For some business owners, it's been tax season since early January. You've been in the process of getting and correcting information with your bookkeeper and making sure everything is properly accounted for. You've already got everything into your CPA, and they are making progress on reviewing your books for 2021 and figuring out exactly how much you owe the IRS or how much the IRS owes you.
Some business owners have their small business tax planning covered...but others? Not so much.
Maybe you're new to small business tax planning, or you simply fell behind this year. Either way, we're here to help.
(If you're still in the process of compiling bank statements, reviewing your payroll, and cleaning up your books so your accountant can make sense of them then, you may also want to consider filing an extension on your tax return and sending it before October 15th instead of April 15th. You'll buy yourself and your CPA time to make sure it's all correct)
But if you've just started on your taxes and you are planning on filing by April 15th, you may find these small business tax planning blog posts below helpful.
In this post, we cover several last-minute tax tips that can still save you a little bit of money in April. Don't miss the entire post, but in the meantime, here's a helpful small business tax planning tip to start you off:
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We also have another post packed full of tax decrease strategies for small business owners. It includes these three essential bookkeeping tips that help set you up for success:
(If you love these small business tax planning tips, here's another post you don't want to miss next: Small Business Tax Help: Getting Your Business Through Tax Season)
Do you handle the payroll for your business on your own? This is a commendable feat, but it's one you need to be absolutely sure is in tip-top shape. To do so, you can start by making sure you're not making these common payroll mistakes many businesses make when they're going it alone.
We talk about those mistakes in this post, including:
(Here's another post we think you'll find helpful: 4 Really Good Tips For Effective Invoicing for Small Businesses)
In this post, we also talk about several important IRS documentation considerations when it comes to small business tax planning.
We break down the documents you need to keep into six groups:
(Looking for more financial record-keeping tips? Head here next: From Shoebox to Success: How to Update Your Business Financial Records)
Another surefire way to be sure tax time isn't a nightmare each year is enlisting professional bookkeeping services. If you'd like to learn more about what Two Roads can do for you, click here to book a call today.
This post was first published in 2014, but it was updated in 2022 just for you.