Hear an update from Matt Thorpe and Dick Jacobs on PPP Loan Forgiveness. Click here to read more about how on to record your PPP loan transaction. Click here to read more about how forgiveness of PPP loans will be taxed.
Rebuild! VA Small Business Grant Program Expanded
The Rebuild! VA Small Business Grant Program has made some changes. They’ve expanded eligibility requirements to any small business or nonprofit under $10 million in gross revenue or 250 or fewer employees and the grant can now be up to $100,000 (technically the lessor of $100,000 or 3 months of your business’ average reoccurring operating […]
2020 Year-End Tax Planning for Individuals
It’s more important than ever to think about 2020 year-end tax planning for individuals. However, there has never been a year quite like 2020. We think it is safe to say that year-end tax planning for 2020 is proving to be the trickiest in recent memory. In response to the Coronavirus, Congress and the IRS […]
2020 Year-End Tax Planning for Businesses
There has never been a year like 2020. It’s important to start considering your 2020 year-end tax planning for businesses. In response to the Coronavirus, Congress and the IRS have been exceedingly busy enacting and issuing never-seen-before tax relief for businesses and employers. Congress had little choice but to pass this complex legislation quickly, without […]
2021 Social Security Changes
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced that the wage base for computing the Social Security tax (OASDI) in 2021 will increase to $142,800. This is up from $137,700 for 2020. In addition, beneficiaries of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) will receive a 1.3% cost of living adjustment for 2021. Click here for […]
New Regional Sales and Use Tax in Central Virginia Region
Effective October 1, 2020, the sales and use tax levied in the Central Virginia Region will be 6.0 percent, an increase of .7 percent over the existing 5.3 percent rate. The localities affected include the City of Richmond and the Counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover (including the Town of Ashland), Henrico, New Kent, […]
Employees May Defer Social Security Taxes
Recent Treasury guidance permitting employers to defer employee Social Security taxes has been widely reported in the media. On August 8, 2020, the President of the United States issued a Presidential Memorandum deferring the withholding of and payment of the employee share of social security taxes for the period beginning on September 1, 2020, and ending on […]
Hard at Work… at Home!
Preparation for the Payroll Protection Program
Ten days ago, MUAC began reading and interpreting the Cares Act that was signed into law on Friday. Over the past seven days, we developed a task force to assist clients with each section of the Act and have been daily in contact with banks in our community to ensure the process can be as […]
Doug Urquhart Q&A with VSCPA
Doug Urquhart was interviewed with by the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants. Doug shares what he thinks makes our firm unique, and what has gotten us to our 15 year milestone. Read the interview here: https://www.vscpa.com/article/more-numbers-people
