Posted on August 15, 2017
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Edward Cooper
The Department of Treasury in July 2017 announced its intent to reform or repeal eight tax regulations enacted during the Obama administration that it deems to be financially burdensome or excessively complex for U.S. taxpayers. It is expected that Treasury will make its final recommendations on these rules by September 18, 2017. The regulations at risk […]
Posted on August 14, 2017
by
Daniel Hughes
As we deal with peak hurricane season, we are reminded once again of the importance of preparing for and responding to natural disasters in order to minimize losses and ensure long-term viability. The actions a business takes during the first few days following a loss can often determine the success of its recovery and settlement […]
Businesses large and small and across virtually all industries face a perfect storm of financial reporting compliance challenges to contend with in the coming months. On the near horizon are the new revenue recognition standards, which go into effect for public companies, employee benefit plans and certain not-for-profit entities beginning after Dec. 15, 2017, and […]
Despite the Department of Labor’s recent retraction of the prior administration’s narrow interpretation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), businesses must remain vigilant in upholding the underlying law that requires proper classification of workers as either employees or independent contractors. Failure to do so can put businesses at risk of legal exposure, severe penalties […]
For more than three decades, IRS partnership audits have operated under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA), which required individual partners to pay their share of a partnership’s tax underpayments identified in an IRS audit, unless the partnership elected to be taxed at the entity level. Since TEFRA’s enactment, partnerships have proliferated […]
Over the next two decades, millions of business owners will sell or transfer several trillion dollars’ worth of privately held business assets. Proper valuations of these entities using an asset approach, an income approach and/or a market approach will provide worthwhile information to both buyers and sellers. However, when using the income or market approaches […]
Posted on June 19, 2017
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Karen Lake
On May 25, 2017, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed legislation that affects a wide range of sales and use tax, corporate income tax and property tax issues impacting businesses located in the state. For businesses, H.B 7109 reduces the sales tax rate on the rental of commercial real estate from current 6 percent to […]
