Blog — All About Accounting

Deadlines, tax rules, and bookkeeping for Arizona small businesses, published monthly.

All About Accounting, 2942 North 24th Street, Ste 115, Phoenix, AZ 85016. Phone (602) 598-0984. Email info@allaboutaccountingaz.com. Open Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm. Founded 2003 by Lachelle McFarland.

• Employee or Contractor: How the IRS Decides (August 2026): The control test in three parts, what misclassification costs, and the two relief programs, Section 530 and the VCSP.
• What OBBBA Changed for Small Businesses (July 2026): Bonus depreciation and QBI made permanent, R&D refunds for 2022 through 2024 until July 6, looser 1099 thresholds, new W-2 rules, and the energy credits now gone.
• How Long to Keep Business Records (and What to Shred) (June 2026): Three years for most records, four for payroll and Arizona TPT, six when income was underreported, and what a clean 2022 return clears this June.
• How to Pay Yourself: Draws, Salary, and Distributions (May 2026): The rules are set by your entity type, the zero-salary S-corp is a known audit profile, and none of it works the way a paycheck from an employer does.
• Tax Day 2026: The Deadlines and the New Deductions (April 2026): The April 15 cluster, the string attached to the personal extension, and the tips, overtime, senior, and car loan deductions to claim on your 2025 return.
• The March 16 Deadline for S-Corps and Partnerships (March 2026): Business returns and K-1s are due March 16, the penalty for missing it is $260 per owner per month, and the extension that avoids all of it is free.
• Construction Tax Deductions You Should Not Miss (February 2026): Equipment timing, the mileage rule that decides whether your miles count, and the W-9 habit that saves next January.
• The 2026 January Checklist for Arizona Small Businesses (January 2026): W-2s and 1099s by January 31, the final estimated payment on the 15th, and why January is the cheapest month to fix last year's books.
• How to Read Your Financial Reports (December 2025): What each report is for, the monthly check, and the reason a profitable year can still end with an empty account.
• Five Accounting Myths That Cost Small Businesses Money (November 2025): Trust fund taxes hiding in your bank balance, the S-corp deadline that passes in March, and three more beliefs that quietly get expensive.
• What DIY Bookkeeping Actually Costs (October 2025): Courts may estimate almost any deduction except the ones you count on, sloppy books are written into the definition of negligence, and in an audit your deposits are income until you prove otherwise.
• The 2025 Year-End Checklist for Arizona Small Businesses (September 2025): Reconciling, the estimated-tax safe harbor, the new equipment write-off rules, Arizona TPT and PTE deadlines, and what to settle before December 31.