Posted on June 26, 2023
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Karen Lake
For the third consecutive year, Florida offers its residents a summer-long sales-tax holiday when they purchase qualifying recreation equipment, outdoor items and admissions to entertainment and cultural events. The following purchases made in the state between Monday, May 29, through Monday, September 4, 2023, are tax-free: Boating and Water Activities Supplies Swimming masks, goggles and […]
The IRS significantly reduced the backlog of tax returns and other taxpayer correspondence it could not process during the pandemic. Consequently, the agency announced it would soon resume mailing collection notices to affected taxpayers. The agency previously suspended these automatically generated notices in early 2022. According to the IRS, the pandemic and related introductions of […]
Posted on June 19, 2023
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Luke Lucas
Florida’s legislature recently enacted House Bill 7063, which will reduce the state’s sales tax on rent and license fees for commercial property, including office and retail space, warehouses and certain self-storage units. It is the only state in the nation that imposes sales tax on commercial rent. Effective December 1, 2023, the sales tax rate […]
Posted on June 15, 2023
In this episode BayBridge Real Estate Capital Managing Director Jay Miller shares trends in the financing world that are impacting commercial real estate owners and developers.
The $787.5 million settlement recently reached between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News is historic for many reasons, including both parties’ ability to agree upon a payout amount just minutes before the trial was set to begin. In its initial suit, Dominion sought damages totaling $1.6 billion for Fox News’s false and defamatory statements that […]
Upgrading your home’s energy efficiency can not only help the environment and reduce your electric bills, but it can also provide you with valuable tax credits to cover a portion of qualifying improvement expenses beginning in 2023. Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credits Under the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law in 2022, homeowners may earn […]
Posted on June 06, 2023
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Steven Rubin
Whether you are an employer or employee, you recognize the benefits of Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) to help pay for rising costs of out-of-pocket healthcare expenses. Nevertheless, how unused account balances are treated at the end of the plan year is often misunderstood and can be a source of pain for both employees and employers. […]
In this episode, Director of Tax Services Jeff Mutnik answers the questions what is a trust and who needs one?
