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UPDATED – Preparing for Potential Changes to Individual and Estate Taxes by Tony Gutierrez, CPA


Posted on April 30, 2021 by Anthony Gutierrez

As the government begins deliberating the Biden administration’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure bill and $1.8 trillion American Families Plan, one thing is for certain: individual and corporate taxes will be impacted. Now is a critical time for high-net-worth families and businesses to get ahead of proposed tax increases and meet with their CPAs and advisors to […]

Wealthy Taxpayers, Corporations Should Heed Warnings Implied by IRS Budget Increase


Posted on April 21, 2021

Included in the Biden Administration’s proposed budget for fiscal 2022 is an additional $1.2 billion in funding to help the IRS ramp up its tax enforcement efforts after more than a decade of spending and staffing cuts. What this means for taxpayers is a likely increase in IRS audits and heightened scrutiny of tax compliance, […]

Suez Canal No Longer Blocked, But Are Damages Incurred from Supply Chain Disruptions Recoverable? by Richard Fechter, JD, CAMS, CFE


Posted on April 15, 2021 by Richard Fechter

The 1,312-foot Ever Given container ship wedged across the Suez Canal for six days in late March upended global trade and created a bottleneck of nearly 400 vessels unable to meet their contractual delivery obligations. Today, even as ships pass freely through the critical waterway that carries 12 percent of the world’s trade volume, businesses […]

Latest Stimulus Package Changes Tax Treatment of Unemployment Benefits Received in 2020 by Joanie B. Stein, CPA


Posted on April 07, 2021 by Joanie Stein

The American Rescue Plan (ARP), signed into law on March 11, 2021, allows eligible taxpayers to exclude from their 2020 taxable income up to $10,200 in unemployment benefits they received last year. This relief is subject to certain restrictions and limitations as well as further changes as the IRS continues to issue guidance. Ordinarily, unemployment […]