Year End Tax Planning And Preparation For Businesses – Tax Tips For 2004
Now is the best time to start thinking about your year end tax planning for your business. These tax strategies can be put into effect by the end of the year and some as late as when the tax return is due. Planning now will save you money and reduce your tax liability not only with your IRS taxes but also with your state taxes. Here are tax tips that will help you accomplish your goal.DEFER YOUR INCOME INTO 2005 If you don’t receive payment until the first week of January for cash basis tax returns and don’t bill until January for accrual basis tax returns, you have effectively deferred your income. This works well if your 2005 income is equal to or less than it was for 2004. If not, you are delaying the inevitable and potentially putting yourself in a higher tax bracket for 2005. ...