by Brandon Dante | Sep 4, 2018 | Payroll
Whether you’re switching providers or your staff has grown to the point that you need better management over payroll, it’s important to take the time to vet your potential payroll service. It may seem daunting at first — after all, not everyone knows the details...
by Brandon Dante | Aug 6, 2018 | Business Tips, Tax Tips
Article Highlights: Concerns About Proper Withholding Late IRS W-4 and Withholding Tables New W-4 Complications Self-employed Estimated Payments Events That Can Impact Taxes Taxes are similar to vehicles, in that they sometimes need a check-up to make sure they are...
by Brandon Dante | Jul 16, 2018 | Payroll
For some small businesses, there will come a time when the staff grows large enough to consider an outside service when dealing with payroll needs. There are pros and cons to going this route: like any vendor, it will have an inherent cost in it, along with a...
by Brandon Dante | Jun 19, 2018 | Accounting, General Tips
Sometimes, people come into the San Rafael office of Books in Balance and tell me that they’re barely documenting their profit, losses, sales, and liabilities — and that rather than a balance sheet, they’re simply keeping a few spreadsheets around. Learn To Read...
by Brandon Dante | May 16, 2018 | San Rafael, Tax Tips
I talk with a lot to people about their taxes in my San Rafael office, both as individuals and as small business owners — and one very common misunderstanding people present to me is when they say they know their tax rate. Learn the Difference Between the Two...
by Brandon Dante | Apr 18, 2018 | Bookkeeping, Business Tips, San Rafael
For Marin small business owners, January, February, and March are often a scramble to get taxes ready. We see it first hand at the San Rafael office of Books in Balance, as clients come to us with their bookkeeping and taxpreparation questions. But what happens after...
by Brandon Dante | Mar 19, 2018 | Business Tips, San Rafael, Tax Tips
Five Essential Small Business Tax Tips If you’ve started a new San Rafael business in 2018, one critical area to start thinking about early is your taxes. Starting a business comes with many tax implications, as well as many benefits. The exact type of logistics and...
by Brandon Dante | Feb 6, 2018 | San Rafael, Tax Firm, Uncategorized
Which Tax Forms You’ll Get — And Why You Need Them When the new year rolls around, each trip to your San Rafael mailbox probably requires keeping a sharper eye for tax forms. These usually come with big bold IMPORTANT TAX FORM INCLUDED on the outside. Various...
by Brandon Dante | Jan 7, 2018 | San Rafael, Tax Tips
Regardless of your politics, San Rafael residents will experience a significant change in how their taxes will be processed following the massive tax bill signed into law by the President just before Christmas. Even professionals such as myself are still just...
by Brandon Dante | Dec 8, 2017 | Bookkeeping, Tax Tips
“Can I write it off?” I can’t tell you how many times I hear that in my San Rafael office. Calculating deductions is the job of an Accountant or Tax Preparer but the bookkeeper is the first line of defense in preparing the source info, so I keep myself educated...
