IMPORTANT TAX DATES & TIPS FOR 07' 08' 09'

October 31

Employers - Social Security, Medicare, and withheld income tax. File
e form 941 for the third quarter of the current year. Deposit any undeposited tax. (If your tax liability is less than $2,500, you can pay it in full with a timely filed return.) If you deposited the tax for the quarter in full and on time, you have until November 10 to file the return 

 

September 2009

September 10 Employees - who work for tips. If you received $20 or more in tips during August, report them to your employer. You can use Form 4070.
September 15 Partnerships - File a 2008 calendar year return (Form 1065). This due date applies only if you were given an additional 6-month extension. Provide each partner with a copy of Schedule K-1 (Form 1065) or a substitute K-1.
Individuals - Make a payment of your 2009 estimated tax if you are not paying your income tax for the year through withholding (or will not pay in enough tax that way). Use Form 1040-ES. This is the third installment date for estimated tax in 2009.
Corporations - File a 2008 calendar year income tax return (Form 1120 or 1120-A) and pay any tax due. This due date applies only if you timely requested an automatic 6-month extension. Otherwise, see March 16.
S Corporations - File a 2008 calendar year income tax return (Form 1120S) and pay any tax due. This due date applies only if you timely requested an automatic 6-month extension. Otherwise, see March 16. Provide each shareholder with a copy of Schedule K-1 (Form 1120S) or a substitute Schedule K-1.
Corporations - Deposit the third installment of estimated income tax for 2009. A worksheet, Form 1120-W, is available to help you make an estimate of your tax for the year.
Employers - Nonpayroll withholding. If the monthly deposit rule applies, deposit the tax for payments in August.
Employers - Social security, Medicare, and withheld income tax. If the monthly deposit rule applies, deposit the tax for payments in August.
 October 2009
October 13 Employees - who work for tips. If you received $20 or more in tips during September, report them to your employer. You can use Form 4070.
October 15 Individuals - If you have an automatic 6-month extension to file your income tax return for 2008, file Form 1040, 1040A, or 1040EZ and pay any tax, interest, and penalties due.
Electing Large Partnerships - File a 2008 calendar year return (Form 1065-B). This due date applies only if you were given an additional 6-month extension. See March 16 for the due date for furnishing the Schedules K-1 to the partners.
Employers - Nonpayroll withholding. If the monthly deposit rule applies, deposit the tax for payments in September.
Employers - Social security, Medicare, and withheld income tax. If the monthly deposit rule applies, deposit the tax for payments in September.
 November 2009
November 2 Employers - Social Security, Medicare, and withheld income tax. File form 941 for the third quarter of 2009. Deposit any undeposited tax. (If your tax liability is less than $2,500, you can pay it in full with a timely filed return.) If you deposited the tax for the quarter in full and on time, you have until November 10 to file the return.
Certain Small Employers - Deposit any undeposited tax if your tax liability is $2,500 or more for 2009 but less than $2,500 for the third quarter.
Employers - Federal Unemployment Tax. Deposit the tax owed through September if more than $500.
Employers - Income Tax Withholding. Ask employees whose withholding allowances will be different in 2010 to fill out a new Form W-4.
Employers - Earned Income Credit. Ask each eligible employee who wants to receive advance payments of earned income credit during the year 2010 to fill out a Form W-5. A new Form W-5 must be filled out each year before payments are made.
November 10 Employers - Social Security, Medicare, and withheld income tax. File form 941 for the third quarter of 2009. This due date applies only if you deposited the tax for the quarter in full and on time.
Employees - who work for tips. If you received $20 or more in tips during October, report them to your employer. You can use Form 4070.
November 16 Employers - Nonpayroll withholding. If the monthly deposit rule applies, deposit the tax for payments in October.
Employers - Social security, Medicare, and withheld income tax. If the monthly deposit rule applies, deposit the tax for payments in October.

 

 

  • TAX LAW CHANGES FOR 2007
  • Small Business & Work Opportunity Act
    President Bush signs the new tax bill into law bringing small business tax relief and a long-awaited minimum wage increase. The tax law also includes expanded Gulf Opportunity Zone relief and many individual provisions.

  • Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act
    President Bush signed the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007, which will help Americans avoid foreclosure by protecting families from higher taxes when they refinance their home mortgages. This Act will create a 3-year window for homeowners to refinance their mortgages and pay no taxes on any debt forgiveness that they receive.
  • TAX LAW CHANGES 2008
  • 2008 Tax Legislation Summary
    Use this chart to quickly reference the changes in tax laws in 2008 and how they may affect you.

  • Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
    This bill not only allows the U.S. Treasury to purchase troubled assets to restore the health of the U.S. credit markets, but it also extends certain expiring tax provisions — like AMT amounts and disaster relief.

  • Housing and Recovery Act
    This bill provides $15 billion in tax incentives to help boost the housing sector.

  • Economic Stimulus Act
    This $168 billion bill will put rebates in the hands of taxpayers in the hopes they will spend it and boost the economy.

  • HEROES Earnings Assistance & Relief Tax Act
    The HEROES Earnings Assistance & Relief Tax Act of 2008 (H.R. 6081) provides benefits and incentives for military personnel.
  • TAX LAW CHANGES FOR 2009
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will benefit taxpayers on their 2009 tax returns filed next year, in 2010.
     
     

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