To assist our Clients in achieving their goals and in obtaining satisfaction by providing innovative, high-quality, personalized service; to provide an environment that will allow the members of our firm to grow individually recognizing the importance of family to each member; to be giving members in our profession and community; to maintain the highest level of professional ethics and independence; and to recognize that success is not necessarily defined by money or status, but by happiness in our daily lives.
To ensure that the client ultimately obtains the greatest benefit, we look at all aspects of our clients’ financial position. Our firm is strictly fee-only which means we do not have the potential bias of having to make commission sales, therefore we can always be objective and keep the clients’ best interests first and foremost. We are our clients’ greatest advocate and realize that our growth and well-being is dependent upon how well we assist our clients’ growth and well-being.
We stress the right of privacy and confidentiality regarding our clients’ personal and business information. Our relationships are built on trust and we will do everything in our power to earn and ensure that trust.
How we take advantage of the Internet
By giving our clients the ability to access information concerning their accounts. We use the internet to gather investment information which we pass along to our clients. We also use the internet to individually communicate with our clients.
These tools help in our search for sound investment opportunities, as well as in our effort to track them. Not only is the Net a useful tool when we are initially looking for a new company to invest in, but it is also useful for tracking news and earnings changes for the companies we have already bought, or identified as a potential buy.
This tracking is done automatically and electronically so that we do not have to rely on memory, or manual systems to do it. Each day our electronic mail-boxes are filled with press releases, earnings changes, and key stories effecting the stocks and industries that we own or are considering the purchase of.
Valued customers like you are the foundation of our success.
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Canon Capital Management Group, LLC
484 Harleysville Pike
PO Box 228
Harleysville, PA 19438
Phone: 215-723-4881
As 2023 unfolds, we are already seeing a slight uptick in federal corporate and small business tax return audits. Audits, or exams as they’re known within the accounting world, can come from the federal, state, local, or municipal level. In all instances, the burden of proof lies on the taxpayer.
We recently presented a webinar on the topic, which you can view here:
Highlights of the webinar include:
How Federal Tax Returns Are Selected for An Audit
The IRS uses several elements to determine whether to audit a tax return, including:
Computer Scoring
Participants in tax avoidance transactions
Information Matching
Related Exams
Other: local compliance projects, return preparers, market segments
Random selection
Types of Audits
If your return is selected, it will undergo one of these types of exams:
No IRS Contact Audits The tax returns are reviewed based solely on information already available to the IRS.
Correspondence Audits Generally less intrusive, these exams are typically conducted via mail with minimal phone contact.
Office Audits The IRS will obtain more information about the taxpayer using agency records and other resources, all prior to the exam, which will focus on “selected areas” of the return.
Field Audits The most comprehensive of exams, this is performed in the field. Each line of the tax return could be reviewed, and the taxpayer will need to provide substantiation.
What to Expect in a Field Audit
This is the process followed by the IRS for a Field Audit. We recommend involving your tax preparer in this process as their expertise will be key in making sure this process goes smoothly and that you are protected.
Notification by Mail
Information Document Requests (IDR): this will usually accompany the notification by mail.
Taxpayer Site Visit: this will take place at the business or residence – depending upon whether this is an audit of business or personal taxes – to make verifications of certain claims.
Taxpayer Interview: this is generally a one-to-two-hour process, interviewing the taxpayer and their representative.
Place of Exam: we recommend this takes place at your tax preparer’s location or at a private, neutral location.
Proposal to Close
Appeal, if necessary, based on the IRS agent’s findings.
It is important to know that the IRS will correspond with you by US mail. They will never contact you by phone (not initially; phone calls may happen once an exam process has begun), email, or text message.
We have recently welcomed these professionals to our team. Some of these faces may be familiar to our clients who are already working with them, but we wanted to make sure we gave Lori, John, Laura, and Daniel a warm welcome.
Laura Eisenschmied is a bookkeeper and certified QBO Pro Advisor. In addition to providing bookkeeping services to clients, she is an integral asset to our tax season process.
Daniel Hagen is a Staff Accountant who began his accounting career in tax preparation. Currently pursuing his CPA, he is a graduate of Temple University.
Please join us in congratulating Andrew Shapowal, CPA/PFS, AIF® on earning the Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) credential. The PFS credential distinguishes CPAs and enhances their credibility by showcasing their proficiency in personal financial planning. Andrew, who also holds a Certificate in Blockchain and Digital Assets, is an Investment Advisor & Digital Asset Specialist in our Wealth Management business unit.
If you have any current needs regarding digital assets, your investments, or retirement plans, please feel free to contact our Wealth Management department via phone at 215-723-4881 or online.
Minimum Wage with Tips:
Federal: $2.13
PA: $2.83
NJ: $5.62
FICA:
Maximum earnings: $176,100
Employer percentage: 6.2%
Maximum Deduction: $10,918.20
Self-Employment Tax: 12.4%
Employee percentage: 6.2%
Maximum Deduction: $10,918.20
Medicare:
Employee/Employer percentage: 1.45%
Wages Paid in excess of $200,000: additional employee tax of 0.9%
Self-Employment Tax: 2.90%
FUTA:
Rate: 6.0%
Maximum credit: 5.4%
Normal net tax: 0.6%
Maximum Earnings: $7,000.00
PA State Tax:
State percentage: 3.07%
Philadelphia Resident: 3.75%
Philadelphia Non-resident: 3.44%
Local jurisdictions: as applicable
PA SUI:
Employee percentage: .07%
Employer percentage: contribution rates vary by employer
Maximum Earnings: $10,000.00
401(k) Limits:
Annual elective deferral limit: $23,500
“Catch-up” contribution limit: $7,500 (must be 50 years old by the end of the plan year)
Increased “catch-up” (ages 60-63): $11,250
Simple IRA Limits:
Annual elective deferral limit: $16,500
“Catch-up” contribution limit (must be 50 years old by the end of the plan year): $3,500
Increased “catch-up” (ages 60-63): $5,250
Mileage allowance:
Business purposes: 70 cents/mile
Charitable purposes: 14 cents/mile
Medical purposes: 21 cents/mile
Moving purposes: 21 cents/mile