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POST PUBLISHED INNovember, 2009

Helping Your New Business Get Started on the Right Financial Footing by Atlanta CPA

November 30th, 200909:25 PM ET

By John Dillard

Helping Your New Business Get Started on the Right Financial Footing by Atlanta CPA Recently I had the below inquiry from our website. Desiring first to serve we focus on Serving the Atlanta Business Community even before they become clients:We are a new business just outside Atlanta and are seeking a solid Business CPA to help us with our busines...
Atlanta CPA Teaches How to Record Losses from Your S Corporation

November 30th, 200909:45 AM ET

By John Dillard

Atlanta CPA Teaches How to Record Losses from Your S Corporation Sometimes paying a smaller and inexpensive fee when you originally file the return means you will pay more later. Though I do not believe in scare tactics in helping clients see the truth it is often the only way to help someone make a wise a prudent decisions. My goal is not to be T...
To Our Fellow Thanksgiving Warriors for the Kingdom of God...Taking Christianity Into the World

November 27th, 200912:54 PM ET

By John Dillard

To Our Fellow Thanksgiving Warriors for the Kingdom of God...Taking Christianity Into the WorldServing the Lost the Last and the LeastIt was an honor to serve alongside you this Thanksgiving. God is deeply touched and honored by your efforts. Continue in your efforts to excel in all that you do and to look to the needs of others. Reading God's word...
Atlanta CPA on Serving the Homeless This Christmas...Taking Christianity Into the World

November 26th, 200907:27 AM ET

By John Dillard

Atlanta CPA on Serving the Homeless This Christmas...Taking Christianity Into the World Serving The Lost, the Last and the Least A quick reminder to everyone. remember last year at the Christmas concert, well December 19th will be our 2nd annual Christmas concert at the garden. everyone is welcome, bring your family and fr...
Serving Christ with Thanksgiving and Praise...Taking Christianity Into the World

November 25th, 200904:29 PM ET

By John Dillard

Seeking Revival for the World by...Taking Christianity Into the WorldServing Christ with Thanksgiving and PraiseRecently I receieved an invitation off of my website, which leads me to challenge you all to Do All That You Do, For the Glory of God. We Are Seeking Revival for the World by...Taking Christianity Into the World, We are not waiting for th...
Addressing Back Taxes When the IRS Tax Notice Arrives...IRS Tax Tips by Atlanta CPA

November 25th, 200910:46 AM ET

By John Dillard

Addressing Back Taxes When the IRS Tax Notice Arrives...IRS Tax Tips by Atlanta CPA Rather than beginning the process in fear, discover how you can better prepare yourself so that you are not surprised at the audit process and its ultimate results. By seeing through to the other side you can best ready yourself to close your audit with no adjustme...
Atlanta CPA Advises on Filing of Back Taxes & Old Income Tax Returns

November 24th, 200909:09 AM ET

By John Dillard

Atlanta Advises on Filing of Back Taxes & Old Income Tax Returns The filing of old back tax returns often "freezes" taxpayers who become too scared to address their open monies. Below is an example of an inquiry from a taxpayer seeking advice on filing of past unfiled income tax returns: I'm looking for help filing back taxes (last 5 years) a...
Real Christian Living: Making God Personal...Navajo Family Missions Series Postscript... Taking Christianity Into the World

November 23rd, 200904:56 PM ET

By John Dillard

Real Christian Living: Making God Personal...Navajo Family Missions Series Postscript... Taking Christianity Into the World This is the Postscript of the Navajo Family Mission Series of our Weekly Family Trip To Serve the Navajo People of Pueblo Pintado. It is about sixty people who for an entire week lay down their jobs, vacations and...
Atlanta CPA Advises on What to Do When Your Salary & Wages Are Garnished by the IRS

November 23rd, 200908:19 AM ET

By John Dillard

Atlanta CPA Advises on What to Do When Your Salary & Wages Are Garnished by the IRS For the 2009 Personal Income Tax Return I need to know how much of the actual tax of $4000 that was due from the 2008 Georgia State Income Tax Return that you paid in 2008 (not counting penalties and interest) as the taxes are an itemized expense on your person...
Duluth CPA Asks Should Your Family Served God in the Mission Field?...Taking Christianity Into the World

November 22nd, 200911:56 AM ET

By John Dillard

Duluth CPA Asks Should Your Family Served God in the Mission Field?...Taking Christianity Into the World Recently I received a note from one of our very important team members that speaks volumes as to why I believe that Mission work is one the very best ways to release God's power into your life. I invite you to read it solely and lis...
Duluth CPA Advisies on Incorporating Your New Business or Convert Your LLC to an S Corporation for tax purposes

