To be deductible the health insurance premiums must be included in the shareholder’s wages on their W-2. This includes the shareholder’s family members who are working in the company. This can be rather confusing to get it included in your payroll software. However, it is only deductible as itemized medical expense if it is missing from the W-2.

Welcome to our new blog.  We will use this blog to share tax issues, hints and news.  We will also share business related items.  We hope you will find it useful.

Welcome to my blog! My name is Julius Agbayani. I will be writing about income taxes and issues about the accounting profession.

Houck & Associates, P.C. was established in 1995 by Don Houck to offer experienced, responsive and knowledgeable services to businesses and their owners. Don and the staff of Houck & Associates, P.C. have built a solid reputation of providing high quality accounting and tax services to small, medium and large privately owned companies as well as owners and other individuals.

Houck & Associates, P.C. employs highly qualified CPAs and paraprofessional staff. Together, they offer a wealth of knowledge in accounting, taxation, business acumen, nonprofit issues, business planning, tax planning, fraud prevention and investigation, and much more. All staff members continue to receive high quality continuing education to keep abreast of the latest issues, news and tax laws.

Our staff is carefully screened for knowledge, professionalism, ability to relate to clients and enthusiasm for businesses our clients own. As a result, our clients work with people they come to know, like and trust. Our clients come to look toward our staff for consultation in all their major business decisions and personal tax issues. We are proud of this trust and continue to work tenaciously to be worthy of it.

Houck & Associates, P.C. is small enough to consider you and your business a top priority. The firm is large enough to garner the experience and knowledge you need to carry on your business and plan for your taxes. You can rest assured that the behind the scenes work is being done by experienced and qualified staff who support each other as primary contacts for you, our client.

Houck & Associates, P.C. responded to the growing need for fraud services by supporting staff in becoming Certified Fraud Examiners. This gives an added level of specialized training and expertise in helping companies find fraud and embezzlement within their organizations. In addition, our fraud staff is highly skilled in helping companies set up controls to prevent fraud from occurring.

Houck & Associates, P.C. is dedicated to helping you be more profitable, look forward to a brighter, planned future, and rest easier knowing you have chosen reliable professional services.