Business Owners

New York Rules Again Against Taxpayer’s Sales Tax Exemption from Information Services by Jeremy Katz, JD, MBA, LLM

Posted on May 07, 2025 by Jeremy Katz

In a recent decision by the New York State Court of Appeals, an advertising research firm is liable for $2.3 million in unpaid sales tax for information services it provided to its customers over a three-year period. According to the court, Dynamic Logic Inc. (Dynamic) had erroneously treated one of its information services products as […]

There’s a New Way to Supercharge Your Retirement Savings At Ages 60 to 63 by Allysa Labianco-Baldoquin, CPA

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Allysa Labianco-Baldoquin

If you are between the ages of 60 and 63 in 2025 or later, there’s good news: you can give your retirement savings a significant boost, thanks to new changes in retirement contribution rules. Historically, the tax laws cap the annual contribution limits to 401(k), 403(b) and other qualified retirement plans. They also provide additional […]

6 Things to Know About Estimated Tax Payments by Yovanny Hernandez, CPA

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Yovanny Hernandez

U.S. taxes are based on a pay-as-you-go system, in which individuals either have taxes withheld from their paychecks or make estimated tax payments directly to the IRS four times a year. These quarterly tax payments made every three months typically apply to business owners subject to self-employment tax and to individuals who receive income in […]

Planning Around Changes to the Cap on Deductions for State and Local Taxes by Luke Lucas, CPA

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Luke Lucas

The $10,000 annual cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions introduced to the tax code in 2017 during President Trump’s first term is set to expire at the end of 2025. That could be good news for top-earning taxpayers in high-tax states, including California, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, who have had to […]

FinCEN Reinforces Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting for a Narrow Scope of Foreign Companies Registered to Do Business in the U.S. by Joel G. Young, JD, LLM

Posted on April 01, 2025 by Joel Young

On March 26, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published an interim final ruling lifting a previous requirement for U.S. companies to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). At the same time, however, the ruling reinforces a reporting requirement for a narrower scope of foreign companies. Domestic entities and […]

Understanding Nexus and Its Impact on State and Local Tax Burdens by Karen A. Lake, CPA

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Karen Lake

Nexus is a minimum connection businesses have with a particular state that can activate state and local tax (SALT) obligations. Managing SALT compliance can be especially challenging when considering that tax rates, the criteria for creating nexus and the standards for imposing state income, sales and franchise taxes vary widely from one state to the […]

Podcast – BPB Knows State and Local Tax Credits

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Luke Lucas

In this episode, Associate Director of Tax Services Luke Lucas, CPA, shares often overlooked state and local tax issues, deductions and credits.

The Impact of IRS Workforce Reductions on Tax Enforcement: What Taxpayers Need to Know by Michael J. Brennan, CPA

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Michael Brennan

The Trump administration’s calls to reduce the size of the federal government and make the federal workforce more efficient[1] are expected to have a significant impact on the work of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and potentially end the agency’s 10-year plan to expand its tax compliance enforcement activities. However, savvy taxpayers should not assume […]

Planning for the Possible Phase Out of Bonus Depreciation by Joshua P. Heberling, CPA

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Joshua Heberling

The 2017 tax cuts introduced a temporary bonus depreciation provision that allowed businesses to immediately write off 100 percent of their costs for new and used qualifying property they placed into service between Sept. 28, 2017, and Dec. 31, 2022. The rate of this first-year depreciation deduction has decreased by 20 percent each subsequent year […]

Podcast – BPB Knows Piercing the Corporate Veil

Posted on March 06, 2025 by Joel Glick

In this episode Director of Forensic and Advisory Services Joel Glick, CPA/CFF, CFE, CGMA, explains the concepts behind piercing the corporate veil and how in partnership disputes and damages claims.

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