Dotts Hamilton, Inc.

01/25/2026

As of now, our office will be closed Monday, January, 26th until noon. Thank you for your understanding.

01/20/2026

To our clients, when dropping of your tax return documents this year please include current contact information and, if you had overtime in 2025, we will need your last paystub for each job you had that paid you overtime (the W-2(s) will not meet our requirements).

10/08/2025

alert: Cyber thieves are impersonating the through bogus emails so they can steal ’ credentials and potentially file fraudulent tax returns for refunds. Report these schemes: www.irs.gov/phishing

10/08/2025

When you get texts, emails or phone calls claiming to be the , you might be caught off guard. That's exactly what scammers are trying to do to trick you into giving them your personal, financial information and money. Stay ahead of thieves by checking out our list of common tax scams.

Visit www.irs.gov/alerts to get the latest information.

09/29/2025

Clean vehicle tax credit deadline is 9/30/25.

Find out if your electric vehicle (EV) or fuel cell vehicle (FCV) qualifies for a tax credit based on type, purchase date and business or personal use.

09/14/2025

06/18/2025

NOTICE TO BUSINESSES

The Bellefonte Borough Police Department is investigating a suspicious incident involving a local business that received a fraudulent email, purportedly from an employee, requesting a change to their banking details. The email contained the actual employee's name but featured a fictitious email address. Businesses are advised to verify the authenticity of such requests by making direct contact with the employee in question before implementing any changes to their banking information.

06/11/2025

Pennsylvania has a new annual registration requirement for all registered businesses and non-profit corporations. There is a $7 annual fee that is due at the time of filing ($0 for non-profits).
The filing deadline is based on your entity type (see below)

The filing is very straightforward. Use the first link below and look up your business. Click on your business and more information should pop up on the right. Click "File Annual Report". You will need to login with a Keystone ID, which you may need to create.
After you confirm the business information and the responsible parties (called "Governors") it will ask for a credit card to pay the $7 fee. It can all be done in less than 10 minutes.

You can use the second link below for more information.

Because it requires a credit card to pay the fee, we will not offer this as a service. If you have one of these entity types, make sure you complete the filling by your deadline!

https://file.dos.pa.gov/search/business

https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dos/programs/business/types-of-filings-and-registrations/annual-reports.html

03/09/2025

WASHINGTON––Today, FinCEN announced that it will not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions against any companies based on any failure to file or update beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports pursuant to the Corporate Transparency Act by the current deadlines....

02/19/2025

It's back on with a new deadline of March 21, 2025.

01/15/2025

12/04/2024

Important!

Beginning January 1, 2024, many companies will have to report information about their beneficial owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). FinCEN is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

This new requirement is in response to the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). The CTA created a beneficial ownership information reporting requirement to make it harder for bad actors to hide or benefit from their ill-gotten gains through shell companies or other opaque ownership structures.

In order to complete the filing, we will need copies of each beneficial owner’s driver’s license or state issued identification. The link to complete the filing is https://boiefiling.fincen.gov/

A beneficial owner is any individual who, directly or indirectly, owns or controls at least 25% of the company. For more information on the new beneficial ownership reporting requirements, you can visit FinCEN’s website [www.fincen.gov/boi].

If a reporting company already exists as of January 1, 2024, it must file its initial BOIR by January 1, 2025. If a reporting company is created or registered to do business in the United States on or after January 1, 2024 and before January 1, 2025, it must file its initial BOIR within 90 days after receiving actual or public notice that its creation or registration is effective. If a reporting company is created or registered to do business in the United States after January 1, 2025, then it must file its initial BOIR within 30 days after receiving actual or public notice that its creation or registration is effective. The penalties for noncompliance are high.

In order to complete the filing, you will need copies of each beneficial owner’s driver’s license or state issued identification to upload.