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Mario Iezzoni

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CPA, Accounting, Business Taxes , Quick Books Training

As a child Mario Iezzoni always had an interest in starting and owning a business. His first foray as an entrepreneur was to form the Lehigh River Company. Printing and publishing river maps, Mario started the company while he worked as a river guide on that Pennsylvania River A desire to expand his knowledge in the business arena led to enrollment at Wilkes University in Pa. where he earned an MBA with a concentration in Accounting and Finance. While in graduate school, he opened Lehigh Rafting Rentals, Inc. with a long-time friend, Ted Newton. The company operated successfully from 1988 to 2003 when it was sold to a competitor. In conjunction with his other businesses Mario opened a CPA firms that specialized in assisting small business within his community. He has taught at several Colleges including the University of South Florida where he teaches Entrepreneurship at the College of Business. Mr. Iezzoni moved to Florida after accepting a position at a tax consulting firm based in Clearwater, Fla. The firm specialized in representing individuals with civil and criminal tax matters before the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Iezzoni is a CPA and has always enjoyed helping small business owners.

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S-Corporation Distributions From Health Care Practices

Watch OUT, the IRS is Watching Most health care practices are structured as S-corporation. The justification is that, once the practice owner is paid a fair-market-value wage, the remaining distributions are treated as investment income and not subject to Social

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Significant Cuts in Medicare Reimbursements Coming

Florida Physicians will see significant cuts in Medicare Reimbursements Unless ?The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act? is passed. Medicare is expected to cut health care providers reimbursement by 21.2% on May 31st. If you are a specialty physician

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Watch Out! Your tax rate may be higher than you think

Health Care Act Reshapes Tax Code: Did you know the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC) impose a 3.8% Medicare tax on investment income?

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Health Care Reform Will Help Small Business

For the small business owner, the current health care system isn?t working. It levies a heavy ?tax? on small businesses and their employees.  And for any small firm looking for talent to grow their business, the inability to offer health

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Making A Business Healthy

SBDC Counselor Mario Iezzoni published in the Mar/Apr edition of the Maddux Report Many entrepreneurs are familiar with the bid process, in which a job estimate calculates the cost of labor, materials, overhead and anticipated profit. If the owner is

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New Tax Benefits to Hire and Retain Unemployed Workers

The IRS recently presented information on the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act enacted into law today. Read the full release here. From the release “Employers who hire unemployed workers this year (after Feb. 3, 2010 and before Jan.

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Mario Iezzoni Named Winner of the FSBDCN State Star Award

Every year, an employee within the Florida Small Business Development Center Network (FSBDCN) who demonstrates outstanding and exemplary performance, is honored with a Florida Star Award. This year, the honors went to Mario Iezzoni, certified business analyst at the Small

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