1. Filing season has started but unfortunately some of the updated forms from the new tax law haven't been released from the IRS. We recommend gathering and sending your files to us as usual for timely preparation. 
2. IRS standards require us to obtain consent in order to file your tax return. Please remember to sign the engagement letter that's included in your Tax Organizer received in the mail at first of the year. 

 

Please contact us if you have any questions 417-881-0145.

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Community banks and business owners typically believes their website is very low on a risk scale. After all it is hosted by a secure company and most business web sites are just used to give information. There is no customer information so the hackers don't waste their time trying to hack them. Read more...

Many Missouri small businesses may now qualify to claim a special state tax deduction for each new job they create in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Prior to 2012, the tax deduction had been limited to sole proprietors and C-Corporations; but has now been extended to include LLC's and S-Corporations. Read more...

Although there was much discussion about reducing or eliminating the deduction for gifts to charities, The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 preserved the charitable deduction. The good news for the not-for-profit sector is that the bill did not change the limits on charitable deductions. Read more...

The Whitlock Company is a full-service CPA firm offering a range of professional tax, audit, accounting and management advisory services to the following industries: Community Banking, Real Estate, Manufacturing, Not-for-Profits, Higher Education and more. For more information, please contact us.

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