Surviving the Tax Season! Here at The Kane Firm, we are always looking for new ways, both large and small, to relieve stress and squeeze out a few smiles during tax season. This year, Danielle and Courtney, our firm coordinators, designed survival kits for each employee. Included in our kits were: Stress… Read more »
Now that we have gotten through things to relax (part one of the three part series) and trying to keep your house from looking like a small battle was waged inside of it (part two), we have to turn where it will seem like we are spending the majority of our waking hours -The Office… Read more »
The Kane Firm recently mailed clients a yellow Tax Organizer packet to aide in collecting 2016 tax information. Shortly after we mailed the organizers, on January 11, 2017, the New York State Department of Taxation informed tax preparers of a new requirement for the 2016 tax year. This tax season, all New York State personal… Read more »
If you have read part 1 of my preparing for busy season blog, you know that I mention enjoyable and fun things to do to get ready for busy season. In part two we will get to the things that I would classify as the “not fun” or things that are almost painful to me… Read more »
Part 1 – Personal/Fun Activities: Now that the snow has been falling for a while (or as some would put it, the frozen tears of accountants thinking of the near future) and busy season is almost upon us, I thought it would be a good idea to do a three part series to share… Read more »
Important Dates: February 27, 2017: Earned Income Credit & Additional Child Tax Credit Refunds become available March 20, 2017: Deadline to turn in Individual Tax information to The Kane Firm April 18, 2017: Individual Tax Return Deadline April 19, 2017: Kane Firm Recovery… Read more »
By: Andrew Ziolo, CPA One of the biggest concerns I have seen facing family-owned businesses is transferring the business to family as cheaply as possible, from a tax perspective. And who can blame someone for wanting to do this? It is hard to find people who want to pay more in tax than they… Read more »
The Erie County Sheriff & National Grid is warning its business customers against a new scam. Fraudulent callers are contacting businesses threatening to shut off utilities due to missed payments. The targeted victims are instructed to call a 1-800 number to make payments through an automated system. Since this closely mirrors National Grid’s system for… Read more »
Speaker: Dr. Marcus Stoodley Date: October 8, 2016 Time: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Breakfast will be available beginning at 7:45 AM) Location: Buffalo Marriott Salon B 1340 Millersport Highway Amherst, NY 14221 RSVP : 716-633-7022 OR Mark_Kane@ColumnOfHope.org Syringomyelia and Chiari Malformation are progressive neurological disorders once considered to be orphan diseases. Typical symptoms… Read more »
The Kane Firm is devoted to supporting Column of Hope (www.columnofhope.org) – an international leader in medical research of Chiari malformation, syringomyelia and related disorders. The Kane Firm provides administrative and accounting support to the organization. Column of Hope will be hosting the 14th Working Towards a Day Without Pain gala on October 8th, 2016… Read more »
