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November To Do List

1. Ask your employees to review the information on their check stubs before year-end. Especially social security numbers, name spelling, and addresses. An incorrect social security number can cause several hundred dollars in penalties for eaxh instance plus rejection of your W-2s.

December To Do List

  1. Give us any missing or corrected employee information.  This includes addresses, names, social security numbers.
  2. Give us any information on bonuses, taxable fringe benefits, auto reimbursements, health insurance premiums or any other information that will be needed to produce W-2’s.
  3. If you are a large tipping establishment, give us any information regarding completion of the Annual Return of Tip Income and Allocated Tips.
  4. Submit any information needed to prepare 1099-Misc & 1099-NEC Income for your contractors. Please note penalties for late 1099’s may be substantial!
  5. For any purchases or sales of businesses during year, we will need legal docs by now.
  6. Any new construction or major equipment purchases should be to us by now.

January To Do List

  1. Send us your Personal Property Tax Form when you receive it in December or January.
  2. Send us your new Unemployment rate when you receive it in January.  There is a fee if we have to research your rate.
  3. Turn all 2025 bookkeeping before January 20. Any accounting work for Jan-Nov received after Jan 20 will be billed a premium due to being late.
  4. If you are liable under ACA to provide health insurance to employees you should have waivers signed and submit a list to Kallas. 1095-C are due to employees January 31.
  5. Don’t forget all Kallas fees need to be paid up to date to receive W-2’s and 1095-C forms.
  6. You should receive your 2025 tax organizer for personal income taxes. Complete and return to Kallas.

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