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2011 UPDATE Issues

Spring 2011 Update

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  • Scam Alert
  • 2010 Tax Relief Act Creates 100 Percent Write Off for Heavy SUVs Used Entirely for Business
  • IT Corner - Services That are Easy on the Budget
  • Medical Expenses - What Can You Deduct?
  • Client Profile: Behavioral Measures Midwest, LLC
  • 2010/2011 Tax Facts
  • Firm News

2010 UPDATE Issues

Fall 2010 Update

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  • On-Line Security Reminders and Tips
  • New 1099 Provision
  • Most Small Business Act Provisions Apply Immediately or Retroactively Some Apply Prospectively
  • 2010 Roth IRA Conversions
  • Health Care Reform Tax Changes
  • Client Profile: Germantown Iron & Steel and Advantage Research, Inc.
  • How will the New Health Care be Paid for?

June 2010 Update

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  • Watertown Office Move
  • Two New Tax Benefits Aid Employers Who Hire and Retain Unemployed Workers
  • Why You Need to Know About Sweep Accounts
  • Health Care Reform Act - Small Businesses
  • What You Don't Know, But Should, About Your Copy Machine
  • Client Profile: V&L Tool, Inc.
  • Save Time and Money with Remote Check Imaging
  • WKMR Firm News

March 2010 Update

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  • Be Aware - Consumer Alert
  • Haiti Relief Donations Qualify for 2009 Tax Deduction
  • COBRA Premium Assistance for Individuals Terminated from Employment in 2010
  • Economic Development Tax Credit
  • Client Profile: Triad Construction, Inc.
  • WKMR Firm News
  • Federal Estate and Generation-Skipping Tax Changes
  • Bill for Roth IRA Conversions Approved
  • WKMR-Doing our Part to Go Green

2009 UPDATE Issues

December 2009 Update

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  • Wisconsin IRA Conversions
  • Be Aware of Use Tax
  • First-Time Home Buyer Credit Extended
  • 2009/2010 Tax Facts
  • Client Profile: Addiction Resource Council
  • Business Standard Mileage and Other Rates Decrease for 2010
  • WKMR - Doing Our Part to Go Green
  • WKMR Firm News
  • Higher Tax Rates Higher Likely in 2011

September 2009 Update

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  • Charitable Contributions: Intention Does Not Equal Deduction
  • Congratulations WKMR Clients
  • Recent Law Changes Encourage Taxpayers to Make Homes Energy-Efficient
  • WKMR - Doing Our Part to Go Green
  • Donating Items to Charity
  • Client Profile: Tailored Label Products, Inc.
  • WKMR Firm News
  • 2009 Tax Breaks Ending Soon

June 2009 Update

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  • IT Corner - New Computer: No Problems or Know the Problems?
  • Law Offers Special Tax Breaks for Small Business
  • Wisconsin Joins Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board
  • Client Profile - H.P. Johnson Co., Inc.
  • Changes Regarding COBRA Continuation Coverage under ARRA
  • Firm News

March 2009 Update

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  • IRS Extends Deadline for Sponsors of Section 403(b) Written Plans
  • Fraud Alert
  • Tax Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
  • Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008
  • IT Corner - The Backup - Revisited
  • Client Profile - Milwaukee Bearing & Machining, Inc.
  • WKMR Firm News
  • Standard Mileage Rates for 2009

2008 UPDATE Issues

December 2008 Update

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  • Year-End Tax Tips
  • Elimination of WT-6 Coupon Booklet
  • Wisconsin Unemployment Insurance Update
  • Firm News
  • Surviving the Credit Crisis
  • Reminder - Disregarded Entities Must Pay Their Own Employment Taxes Next Year
  • Our History - The Fourth Decade 1998-2008
  • Interesting Facts from 1998
  • IT Corner - Going Wireless...Safely
  • 2008/2009 Tax Facts

October 2008 Update

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  • Tax Credit Offered to First Time Home Buyers
  • Congratulations Future 50 Award Winners
  • IT Corner - Backing Up to Stay Ahead
  • Our History - The Third Decade 1988-1998
  • Interesting Facts From 1988
  • 2008 Year End Planning

July 2008 Update

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  • IRS Increases Mileage Rates through December 31, 2008
  • New Reporting Regulations for Sponsors of 403(b) Plans
  • Introducing The IT Corner
  • Tax Relief for Flood Victims
  • Our History - The Second Decade 1978-1988
  • Interesting Facts From 1978
  • Unemployment Insurance
  • Firm News

April 2008 Update

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  • 2008 Economic Stimulus Payments, Questions & Answers
  • Spring Cleaning
  • 2008 Economic Stimulus Act Provides Tax Benefits to Businesses
  • You've Been Approved, Even if You Didn't Ask to Be
  • Our History
  • Do you Remember 1968?
  • Economic Stimulus Payment Schedule
  • Alternative Fuel Credit for Propane-Powered Forklifts
  • New 2008 Standard Mileage Rates

2007 UPDATE Issues

December 2007 Update

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  • Expanded Audit Procedures
  • IRS Provides Guidance on Taxation of Employer-Provided Cell Phones
  • Reminder for 2007 Form 1099 Filings
  • 2007/2008 Tax Facts
  • Year End Planning Tip, SUVs
  • New in 2008
  • Boomer's Going on with a Bang
  • Resources on the Web
  • Bill Aims to Eliminate Self-Employment Tax on Health Insurance
  • Self-Employment Facts

August 2007 Update

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  • Scammers Mimic IRS in E-Mail Scheme
  • Automatic Contribution Safe Harbor for 401(k) Plans
  • Immediate Deductions for Business Property Section 179
  • Health Care Reform - Wisconsin Proposals
  • Take Some Minutes to Check Your Minutes
  • How to Keep Good Employees

April 2007 Update

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  • WKMR's Gift from the Heart
  • In 2007: IRS Watching Travel Expense Reimbursement Abuses
  • Save Time and Money with Remote Check Imaging
  • To Save and What to Save, That Is The Question
  • Pension Protection Act
  • Is Microsoft's Vista Right for You?
  • Background Checks Now May Avert Problems Later

2006 UPDATE Issues

December 2006 Update

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  • Manage Your Risks
  • Standard Mileage Rate Increases
  • Reminder for 2006 Form 1099 Filings
  • 2006/2007 Tax Facts
  • Hobby or Not?
  • Starting an In-Home Business?
  • Telephone Excise Tax Refund
  • WKMR Community Service
  • Limitations on Contributions of Household Goods & Clothing
  • Limits on Deduction of Cash Gifts
  • To Outsource Payroll or Not?
  • 70&#189 Years Old? New Law Change Offers Tax Savings Opportunities

September 2006 Update

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  • Kiddie Tax Rules In A Nutshell
  • When You Call for Back-Up
  • Is Your Simple IRA Out-of-Date?
  • New Energy Tax Credit
  • Employee Benefits, Important Changes

June 2006 Update

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  • Oconomowoc office moves to 1040
  • What you gain and what you lose when moving from home
  • Small business computer security
  • Can you really get a free credit report?
  • Love and money

February 2006 Special Tax Issue Update

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  • 2006 Standard Mileage Rates
  • Sales Tax Issues - Exempt Manufacturers
  • New AMT Assistant
  • 2005 Adjusted Gross Income Phaseout Ranges
  • IRS Warns About E-Mail Refund Scam
  • Tax Credits For Contractors
  • Energy Tax Incentives for Your Existing Home
  • 2005 Update Articles Year at a Glance
  • 2005/2006 Federal Tax Facts
  • Automatic Six-Month Filing Extension