FIRE closes on November 19, and from January IRIS is the only way to e-file 1099s with the IRS. Whether your count of W-2s and 1099s makes e-filing compulsory, the three ways to file, how to get an IRIS code in time for February 1, and the dates in between.
Two tradespeople on £35,000 profit: one owes HMRC £8,747.70 on 31 January 2027, the other gets a refund. The £1,000 and 80% tests behind payments on account, how CIS deductions count, both bills worked line by line, and when it pays to ask HMRC for smaller payments.
Price gouging laws switch on with an emergency declaration and measure your post-storm price against what you charged before. How seven storm states set the test, how long it lasts, which cost increases you can pass on, a worked Florida reroof and the records that protect your price.
If you own more than 2% of your S corp, the company has to pay or reimburse your health premiums during the year and put them in box 1 of your W-2, but not boxes 3 and 5. Miss that and the deduction can go too. The three payroll steps, the W-2 boxes to check and a worked $9,600 example.
Up to £150 a head, VAT and transport included and guests counted, and the crew's Christmas do is tax-free. Go over and the whole cost is taxable. A worked bill for a five-person crew, what crossing the line costs on a P11D or a PSA, the VAT, and the £50 gift alternative.
From 1 March 2027, a gas hot water system in a Victorian home that can't be repaired has to be replaced with an electric one, unless an exemption fits. Repair or replace, the exemptions as the regulation words them, rentals, the trades and certificates involved, rebates, and a sample quote note.
Any company with more than ten employees at any time last year keeps the OSHA 300 log, and construction, janitorial and landscaping firms get no industry exemption. What counts as recordable, how to close out the 2026 log and post Form 300A by February 1, and who must e-file by March 2.
An extra the homeowner asks for on site is a contract variation, and in NSW, Victoria and Queensland it has to be agreed in writing before you start. What each state requires, what to say at the laundry door, and what happens to payment if you don't.
Maryland FAMLI takes 0.9% of wages paid from January 1, 2027, split between worker and employer, and a business with fewer than 15 employees pays no employer share. How to register, what to withhold, how the state counts your 15, crews working in DC, and the first payment due April 30, 2027.
On a supply-and-fit job for a homeowner, the VAT is 13.5% unless the materials cost you more than two-thirds of your price, when the whole job goes to 23%. Fixtures against fittings, two worked quotes, heat pumps at 9%, solar at 0% and the cases the rule skips.
