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Tax help on the web, tax-related problems faced by distributors, guidelines for using independent contractors, networking with distributors who've faced tax audits, and more.
- "Year-End Tax Tips"
IMR, December 15, 2004
(Principals Only)
- "Not All Gifts are Taxed Equally"
IMR, December 15, 2004
(Principals Only)
- "Audits on the Rise"
IMR, March 15, 2004
- "Last-Minute Tax Strategies from an Expert"
IMR, November 30, 2002
- "Less Taxing Than You Might Think"
Print Solutions Magazine, July, 2002
- "Tapping Out Tax Forms"
Print Solutions Magazine, July, 2001
- "Web Sites for Tax News & Information"
Helpful Web sites.
IMR, Sept. 28, 1998
- "Cash vs. Accrual Accounting Revisited"
California distributor audited, owes back taxes.
IMR, July 27, 1998
- "Tax Help on the Web"
IMR, Nov. 24, 1997
- "New Tax Laws Helpful to Small Businesses"
How changes in tax law affect business owners.
IMR, Sept. 29, 1997
- "Accrual Accounting and the IRS: Part 2"
The continuing saga.
IMR, March 17, 1997
- "IRS Targets Distributors for Accounting Switch"
Cash basis vs. accrual basis.
IMR, Feb. 10, 1997
- "Taxes and Artwork: Part 2"
An update to the September 1996 article about Independent Business Group.
IMR, Dec. 23, 1996
- "Guidelines for Using Independent Contractors"
This award-winning article clearly explains IRS guidelines.
IMR, Jan. 15, 1996
- "Tax Quiz: Is Artwork an Asset or Cost of Goods?"
Independent Business Group to pay back taxes after IRS rules artwork should be classified as assets.
IMR, Sept. 16, 1996
- "How to Handle State Tax Exemption Requirements"
IMR, March 26, 1996
- "Watch Out How You Invoice"
The taxing issue of taxing freight.
IMR, July 31, 1995
- "Determining State Sales Tax Obligations"
What determines nexus--or physical presence in a state--for tax purposes?
IMR, Sept. 30, 1994
- Useful Web Site
- Internal Revenue Service
- The Tax and Accounting Sites Directory is a comprehensive index of web-based tax and accounting resources designed to be a starting point for individuals or businesses searching for tax and accounting information, products and services.
- Small Business Taxes and Management provides tax news for small business.
- Help from DMIA's Distributor Networking Database
Here are instructions on using the Distributor Networking Database to find distributors who have answered yes to either of the two questions below:
Has your business been audited by your state tax department in the last five years?
Has your business been audited by the IRS in the past five years?
- Click on Distributor Networking Search.
- Click on "Search all 101 Questions" to view every question in the database, or click on the "Audits" button and "Search by Topic." This loads all of the questions about audits from the Networking survey.
- When you click on the box next to a question, a check mark appears. Click on the "Submit Search" button to find a list of everyone in the database who answered "yes" to that question. If you click on multiple questions, you'll get "hits" only from those who answered yes to all of the boxes you selected. You may search among distributor companies of a particular size by clicking on one or more sales volume category buttons. To remove a check mark from a box, click on it again.
- The responses show you the company name, size, city and state, email address and phone number. By clicking on the company name, you can see the company's address, contact name, fax and toll-free numbers, web address and email address.