November 20th, 200908:45 AM ET

By John Dillard

Duluth CPA Advisies on Incorporating Your New Business or Convert Your LLC to an S Corporation for tax purposes Recently I received an inquiry from my website which is listed below: I found your website...love the Christian approach. I'm in need of a Profit and Loss statement from a CPA quickly for a loan modification I've applied for. I am ...
Utilization of Promissory Notes to Protect Your Georgia Based Business...As Taught by Atlanta CPA

November 19th, 200906:21 PM ET

By John Dillard

Utilization of Promissory Notes to Protect Your Georgia Based Business...As Taught by Atlanta CPARecently I received the below inquiry seeking advice on setting up a Promissory Note:Is there a "normal or required" period that a Loan To Shareholder needs to be repaid? The below is my response:The "normal amount" would be what a ban...
Setting up an Installment Plan with the IRS and Recording of 2009 Internal Data and Bookkeeping Issues

November 19th, 200908:26 AM ET

By John Dillard

Setting up an Installment Plan with the IRS and Recording of 2009 Internal Data and Bookkeeping Issues Attached is a recent note we received from a potential client However, extreme caution should be exercised by taxpayers to ensure that they retain the services of a CPA who is experienced with tax representation issues and matters. Thanks Joh...
Gwinnett Christian Business Men's Group

November 18th, 200908:36 AM ET

By John Dillard

Gwinnett Christian Business Men's Group Our Christian Business Men's Group will not meet the week of Thanksgiving. I pray that during the rush of the holidays that God finds you still and that you let He, His heart, and His Passion for your Life be revealed.It is in living in obedience to God that we can best find His will for our lives and Our De...
Metro Atlanta CPA Advises on Taking Your Christian Business Into the World: WWJD

November 17th, 200910:13 AM ET

By John Dillard

Metro Atlanta CPA Advises on Taking Your Christian Business Into the World: WWJD "But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night." Psalm 1:2 Below is a recent inquiry I received off of our web site. I share it to encourage you to take Jesus along with your to work and indeed everywhere you go. I came acros...
Gwinnett CPA on Converting Your C Corporation or LLC to an S Corporation for Tax Purposes

November 16th, 200908:36 AM ET

By John Dillard

Gwinnett CPA on Converting Your C Corporation or LLC to an S Corporation for Tax PurposesWith changes over the last ten plus years in state law, more and more Georgia based businesses are incorporating as an LLC because of the ease of the initial set up of the business entity. However, frequently this may not be the best "tax choice" for the b...
Using Life Insurance with Estate Planning

November 14th, 200912:21 PM ET

By John Dillard

Using Life Insurance with Estate Planning Even with reduced estate tax rates and higher exclusion levels, Americans could still be on the hook for billions of dollars in estate taxes over the coming years. More than half a million estate tax returns were projected to be filed with the IRS in calendar years 2004 to 2010.1 F...
Determining if You Should Start Your Own New Business

November 13th, 200901:59 PM ET

By John Dillard

Determining if You Should Start Your Own New Business For many who are out of work and have been unemployed for some time, it make be the ideal time to start a new business as your opportunity costs of pursuing other ventures is small to non-existent as you have no present income to lose. Many who desire to start a new business have to think long ...
Duluth CPA on Feeding the Homeless on Thanksgiving Day 2009...Taking Christianity Into the World

November 12th, 200909:21 PM ET

By John Dillard

Duluth CPA on Feeding the Homeless on Thanksgiving Day 2009...Taking Christianity Into the WorldMy wife and I were blessed to be able to serve at 7 Bridges to Recovery where we met Pastor 7 and his men! This Thanksgiving in 2009, we will be serving the homeless men and women of Atlanta as we bring a Thanksgiving feast and God's word to many people ...
Penalty and Tax Assessment Relief Taught by Metro Atlanta CPA

November 12th, 200908:22 AM ET

By John Dillard

Penalty and Tax Assessment Relief Taught by Metro Atlanta CPASeveral weeks ago we were approached by a taxpayer for those the IRS had assessed almost $40,000 and over seven years of un-filed back tax returns to file and pay. Within approximately twenty days we were able to get the Levy on the taxpayers wages stopped, the IRS tax assessment voided a...
Here am I. Send Me: Serving the Homeless of Atlanta This Thanksgiving...Taking Christianity Into the World

November 11th, 200909:51 AM ET

By John Dillard

Here am I. Send Me: Serving the Homeless of Atlanta This Thanksgiving...Taking Christianity Into the World Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8 Each year my Lord and Savior calls me deeper into His embrace and it is at this point I find myself asking y...
Advice on Investments and Christian Money Management Taught by Metro Atlanta CPA

November 10th, 200910:02 AM ET

By John Dillard

Advice on Investments and Christian Money Management Taught by Metro Atlanta CPA I recently received an inquiry from a client regarding their capital losses and their investment decisions and it is listed below: John, I need to know how much I have in carryover losses to apply to this year's capital gains. I'm trying to decide if I need to sell o...
Who Are You Serving This Thanksgiving?

