), 88% of small businesses use paid tax preparers to file their returns, and the percentage rises to 95% for businesses with 20 or more employees. So why do you need to read up on taxes? The answer is simple: You, not your accountant or other financial adviser and not software, run the business, so you can't rely on someone else to make decisions critical to your activities. You need to be informed about tax-saving opportunities that continually arise so you can strategically plan to take advantage of them. Being knowledgeable about tax matters also saves you money; the more you know, the better able you are to ask your accountant key tax and financial questions that can advance your business, as well as to meet your tax responsibilities.

This is still a great time to be a small business. Not only is small business a major force in our economy but it also is the benefactor of new tax rules that make it easier to write off expenses and minimize the taxes you owe. This edition of the book has been revised to include all of the new rules taking effect for 2013 returns. Your business needs to use every tax-saving opportunity to survive and thrive at this time. The book also provides information about future changes scheduled to take effect in order to give you an overall view of business tax planning. Most importantly, ...