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Timing and Taxes: Two Critical Issues when Buying or Selling a Home
6/19/2018
You might be in a rush to buy or sell a home as summer starts or interest rates increase even more. Tax Rules for Tip Jars
6/18/2018
Are the cash amounts distributed to individuals from tip jars classified as tips under the Tax Code and subject to FICA tax? The tax rules for tip jars are complex. Meet Our Transportation Team
6/14/2018
Meet the Smith Schafer Transportation Team
This Meet the Team video is our chance to introduce you to the talented, experienced, and fun people who work at Smith Schafer! Industry Spotlight
What's driving your business? It should be efficiency, employee retention and profit, but too often it is competition, revolving training and cash flow. You should have an advisor on your side to take a tax efficient, customer-centric approach to managing the top and bottom line and everything in between.
Principal Spotlight
Al L. Schafer, CPA
Tax Principal | Rochester Office
"Take the long term approach to serving the client. If you do right by people in the short term, they’ll stay with you for the long term.”