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                                       The Custodian for service business owners 

Hi everybody, my name is Moe Krappe and I am the new, self-appointed custodian or watchdog for cleaning service business owners.  On my page here at CleanPeers, I will be updating and alerting all fellow business owners to changes affecting your business.  This will cover anything from the IRS rules, regulations and tax code changes, EPA rulings, OSHA determinations and any other information that is important to effectively running your business.  I will not be doing any product reviews, that's for the other experts on other pages of this site.
Thanks for reading and hope you gain some benefit from what the information I gather.
Sincerely,
Moe.
Updated on: 11/3/10
Just starting out? Start the right way, click here to find out what the IRS rules are for your start up business.

The SBA or Small Business Administration is another great resource for people just starting out in the cleaning business.

Here is a complete list of phone numbers for the IRS--Click here

Recent IRS changes that may affect you!

Don't look to hard for those IRS packages at the end of the year, you won't be getting them anymore.

With the continued growth in electronic filing and to reduce costs, individual and business taxpayers will no longer receive paper income tax packages in the mail.



Receive an Audit notice?  Good news!, kind of, IRS will now start accepting email and electronic transfers of data, accounting info etc.. to help in your audit instead of the traditional copy and mail format. Read about it here: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=229050,00.html

Happy Thanksgiving, here's a link to the November calendar page of what forms are due to the IRS in November. http://www.tax.gov/calendar/november.htm

Reporting the cost of employer paid health care premiums will NOT be required on employee W-2's in 2011, read more here:

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=228881,00.html

Are you being audited?
Watch this video to prepare for it. Watch it here.

IRS is eliminating paper coupons for making payments/deposits to increase the use of electronic transfers, read more here.

Notice 2010-51

The new reporting requirements under these amendments apply to payments made after December 31,

2011.

Section 6041 generally requires information returns to be made by every person

(payor) engaged in a trade or business who makes payments, as defined in section

6041(a), aggregating $600 or more in any taxable year to another person (payee) in the

course of the payor’s trade or business. The information returns must be filed with the

Internal Revenue Service and corresponding statements must be sent to each payee.

Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, is generally used for this purpose, although

Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, is generally used for payments to employees.



Notice 2010-44 provides a Federal income tax credit to certain small employers that make nonelective contributions towards their employees' health insurance premiums under an arrangement that meets certain requirements. The Notice provides guidance on the credit, including guidance for determining eligibility for the credit, calculating the credit and claiming the credit.

Announcement 2010-22, On March 18, 2010 the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act of 2010, Pub. L. 111-147 (H.R. 2847) was enacted including FATCA which makes a number of changes to the tax law affecting foreign account tax compliance.   Announcement 2010-22  informs the public that Treasury and the IRS will provide guidance on the implementation of FATCA.   Further, Treasury and the IRS are soliciting comments from the public to consider while drafting guidance projects.

Revenue Procedure 2009-54 updates Rev. Proc. 2008-72, 2008-2 C.B. 1286, and provides optional standard mileage rates for taxpayers to use in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving expense purposes.  This revenue procedure also provides rules under which the amount of ordinary and necessary expenses of local travel or transportation away from home that are paid or incurred by an employee are deemed substantiated under § 1.274-5 of the Income Tax Regulations if a payor (an employer, its agent, or a third party) provides a mileage allowance under a reimbursement or other expense allowance arrangement.

Revenue Procedure 2009-54 updates Rev. Proc. 2008-72, 2008-2 C.B. 1286, and provides optional standard mileage rates for taxpayers to use in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving expense purposes.  This revenue procedure also provides rules under which the amount of ordinary and necessary expenses of local travel or transportation away from home that are paid or incurred by an employee are deemed substantiated under § 1.274-5 of the Income Tax Regulations if a payor (an employer, its agent, or a third party) provides a mileage allowance under a reimbursement or other expense allowance arrangement.

Revenue Procedure 2009-54 updates Rev. Proc. 2008-72, 2008-2 C.B. 1286, and provides optional standard mileage rates for taxpayers to use in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving expense purposes.  This revenue procedure also provides rules under which the amount of ordinary and necessary expenses of local travel or transportation away from home that are paid or incurred by an employee are deemed substantiated under § 1.274-5 of the Income Tax Regulations if a payor (an employer, its agent, or a third party) provides a mileage allowance under a reimbursement or other expense allowance arrangement.

Revenue Procedure 2009-54 updates Rev. Proc. 2008-72, 2008-2 C.B. 1286, and provides optional standard mileage rates for taxpayers to use in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving expense purposes.  This revenue procedure also provides rules under which the amount of ordinary and necessary expenses of local travel or transportation away from home that are paid or incurred by an employee are deemed substantiated under § 1.274-5 of the Income Tax Regulations if a payor (an employer, its agent, or a third party) provides a mileage allowance under a reimbursement or other expense allowance arrangement.

