Quickies with Bette

Quick facts, tactics, and strategies to build your wealth, improve your income, cost your costs, or save on your taxes. The tax code has a myriad of little nuggets that can help you. We all are working on our businesses, and maybe we have a quick insight to share.

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Home Office Deduction

By |2022-12-16T13:17:37-05:00August 17th, 2022|Categories: Quickies with Bette|Tags: , , , , |

We will be discussing the Home Office Deduction. The main questions we are tackling are: What is the home office deduction, what qualifies, and how do I calculate it? As a bonus, I will also walk you through the two ways the IRS allows you to claim the home office deduction, the simplified option and the regular method (i.e., Form 8829). 

New York is STILL Moving to Florida

By |2022-05-31T15:43:58-04:00May 31st, 2022|Categories: Quickies with Bette|Tags: , , , |

New Yorkers are still fleeing the state and moving to the sunshine state of Florida. Now, Floridians, for anyone who's been living here since I guess the pre-pandemic, we've seen this, we know. We know how little housing there is and how many drivers are on the road, but we have an official number now.

Tax Planning Strategies

By |2022-12-16T12:20:42-05:00May 20th, 2022|Categories: Quickies with Bette|Tags: , , , , , |

Today I'm going to tell you what tax planning is and why you need to tax plan if you want to save money on your taxes. The truth is when a client comes to me at the end of the year and has not done any tax planning, there is very little that I can do to help them save money. To avoid this situation, I recommend tax planning to all my clients.

Veteran Tax Credits & Deductions

By |2022-12-16T13:31:20-05:00November 11th, 2021|Categories: Quickies with Bette|Tags: , , , , |

Veteran's day 2021 is approaching. The complicated life of military personnel and their families doesn't get any less complex during tax season, so I figured I would try to uncomplicate it for you by sharing some of the unique tax rules that apply to active and retired military. I will also briefly touch on the work opportunity tax credit (WOTC) available as an incentive for employers looking to hire a qualified veteran. Let's get started. 

Accounts Receivable – Video

By |2022-12-16T13:35:10-05:00October 20th, 2021|Categories: Quickies with Bette|Tags: , , , , |

Hi, I'm Bette Hochberger, CPA, CGMA, and today we're going to do a little bit of a laser focus on a helpful report in QuickBooks called the accounts receivable aging report. So watch the video below to see a walk-through. we're going to look at an "accounts receivable aging report."

Employees VS Contractors | Labor Day

By |2022-12-16T13:42:31-05:00September 6th, 2021|Categories: Quickies with Bette|Tags: , , , , , , , |

It’s #BusinessQuickie, and I want to come on here and tailor this go-live to our small business owners who want to know the difference between contractors (1099) and employees (W-2) so that you can find which employee fits best with your business. I figured this would be a great topic since labor day is coming up on Monday! Let’s get started.

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