Andrea's Answers
Andrea MacDonald, CPA / MBA live to discuss tax & accounting issues you'll want to master when working with business tax clients.
Welcome & Instructions
Session 12-3-2024 - S corp basis (how to calculate, how to reconstruct) - guest speaker Jeremy Wells, EA, CPA
Session 12-10-2024 - Balance sheet training 1 - the book side
Session 11-5-2024 - Open Q&A With Andrea
Session 11-12-2024 - Open Q&A
Session 11-19-2024 - Open Q&A With Andrea
Session 10-1-2024 - Open Q&A
Session 10-8-2024 - Open Q&A Oct 15 Around The Corner
Session 10-22-2024 - Open Q&A
Session 9-6-2024 - Sch E How To Acquire Real Estate Investor Clients- Part 12
Session 9-17-2024 - W Is For Work Opportunity Tax Credit
Session 8-2-2024 - Sch E The (Extensive) Role Of LLC's In Real Estate Investing - Part 5
Session 8-9-2024 - Sceh E Fix & Flip Clients (Schedule E Reporting Vs. Schedule C Reporting, Etc.) Part 6
Session 8-23-2024 - Sch E Cost Segregation Studies Part 9
Session 8-30-2024 - Sch E Short-Term Rental Strategies (Airbnb, Vrbo, Etc.) - Part 11
Session 7-12-2024 - V is for Volunteer - is our system really a voluntary filing system
Session 7-26-2024 - Sch E: Out-of-State Rental Property Strategies - Part 3
Session 6-14-2024 - S is for Selecting a Business Structure - S corp Analysis Example
Session 6-21-2024 - T is for Tax Fraud - Let's Debunk some TikTok Tax Myths
Session 6-28-2024 - U is for Understanding Self-Employment Tax - examples of 1099 income that is not subject to SE
Session 5-3-2024 - .Schedule C Damage Control Strategies (e.g. If Client Does Get Audited) - Sch C Part 8
Session 5-10-2024 - What to Do When Schedule C Clients Can’t Pay Their Taxes (e.g. Installment Plans, Offers in Compromise, etc.) Part 11
Session 5-17-2024 - P - Pass through entities
Session 5-31-2024 - Offshoring For Bookkeeping And Taxes, Guest Speaker Nishon
Session 6-7-2024 - R is for Reasonable Compensation
4/5/2024 - O - Organizational costs
Session 4-12-2024 - Pricing Last Minute Sch Cs Part 1
Session 4-19-2024 - Advanced Schedule C Depreciation Strategies Sch C Part 3
Session 4-26-2024 - Schedule C QBI Deduction Strategies - Sch C Part 6
Session 3-1-2024_L - LLCs - different ways they can be taxed
Session 3/8/2024 - M - Meals _ Entertainment expenses
Session 3/22/2024 N - Nanny Tax
Sesssion 2/9/2024 - I is for Interest Income - how it is reported on entity returns
Session 2/16/2024 - J - Joint ventures
Session 2/23/2024 - K - Kiddie Tax
Session 1/12/2024 - H is for Health insurance - how is it handled on the various return types
Session 1/19/2024 - Step-by-Step S Corp Tax Prep Process - Part 1
Session 2/2/2024 - Step-by-Step S Corp Tax Prep Process - Part 6
Session 12/1/2023 - E is for Effective Tax Rate - what does that even mean?
Session 12/8/2023 - F is for Farms - hello Schedule F!
Session 12/15/2023 - G is for Ghost Preparers - what are your Circular 230 obligations?
Session 11/3/2023 - B is for Bonus - bonus depreciation; payroll bonuses (are they really taxed differently?!)
Session 11/10/2023 - C is for Charitable contributions - how are the handled on the various return types
Session 11/17/2023 - D is for Distributions / Draws / Dividends - how they are handled on the various return types
Session 10/6/2023 - Intro to non-profit taxes - types of returns (990-N, 990-EZ, 990)
Session 10/13/2023 - Flipping houses - how is this different than accounting for rental properties
Session 10/20/2023 - Digging Deeper Flipping houses
Session 10/27/2023 - A is for Audits - the differences between accounting audits and tax audits
Session 9/7/2023 - Tax Jeopardy - A prize will be awarded!
