Business Tax Forms Are Complex and Are Best Left to the Professional

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Depending on the level of wealth there may be many for an individual to file and only a few tax forms.
If the individual is very wealthy than the tax forms could be in the form of a phone book.
If the individual's income falls in the average range than the tax forms can number only a few.
With individual taxes an individual may choose to file the forms themselves, again depending on the wealth of the individual.
Average income folks can easily file the forms.
Wealthy individuals are best to left filing up to a professional.
Business taxes are a whole different ball game from individual taxes and really require the assistance of a professional.
Typically businesses are required to file taxes quarterly, where as individuals file yearly.
A business also has to file taxes not only for income but for what they have paid out to individuals in the form of salaries and bonuses.
The quarterly reports or tax forms are required for every state in the union and there is also a federal form that has to be filed quarterly as well.
This can really be overwhelming, typically a business will either farm out the work to an accounting firm, book keeping firm or a payroll company to report employees earnings or they will have in house accounting professionals to prepare the forms.
Businesses are not granted the same leeway as an individual is there are strict guidelines for reporting and if the business does not meet the deadlines and does not follow the forms correctly adhering to all the guidelines the business will typically face heavy penalties.
Business tax forms are usually quite complex.
Businesses are granted certain tax breaks and there are specific laws that businesses are governed by that do not apply to the individual.
Accounting firms typically are the professionals that prepare tax forms for businesses.
The business provides the necessary information to the accounting firm and the accounting firm uses that information to prepare the forms.
The business representative is responsible for signing and attesting to all forms.
Usually the representative from the business is either the president of the company or a partner in the company.
A business cannot delegate an employee to sign the tax forms.
The IRS will still hold the partners of president liable for the information presented in the tax forms.
Business taxes should be taken very seriously, because the government takes taxes very seriously.
Some of the toughest punishments out there are for tax evasion.
The penalties are harsh and can result in jail time in addition to monetary fines.
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