With 4,000 new customer service representatives and plans to hire 700 new Taxpayer Assistance Center (TAC) employees, taxpayers soon may get relief from endless hold times, no in-person help and unresolved problems. Read More
IRA owners who are age 70½ or over can transfer up to $100,000 per year to charity to reduce their taxable income. These transfers, known as qualified charitable distributions or QCDs, offer end-of-the year tax savings and can count toward required minimum distributions (RMDs) that taxpayers who are age 72 must make each year. Think of it as a tax-free charitable rollover of IRA funds. Read More
With the tight job market, businesses are looking for new strategies to find and retain essential workers. The federal work opportunity tax credit (WOTC) can help businesses offset wages to allow employers to offer more competitive salaries and to tap... Read More
Because of the controversy surrounding bank account reporting and the “widespread mischaracterization” of the plan, the Treasury Department has taken the unusual step of releasing a fact sheet in advance of bill passage. Read More
To get Republican buy-in, Congressional Democrats have avoided adding tax increases to the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act currently under consideration in Congress. How will they fund the bill? One tax-related source of revenue would come from broker reporting... Read More
After competing for the lowest tax rates for years, 132 countries holding 90% of the world’s GDP have agreed to a framework for a global minimum tax on corporations. The plan, described in an OECD Statement, is a two-pillar package... Read More
President Biden’s proposal to increase the capital gains tax has generated tremendous discussion. Looking at this proposed change in the context of past changes shows that both Democratic and Republican presidents have signed legislation with retroactive tax provisions. A retroactive... Read More
President Biden has proposed significant tax compliance measures as an alternative way to fund his ambitious American Families Plan. Recently, he offered Republicans compliance measures as an alternative to individual tax increases, but Republicans still consider new compliance measures a... Read More
Increasing the corporate tax rate to 28% is the cornerstone of President Biden’s Made in America Tax Plan, unveiled as part of a proposed $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs program. Other tax provisions target international profit shifting, offshoring incentives and... Read More
The timing of income inclusion for taxpayers using the accrual method is explained in IRS final regulations, reflecting changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The regulations focus on taxpayers with an applicable financial statement and those that... Read More
