CTBK and UB Corp Champs Join Forces
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ October 13, 2021
For its second year in a row, CTBK and UB worked together for the Corporate Champions program. Each fall, a…
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Miracle League & Helping Hands Team Up for Kickball Game
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ September 3, 2021
A group of Helping Hands from CTBK went to Grand Island to work with the Miracle League for a summer…
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Helping Hands Makes Headway at Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ September 3, 2021
Helping Hands reported for duty at the Naval Park in downtown Buffalo in August to assist with a preservation project…
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CTBK Opens Up Its Doors for Open House
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ September 2, 2021
Explore beyond our firm’s doors and get a sneak peak of how we work as one team in a collaborative…
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NYS Allows Pass-Through Entity Tax
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ August 11, 2021
Starting in the 2021 calendar year, NYS will allow pass-through entities (Partnerships, LLC’s, S Corporations) to make an election to…
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Helping Hands Head to Habitat for Humanity
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ July 26, 2021
This July, a small group headed out to a home build project in downtown Buffalo to assist Habitat for Humanity…
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Child Tax Credit to Be Paid in Advance
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ July 16, 2021
The IRS announced that crucial changes have been made to the Child Tax Credit (CTC) under the American Rescue Plan…
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How CTBK Can Help Construction Companies
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ June 17, 2021
CTBK is a construction accounting firm offering a team of professionals, many of whom are focused solely on the construction…
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Helping Hands Kicks Off Summer
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ June 9, 2021
Our team wanted to start the summer of 2021 much different than what 2020 offered. As the city of Buffalo…
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Federal Tax Refund Myth Sends Wrong Message
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ April 27, 2021
Despite the tax filing deadline not being for another couple of weeks (May 17, 2021), many taxpayers have already filed…
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Tax Credits Available for Small Employers Offering Paid Leave to Employees for COVID Vaccine
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ April 21, 2021
The American Rescue Plan brings additional tax credits to the forefront for employers during tax season in a pandemic. The…
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Understanding the Food/Beverage Tax Deduction
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ April 9, 2021
The IRS set out the guidelines of what is and what is not considered a restaurant, for the purposes of…
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IRS Extends Additional Tax Deadlines
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ April 7, 2021
After several states declared a tax filing extension, the IRS announced other tax deadline extension to be pushed to the…
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Recovery Rebate Credit Won’t Be Applied to Past-due Federal Income Tax Debts
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ March 31, 2021
IRS announced that the 2020 Recovery Rebate Credit (RRC) amount will no longer be applied to past due federal income…
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President Biden Signs PPP Loan Extension Act
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ March 31, 2021
“…small businesses is the backbone of our economy…”-President Joe Biden President Biden has signed the PPP Extension Act of 2021,…
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Special Tax Credit Available for Those Who Adopted, Began Process in 2020
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ March 30, 2021
The adoption tax credit is offered to help offset some of the expensive costs that occur during the adoption process….
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PPP Loan Extension Passed by US Senate
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ March 29, 2021
Nearly one of every six small business owners report they will have to close their doors if current economic conditions…
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Face Masks, Other PPE to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 Are Tax Deductible
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ March 29, 2021
The IRS announced that the purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE), such as masks, hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes, for…
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Modifications Made to ARPA, 2021
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ March 25, 2021
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), signed by President Biden on March 11, 2021, extended and significantly modified…
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IRS, NYS Change Tax Deadline
By Kaitlyn Affuso
/ March 24, 2021
This past week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that the federal personal income tax filing and payment deadline for…
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