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We're a Firm with a Unique Personality

We are a reflection of our history. Our firm was founded in 1976 by Brion R. Smoker, who was then joined in 1986 by the late Kevin L. Smith.

Brion and Kevin built a firm focused on providing clients with a higher level of commitment, strong relationships, and quality service. 

That drive and energy has continued and allowed us to serve clients for over 40 years.  Today, we are a full service accounting firm providing cost effective services to businesses and individual clients not only in Central Pennsylvania, but across all borders.

Smoker Smith and Associates, P.C. is a proud member of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and INPACT International.  Our professionals are active and contributing members of various local and regional professional and communication organizations.

Our heritage has helped us grow into a highly respected firm, one that provides a full range of integrated services. Our heritage continues to guide and sustain us as we work every day to embody our promise of “A Higher Level of Commitment.”

John Peters, President - ACCUWRITE Forms & Systems Inc.

Jori and the Smoker Smith team have been a very valued partner of ACCUWRITE Print + Promo for over 30 years. Jori's expertise on taxes and planning have been invaluable to us for decades. Her recommendations have been spot on and I would personally recommend her and SSA to anyone, large or small. If Jori says she can handle a client and their needs - she can. And beyond her expertise and advise, her availability and personal service is absolutely the best!

- John Peters, President - ACCUWRITE Forms & Systems Inc.

David L. Morgan, DDS, Owner– Dental Associates of Hershey

As our practice has evolved and grown, the expertise of Smoker, Smith and particularly Jori Culp and Brion Smoker has been invaluable. My questions are always addressed promptly and anything I need to change is brought to my attention rather than me needing to inquire about it. Personalized service with top notch expertise.

- David L. Morgan, DDS, Owner - Dental Associates of Hershey

Norman Twain - Norman Twain Productions

I first met Smoker, Smith and Associates, specifically Jori Culp and Dave Reinhart, as a recommendation for somebody in Pennsylvania to do a state incentives certification on a film I was doing. They couldn't have been more precise or more efficient in the work they did for my company, and since that time, not only have we become friends, but have had an excellent working relationship with regard to all of my production companies, tax needs and on various LLCs. We have also been extremely happy in my wife's and my own personal income taxes as well. Additionally, they now represent my daughter and son-in-law as their tax representative. What could be more of a recommendation than entrusting ones daughter to them!

- Norman Twain - Norman Twain Productions

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Reminders & Updates

Reminders & Updates

2025 Standard Mileage Rates

Purpose Rates per Mile
   Business 70 cents
   Medical/Moving 21 cents
   Charitable 14 cents

 

2024 Standard Mileage Rates

Purpose Rates per Mile
   Business 67 cents
   Medical/Moving 21 cents
   Charitable 14 cents

 

Check It Out!

Check out the article in PICPA CPA Now by Greg Kashella, published November 2021, Enhanced Financial Statement Disclosures for Small Businesses.

https://www.picpa.org/articles/cpa-now-blog/cpa-now/2021/11/19/financial-statement-disclosure-enhancements-for-small-businesses 

Check out the article in the Central Penn Business Journal, Women Who Lead, March 2019 article featuring our partner Jori Culp

Tax-Related Identity Theft

The IRS combats tax-related identity theft with aggressive strategies of prevention, detection and victim assistance. To find out more about tax-related identity theft call our office or visit https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/identity-protection for information and guidance.

Remember that the IRS will never contact you by electronic means. This includes emails, phone calls, text messages, or social media channels. If you are ever in doubt whether contact by someone claiming to be from the IRS is legitimate, call our office first for verification.

 

 

Weekly Tax Brief

Significant business tax provisions in the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act

The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law on July 4. The new law includes a number of favorable changes that will affect small business taxpayers, and some unfavorable changes too. Here’s a quick summary of some of the most important provisions.

First-year bonus depreciation

The OBBBA permanently restores the 100% first-year depreciation deduction for eligible assets acquired after January 19, 2025. This is up from the 40% bonus depreciation rate for most eligible assets before the OBBBA.

First-year depreciation for qualified production property

The law allows additional 100% first-year depreciation for the tax basis of qualified production property, which generally means nonresidential real property used in manufacturing. This favorable deal applies to qualified production property when the construction begins after January 19, 2025, and before 2029. The property must be placed in service in the United States or one of its possessions.

Section 179 expensing

For eligible assets placed in service in taxable years beginning in 2025, the OBBBA increases the maximum amount that can be immediately written off to $2.5 million (up from $1.25 million before the new law). A phase-out rule reduces the maximum deduction if, during the year, the taxpayer places in service eligible assets in excess of $4 million (up from $3.13 million). These amounts will be adjusted annually for inflation starting in 2026.

R&E expenditures

The OBBBA allows taxpayers to immediately deduct eligible domestic research and experimental expenditures that are paid or incurred beginning in 2025 (reduced by any credit claimed for those expenses for increasing research activities). Before the law was enacted, those expenditures had to be amortized over five years. Small business taxpayers can generally apply the new immediate deduction rule retroactively to tax years beginning after 2021. Taxpayers that made R&E expenditures from 2022–2024 can elect to write off the remaining unamortized amount of those expenditures over a one- or two-year period starting with the first taxable year, beginning in 2025.

Business interest expense

For tax years after 2024, the OBBBA permanently restores a more favorable limitation rule for determining the amount of deductible business interest expense. Specifically, the law increases the cap on the business interest deduction by excluding depreciation, amortization and depletion when calculating the taxpayer’s adjusted taxable income (ATI) for the year. This change generally increases ATI, allowing taxpayers to deduct more business interest expense.

Qualified small business stock

Eligible gains from selling qualified small business stock (QSBS) can be 100% tax-free thanks to a gain exclusion rule. However, the stock must be held for at least five years and other eligibility rules apply. The new law liberalizes the eligibility rules and allows a 50% gain exclusion for QSBS that’s held for at least three years, a 75% gain exclusion for QSBS held for at least four years, and a 100% gain exclusion for QSBS held for at least five years. These favorable changes generally apply to QSBS issued after July 4, 2025.

Excess business losses

The OBBBA makes permanent an unfavorable provision that disallows excess business losses incurred by noncorporate taxpayers. Before the new law, this provision was scheduled to expire after 2028.

Paid family and medical leave

The law makes permanent the employer credit for paid family and medical leave (FML). It allows employers to claim credits for paid FML insurance premiums or wages and makes other changes. Before the OBBBA, the credit was set to expire after 2025.

Employer-provided child care

Starting in 2026, the OBBBA increases the percentage of qualified child care expenses that can be taken into account for purposes of claiming the credit for employer-provided child care. The credit for qualified expenses is increased from 25% to 40% (50% for eligible small businesses). The maximum credit is increased from $150,000 to $500,000 per year ($600,000 for eligible small businesses). After 2026, these amounts will be adjusted annually for inflation.

Termination of clean-energy tax incentives

The OBBBA terminates a host of energy-related business tax incentives including:

  • The qualified commercial clean vehicle credit, effective after September 30, 2025.
  • The alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit, effective after June 30, 2026.
  • The energy efficient commercial buildings deduction, effective for property the construction of which begins after June 30, 2026.
  • The new energy efficient home credit, effective for homes sold or rented after June 30, 2026.
  • The clean hydrogen production credit, effective after December 31, 2027.
  • The sustainable aviation fuel credit, effective after September 30, 2025.

More to come

In the coming months, the IRS will likely issue guidance on these and other provisions in the new law. We’ll keep you updated, but don’t hesitate to contact us for assistance in your situation.

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