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Category Archives: Employment

Are You Subject to Self-Employment Tax?

Lake Wylie Tax Service | Bookkeeping | Payroll Service Posted on October 3, 2019 by Lake Wylie Tax Services StaffJanuary 23, 2020

self employment taxSelf-employed individuals, unlike employees, don’t have someone withholding Social Security or Medicare (FICA) taxes along with pre-payments toward their federal (and state, where applicable) income tax from their wages during the year.

They are not being paid a wage; instead, a self-employed individual must keep a set of books showing income and expenses associated with their self-employed business that will allow them to determine their taxable profits (or losses). While an employer and an employee each pay half of the FICA taxes due on an employee’s wages, a self-employed person pays 100% of these taxes, termed the self-employment tax or SE tax for short, on his or her self-employment profit. If the individual has more than one self-employment activity, the net profits and losses from all of the self-employment activities are combined to determine the amount of the SE tax. However, two spouses have self-employment income, the couple cannot combine their SE incomes when figuring their individual SE tax.

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Posted in Employment, For Business | Tagged Employee, taxes

Receiving Tips Can Be Taxing

Lake Wylie Tax Service | Bookkeeping | Payroll Service Posted on July 30, 2019 by Lake Wylie Tax Services StaffJanuary 23, 2020

Tips are reportable income for taxesAnyone who collects tips must include those tips in their taxable income. This requirement is not limited to waiters and waitresses; it applies to anyone who collects tips, including taxicab, Uber, Lyft, and similar drivers; beauticians; porters; concierges; and delivery people.

Tips are amounts freely given by a customer to a person providing a service. They are generally given as cash but also include tips made on a credit or debit card or as part of a tip-sharing arrangement. Tips can also be in the form of non-traditional gifts such as tickets to events, wine, and other items of value. If you receive $20 or more in tips in any month, you should report all of your tips to your employer.

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Posted in Employment, Tax Central, Tax Problems | Tagged Tax Planning

Credit for Family and Medical Leave Benefits

Lake Wylie Tax Service | Bookkeeping | Payroll Service Posted on June 1, 2018 by Lake Wylie Tax Services StaffJanuary 23, 2020

Family-Medical-Leave-Benefits-Tax-CreditsThe Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was passed last year included a new tax credit for employers that allows them to claim a credit based on wages paid to qualifying employees while they are on family and medical leave.

To qualify for the credit, an employer must have a written policy that provides at least two weeks of paid family and medical leave annually to all qualifying employees who work full time, which can be prorated for part-time. The wages paid during the leave period cannot be less than 50 percent of what the employee is normally paid.

The credit is variable. It begins at 12.5% and increases by 0.25%, up to a maximum of 25%, for each percentage point that the rate of payment exceeds 50% of the employee’s normal pay.

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Posted in Employment, For Business | Tagged Employee, Family Medical Leave, FMLA, Tax Credit
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