Category: IRS Issues

IRS Issues

IRS Sets Retirement Savings Plan Contribution Limits for 2024 by Jonathan Kraes, CPA


Posted on December 27, 2023 by Jonathan Kraes

The IRS’s 2024 cost-of-living adjustments for retirement savers include higher annual contribution limits to 401(k) plans and Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) along with higher income limits for individuals to qualify for tax-deductible contributions to traditional IRAs and taxable contribution to Roth IRAs. Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans In 2024, employees may contribute up to $23,000 into workplace […]

4 Red Flags of Employee Retention Credit Abuses by Joseph Leocata, JD, CPA, MBA


Posted on September 28, 2023 by Joseph Leocata

The introduction and subsequent expansion of the employee retention credit (ERC) offered a valuable lifeline to businesses struggling to preserve jobs and pay workers through the pandemic despite interruptions to normal operations or significant declines in gross revenue. However, over time, the IRS has identified a significant number of schemes perpetrated by criminals to con […]

IRS Resumes Automatically Generated Correspondence with Taxpayers by Joseph Leocata, JD, CPA, MBA


Posted on June 22, 2023 by Joseph Leocata

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 […]

Expanded Tax Credits Help Offset the Costs of Energy-Efficient Home Improvements by Rachel Kenney Rego, CPA


Posted on June 08, 2023 by Rachel Kenney Rego

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 […]

IRS Extends Tax Deadlines for Broward County Residents by Karen A. Lake, CPA


Posted on May 22, 2023 by Karen Lake

The IRS extended until August 15, 2023, various federal tax filing and payment deadlines for individuals and businesses impacted by recent storms, tornadoes and flooding in South Florida’s Broward County. This relief is available to individuals who reside or have a business in a federally declared disaster area or whose records necessary for filing tax […]

Owning and Selling C Corporations vs. S Corporations by David E. Kolan, CPA


Posted on May 18, 2022 by David Kolan

The pandemic has spurred a tsunami of entrepreneurial new businesses. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a record 5.4 million new business applications were filed in 2021, compared to 4.4. million in 2020 compared to 3.5 million before the pandemic in 2019. Whether these ventures will prove successful remains to be seen, but each one […]

Law Unmasking Anonymous U.S. Companies May Require New Tax Planning for Foreign Investors in U.S. Entities by Arthur J. Dichter, JD, LLM


Posted on May 14, 2021 by Arthur Dichter

With so much attention paid to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the various forms of U.S. government stimulus, international businesses with foreign investors may have missed the passage of a new U.S. law imposing stricter anti-money-laundering compliance procedures for disclosing the identities of their beneficial owners beginning as soon as 2022. On Jan. […]