The IRS has provided relief from the requirement that partners’ shares of partnership capital be reported on the tax basis method for 2019. The IRS’s draft 2019 forms required tax basis reporting, which triggered numerous comments expressing concern about the... Read More
An update to the alternative fuel tax credit was among the many changes to tax passed in the December 2019 government funding bill. With this update a taxpayer that uses or sells alternative fuel for use in motor vehicles, motorboats,... Read More
Record keeping is an important part of running a small business. Not only will keeping good records help you understand your business results, but good records also help small businesses minimize taxes and avoid costly audits. Except in a few... Read More
A curious revenue raiser in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was a complicated new tax on the free parking or transit passes provided by a nonprofit organization to its employees. Essentially, the organization was subject to the unrelated business... Read More
Congress has passed a bipartisan $426 billion bill that was rapidly signed by the President. The bill wraps several major tax initiatives into massive government funding legislation, H.R. 1865. Among the many changes are the return of some popular tax... Read More
The H.R. 1865 government funding legislation contains numerous tax-related provisions designed to help taxpayers affected by natural disasters and to encourage charitable donations for disaster relief. These provisions are included in a division of the bill entitled the “Taxpayer Certainty... Read More
By Tommy Zavieh, CPA, MST, MBA The research and development (R&D) tax credit is underutilized, with many taxpayers failing to claim the credit when they are eligible to do so, or making errors at critical junctures in the process. Underutilization... Read More
The IRS has finalized regulations released in August 2018 and proposed new regulations on bonus depreciation issues not previously addressed, including rules relating to used property, components, and consolidated groups. The 100% additional depreciation deduction, enacted by the Tax Cuts... Read More
Company cars can increase the tax bills of employees who use them for both business and personal purposes, and the rules are complicated. The IRS is a stickler in enforcing the allocation rules but now they have simplified the process... Read More
State taxation of trusts varies widely, based on where a trust is set up, where the trustee resides, where the trust income comes from, and whether the beneficiaries are residents or nonresidents. In short, a trust usually must have some... Read More