Revenue Procedure 2009-54 updates Rev. Proc. 2008-72, 2008-2 C.B. 1286, and provides optional standard mileage rates for taxpayers to use in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving expense purposes.  This revenue procedure also provides rules under which the amount of ordinary and necessary expenses of local travel or transportation away from home that are paid or incurred by an employee are deemed substantiated under § 1.274-5 of the Income Tax Regulations if a payor (an employer, its agent, or a third party) provides a mileage allowance under a reimbursement or other expense allowance arrangement.

Revenue Procedure 2009-54 updates Rev. Proc. 2008-72, 2008-2 C.B. 1286, and provides optional standard mileage rates for taxpayers to use in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving expense purposes.  This revenue procedure also provides rules under which the amount of ordinary and necessary expenses of local travel or transportation away from home that are paid or incurred by an employee are deemed substantiated under § 1.274-5 of the Income Tax Regulations if a payor (an employer, its agent, or a third party) provides a mileage allowance under a reimbursement or other expense allowance arrangement.

Revenue Procedure 2009-54 updates Rev. Proc. 2008-72, 2008-2 C.B. 1286, and provides optional standard mileage rates for taxpayers to use in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving expense purposes.  This revenue procedure also provides rules under which the amount of ordinary and necessary expenses of local travel or transportation away from home that are paid or incurred by an employee are deemed substantiated under § 1.274-5 of the Income Tax Regulations if a payor (an employer, its agent, or a third party) provides a mileage allowance under a reimbursement or other expense allowance arrangement.

Revenue Procedure 2009-54 updates Rev. Proc. 2008-72, 2008-2 C.B. 1286, and provides optional standard mileage rates for taxpayers to use in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving expense purposes.  This revenue procedure also provides rules under which the amount of ordinary and necessary expenses of local travel or transportation away from home that are paid or incurred by an employee are deemed substantiated under § 1.274-5 of the Income Tax Regulations if a payor (an employer, its agent, or a third party) provides a mileage allowance under a reimbursement or other expense allowance arrangement.

Revenue Procedure 2009-54 updates Rev. Proc. 2008-72, 2008-2 C.B. 1286, and provides optional standard mileage rates for taxpayers to use in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving expense purposes.  This revenue procedure also provides rules under which the amount of ordinary and necessary expenses of local travel or transportation away from home that are paid or incurred by an employee are deemed substantiated under § 1.274-5 of the Income Tax Regulations if a payor (an employer, its agent, or a third party) provides a mileage allowance under a reimbursement or other expense allowance arrangement.

Revenue Procedure 2009-54 updates Rev. Proc. 2008-72, 2008-2 C.B. 1286, and provides optional standard mileage rates for taxpayers to use in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical, or moving expense purposes.  This revenue procedure also provides rules under which the amount of ordinary and necessary expenses of local travel or transportation away from home that are paid or incurred by an employee are deemed substantiated under § 1.274-5 of the Income Tax Regulations if a payor (an employer, its agent, or a third party) provides a mileage allowance under a reimbursement or other expense allowance arrangement.


Click this link for news about Small Business Health Care Tax Credit

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=223666,00.html


We have to do what???

Wondering what the EPA has to say about what you should or should not be doing in your state?
Click here:

http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs/states/index.html

Here are some OSHA quick links

Get the OSHA Small Business Handbook, free here.


http://www.osha.gov/Publications/hand_hygiene.html -- hand washing guides/info

http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3084.html -- chemical hazard info

http://www.osha.gov/Publications/3021.html -- employee workplace rights


                  Scam Alerts!

The IRS does not send unsolicited e-mails about account matters.

A recent wave of phony e-mails looks as if they come from the IRS but direct recipients to a bogus site that contains computer infecting malware. 

IRS.gov has information for identifying and reporting phishing, e-mail scams and bogus IRS websites.



Everyone is out for your money, some of them good and beneficial and some not.  Here I will warn you of potential rip-offs and scams.

There is a company called Brooks Partners, they call from 402-982-0861 and other different ending 4 digit numbers.  It is an automated message that tells you to stay on the line to update and verify your Google directory listing and info. This is  a SCAM.  They are not affiliated with Google or any other search engine, if you agree to their terms you will be billed for enormous amounts of money for nothing.


#1  Yellowpages, yellowbook, or any other printed telephone directory.  Nobody uses them anymore. Save your money and put it into other advertising streams.


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