What are the Factors of Being a CPA to Start a Tax Preparation Business?

A Certified Public Accountant or CPA delivers layers of advantages to any business. This post explains that they can carry out full-fledged auditing services, which is out of the scope of other accounting professionals. Their expertise on cost segregation helps to increase the flow of cash by delaying your tax liability with accelerated asset depreciation. A competent CPA consultant will be capable of doing tax and account consulting, act as a financial and business advisor, and give out auditing services to many companies and corporations in the industry. A good CPA and his team will be hired to provide services in accounting, by maintaining financial records, applying for business loans, filling of taxes, and planning for the long term.

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Cost Segregation Consultants - Experience, Benefit & Overview

As a federal income tax tool, cost segregation offers immense value to companies as well as individuals who go for construction, purchase, expansion, or renovation of real estate properties. This post looks at the goals of Cost Segregation Consultants, i.e. to identify and reclassify such properties, so that those are eligible for depreciation over a period of 5, 7, and 15 years at accelerated rates. It helps business owners to boost the depreciation expense and subsequently bring down the amount of tax payable resulting in substantial cash flow. Another advantage of going for cost segregation study is that it provides the scope to accelerate the depreciation twice on the same property. To avail of these benefits, it is vital to hire the services of an experienced cost segregation consultant, who can employ architectural engineering knowledge along with tax law experience to identify the elements that are eligible for accelerated depreciation rates.

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3 Steps of R&D Activities You Need To Know

At Lindon Engineering Services, our Research and Development Tax Credit activities span the investigation of business activities to improve or create products and/or procedures. The 3 steps include Basic Research (The exploration to obtain a more complete understanding of fundamental aspects of a concept), Applied Research (The investigation of methods to obtain specific objectives regarding product or processes), and Development Research (The examination of the implementation of research knowledge and designs for production). Starting R&D is best when the market is slow, or if due to the nature of the product, it can be protected by patents and copyrights. It might also mean incurring a negative cash flow till the results from the R&D are positive. However it is not considered a loss making proposition, The Research and Development Tax Credit, made permanent through the Protecting American Against Tax Hikes (PATH) Act during 2015, allows companies to avail of credit for qualified research activities and expenses, thus lowering the impact of negative cash flow.

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