Session 8/4/2023 - Q&A with Andrea MacDonald
Session 8/17/2023 - Easy to implement tax strategies - part 1
Session 8/24/2023 - Easy to implement tax strategies - part 2
Session 7/6/2023 - Schedule K-1 (1120S)
Session 7/20/2023 - Schedule K-1 (1065)
6/1/2023 - Schedule C vs S corp - when to elect
Session 6/22/2023 - Mid-term rentals
Session 6/29/2023 - S corp - Reasonable Comp and retirement plans (SEP IRAs, Simple IRAs, Solo 401Ks, etc.)
Session 5/11/2023 - Q&A and Discussion with Andrea MacDonald
Session 5/18/2023 - Q&A and Discussion with Andrea MacDonald
Session 5/25/2023 - Short Term Rentals Part 2
Session 4/6/2023 - Open Q&A and Discussion with Andrea MacDonald
Session 4/20/2023 - Open Q&A and Discussion with Andrea MacDonald
Session 3/2/2023 - How to handle Corp and partnership returns, distributions, inheritance, finding out the entity is not what the client thought
Session 3/9/2023 - Best practices for integrating technology into your tax and accounting practice
Session 3/17/2023 - Open Q&A and Choosing the right software and tools for your tax business
Session 3/23/2023 - Open Q&A and Choosing the right software and tools for your business
Session 3/30/2023 - Strategies for minimizing tax liabilities
Andrea's Answers 2/2/2023 - Q&A and Discussion with Andrea MacDonald
Session 2/16/2023 - Q&A and Discussion with Andrea's MacDonald
Session 2/23/2023 - Q&A and Discussion with Andrea MacDonald
Q&A - Main Topic Covered Accounting Software
Q&A and Discussion with Andrea MacDonald
Session 1/26/2023 - Q&A and Discussion with Andrea MacDonald
Session 12/01/2022 - Open Q&A
Andrea's Answers 12-15-2022
Session 12/29/2022 - Open Q&A
Session 11/03/2022 - Open Q&A
Andrea's Answers 11-10-2022
Session 11/17/2022 - Open Q&A
Session 10/6/2022 - Open Q&A
Session 10/20/2022 - Open Q&A
Session 10/27/2022 - Open Q&A
Session 9/1/2022 - Open Q&A
Session 9/8/2022 - Open Topic
Session 9/22/2022 - Open Q&A
Session 9/29/2022 - Open Q&A
Session 08/18/2022 - Key Performance Indicators - KPI's
Session 8/11/2022 - Open Q&A
Session 8/4/2022 - Open Q&A
Session 7/7/2022 - 5 favorite technology tools for providing better accounting services, faster
Session 7/14/2022 - Open topic
Session 7/21/2022 - Open Q&A
Session 7/28/2022 - Open Q&A
Session 6/02/2022 - How to work with accounting clients who have inventory, such as Amazon Sellers and Etsy Sellers
Session 6/16/2022 - How to conduct a “Discovery Call” (sales call) with a potential new business client and get a “yes”
Session 6/23/2022 - what it means to “audit” financial statements as a CPA, for purposes of providing audited financials to a lender such as SBA
Session 6/30/2022 - 5 things she learned in CPA and/or MBA school that she actually uses in the real life business world
Session 5/26/2022 - Is payroll a good and profitable service to provide? what are the main advantages and disadvantages, and pricing?
Session 5/19/2022 - QuickBooks versus other small biz accounting software options and how to choose which platform(s) you’ll support
Andrea's Answers 05-12-2022
Andrea's Answers 05-05-2022
Andrea's Answers 04-28-2022
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Andrea's Answers 03-31-2022
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Andrea's Answers 03-17-2022
Andrea's Answers 03-10-2022
Andrea's Answers 03/03/2022
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Instructor Bio:
Andrea MacDonald, CPA, MBA
CPA, MBA