November 09th, 200909:37 AM ET

By John Dillard

Who Are You Serving This Thanksgiving? Holiday Service Opportunity: Feeding the Homeless in Atlanta...Taking Christianity Into the World My wife and I were blessed to be able to serve at 7 Bridges to Recovery where we met Pastor 7 and his men! This Thanksgiving in 2009, we will be serving the homeless men and women of Atlanta as we bring a Thanks...
Missions Lite: 2/3 Less Time Consuming than Regular Missions...Taking Christianity Into the World

November 08th, 200909:35 AM ET

By John Dillard

Missions Lite: 2/3 Less Time Consuming than Regular Missions...Taking Christianity Into the WorldI feel God asking me to discover if there are those about us who might be willing to start a new mission series I am calling Missions Lite. The work may not be lite but the time and financial commitments will. Rather than a week trip, Mission Lite will ...
Bookkeeping to Business Owners & Financial Statement Preparation as Taught by Duluth CPA

November 07th, 200908:32 AM ET

By John Dillard

Bookkeeping to Business Owners & Financial Statement PreparationEntrepreneurs either initially or over time become extremely proficient in their field of choice for it is by this growth of knowledge and wisdom which affords them the insight to make prudent decisions. Having served as a CPA in Gwinnett for decades I have learned that having a we...
Safe For The Whole Family:...Missions Lite...Taking Christianity Into the World

November 05th, 200904:55 PM ET

By John Dillard

Safe For The Whole Family...Missions Lite...Taking Christianity Into the WorldWhat is missing in most churches throughout America is the opportunities to serve God together. For it is in our joint service and in our leading by example that our children can best get a glimpse of what Heaven and Jesus are truly all about. Though we want to take our c...
Atlanta CPA on Utilizing the Incorporation Process for Your New Business

November 05th, 200909:12 AM ET

By John Dillard

Utilizing the Incorporation Process for Your New Business by Atlanta CPA So you have started a new business and now need tax advice to take your business to the next level and to ensure that you set up as the correct/best legal entity type for your new business. Choosing to incorporate your business as a corporation will do much to protect your pe...
News for America's Business Owners: Understanding a LLC, LLP and Partnership When Newly Incorporating

November 04th, 200908:04 AM ET

By John Dillard

News for America's Business Owners: Understanding a LLC, LLP and Partnership When Newly Incorporating Having served as a CPA in Metro Atlanta for decades I frequently have the opportunity to sit down with a new business owner who had been blessed to be fairly profitable in a very short amount of time. However, for convenience when the ...
Atlanta CPA Advises if Your New LLC Should Convert to an S Corporation for Tax Return Preparation Purposes

November 03rd, 200902:19 PM ET

By John Dillard

Should You Convert Your New LLC to an S Corporation for Tax Return Preparation Purposes Provided by Atlanta CPAAs a CPA in Metro Atlanta for twenty eight plus years, we frequently help business owners each and every year convert their business over to an S Corporation for tax purposes. For the first two decades of my practice, this was predominantl...
Duluth CPA Presents Million Dollar Video...Navajo Family Indian Missions Shared by Duluth CPA

November 03rd, 200909:01 AM ET

By John Dillard

Duluth CPA Presents Navajo Family Indian Missions Video...Taking Christianity Into the WorldIf you believe a picture is worth a thousand words then perhaps this is a Million Dollar Video. I invite you to see what God is doing with Navajo Family Missions as we Take Christianity Into the World.I entreat you to pray before you watch, that you watch wi...
Gwinnett CPA Advises on Improving Operational Efficiency

November 02nd, 200911:16 AM ET

By John Dillard

Improving Operational Efficiency Atlanta CPA Teaches Business Clients Tax Law While Focusing on Operating Results When a CPA does a tax return they are best suited to give useful financial advice that an owner can use to turn information into profits. Just as a doctor will give invaluable insight to their patient, a CPA should be a clients closes...
Changing People Through the Redeeming Power of Christ...Taking Christianity Into the World

November 01st, 200909:23 PM ET

By John Dillard

Changing People Through the Redeeming Power of Christ...Taking Christianity Into the WorldWhen God allowed us the privilege the serving the Navajo people we immediately began to see what we might do to not only have a great week but to both change the community that we serve as well as the people who travel with us. I have watched God change people...

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John Dillard, an author and Certified Public Accountant, serves HIM by serving you with his expertise in this blog... one tax return at a time!