When you get your tax return done at Cruise & Associates, you will meet with a tax professional for about one hour. During that time, we get to know you and your business better so we can identify business deductions that may have been missed. Our goal is to uncover as many business deductions as [...]
For tax purposes, you need to file a final individual tax return. It is also possible that the estate may need to file an estate tax return.
Don’t talk to them! The IRS does not make calls or send emails to taxpayers. If you do receive a letter from the IRS, our advice would be to contact a tax professional right away. An IRS agent will claim they will help you; however, they truly work for the IRS and not you. A [...]
There are four tests to determine if your child can be claimed as a dependent on your tax return: relationship test, member of the household test, age test, and support test. In most cases, you are able to claim the child as a dependent if they are under age 19 and you provide more than [...]
It depends on your situation. In most cases, you would want to use the one that gives you the greatest deduction. We are seeing a lot of people that could use and benefit from itemized deductions even though they have used standardized deductions in the past.
No, if the penalty is at the fault of Cruise & Associates, we will pay it.
Our goal is to provide you with the lowest tax liability and most accurate return possible. To do that, we look at your situation in a one-on-one meeting that allows you and us to ask questions. Once that meeting is complete, our professional can give you a quote. We do this initial consultation at no [...]
Cruise & Associates is a full service income tax, business, and financial services firm. Please click on the “Services” icon on the tool bar across the top of our web site to learn more about the services that we have to offer.
Each client needs in this area is unique. That is why we offer all new clients a free initial consultation. At that meeting, we will review your situation and then in most cases give you a quote to complete the project.