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Keeping Your Financial and Tax Information Secure
As we reported in early April, the IRS has seen increasing numbers of fraudulently-filed individual tax returns in recent years....
Individuals: Beware of Higher Level of Identity Theft Cases
Filing one’s tax return each year can be stressful…and we’ve found an extra cause of stress this year in tax-return...
Perkins & Co Adds Principal
March 25, 2014 Portland, Ore. – Ray Jordan, former owner of Ray Jordan, P.C., joins Beacon CPA, Portland’s largest...
Perkins & Co Opens Business Office in Vancouver, WA
February 27, 2014 Portland, Ore. – Beacon CPA, Portland’s largest locally owned public accounting firm, is excited to announce...
Oregon Breweries Deserve a Tip
The growth and influx of breweries around Oregon has reached staggering heights. Receiving national recognition, the Oregon brewer culture and...
Getting Information Ready for Tax Accountants Part II: Individuals
It happens every year around this time – “important tax documents” arrive in your mailbox or inbox, and you know...
Getting Information Ready for Tax Accountants Part I: Small Businesses
January again! The busiest time of year for many accountants and bookkeepers. There’s the general ledger to reconcile and close...
The 411 on the 1099-MISC
The New Year has arrived, and with it, the 1099-MISC filing season. Many small business owners and their accounting staff...
The Magic of Tax Planning!
As 2013 draws to an end, we at Perkins find ourselves with a few tax planning tricks up our sleeves...
Trusts and the 3.8% Medicare Surtax
Welcome to the wacky world of the new 3.8% Medicare Surtax! Did you know it also applies to trusts? As we...
Act Now or Pay Later: Unraveling the New “Repair” Regulations
The road to the final regulations has been an arduous one, and has involved significant revisions as the IRS solicited...
Got Your Property Tax Bill? Are You Feeling Compressed?
It’s property tax assessment season, and, no, that headline is not a typo. Welcome to the time of year where...
Change is Coming, Are You Ready for It?
In December 2011, the IRS released new ground-changing rules aimed at the age-old debate about what is a repair versus...
Oregon Recognizes Out-of-State Same-Sex Marriages
Despite Oregon’s continuing constitutional ban on same-sex marriages, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services announced today that all Oregon agencies...
Oregon Budget Deal Good for Active Owners of Partnerships, LLCs, S Corps
Last week, the Oregon legislature passed HB 3601 as part of the “grand bargain” that, among other provisions, changes individual...
Tangible Property Update
Last month the IRS released final tangible property regulations which include significant taxpayer-friendly changes and will challenge virtually every business...
Married In Any Jurisdiction Means Married Under Federal Tax Law
Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional the provisions of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that prohibited same-sex...
Changes to Oregon Individual Income Tax Deductions for 2013 and 2014
The Oregon Legislature did not pass any big tax bills this session, but they did limit a favorite deduction for...
Perkins & Co Announces Promotions
It’s been a wonderfully busy year for us. In addition to adding two shareholders, we’d like to announce the promotions...
Perkins & Co Adds Two Shareholders
July 23, 2013 Portland, Ore. – Beacon CPA, Portland’s largest locally owned public accounting firm, is excited to announce...
Our client survey score moves up even higher!
At Perkins, one of our most sacred and fundamental values is to walk our talk. When you think about it,...
Corporations: Beware “Corporate Records Service” Mailing!
Some of our clients are reporting that they have received a “2013 – Annual Records Solicitation Form” from Corporate Records...
Employer Health Insurance Mandate Delayed until 2015
The Treasury Department announced yesterday that it has decided to delay the effective date of the employer health insurance mandate...
Tax Simplicity
“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.” -Albert Einstein Not surprisingly, taxes…are…complicated!...