Posted on October 20, 2021
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Adam Cohen
Giving money to charity enables you to support the issues, organizations and causes that are important to you. Not only do these efforts fill you with pride and gratitude, but they may also enable you to reduce your tax liabilities, especially for tax years 2020 and 2021. Individual Taxpayers Among the provisions included in the […]
Posted on October 14, 2021
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Jeffrey Mutnik
If and when Congress passes a law reforming the tax code, there is a general expectation that taxes will increase, and some commonly used estate planning strategies will be added to the endangered species list. Among the tools being targeted are irrevocable grantor trusts, which have long enabled grantors to remove appreciating assets from their […]
Posted on October 04, 2021
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Jeffrey Mutnik
On September 25, the House Budget Committee voted to approve the latest round of recommended changes to the U.S. tax code as part of the president’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act. The draft legislation calls for higher taxes, but at rates that are not as high as previously proposed. In addition, it fails to […]
Posted on September 24, 2021
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Jeffrey Mutnik
When individuals sign legal documents, including personal checks, contracts, tax returns, etc., they generally are not required to add any language explaining who they are. Their names alone satisfy the legal requirements for validating those documents. However, when those people are also officers of corporations or managers of partnerships or LLCs, they usually include their […]
Posted on September 16, 2021
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Karen Lake
Despite a strong economic recovery since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses of all sizes are struggling to find and hire ample staff to keep up with demand. For some, relief has come by expanding their pool of potential employees to include veterans, ex-felons and other individuals who typically face significant barriers to employment. […]
Tax-Deferral Strategies for Commercial Real Estate Investors Commercial real property investors have long relied on Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code to defer capital gains tax on the sale of appreciated property when they reinvest sales proceeds into similar like-kind property. However, with the Biden administration’s proposal to restrict the tax-deferral benefits of 1031 […]
Posted on September 10, 2021
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Michael Hirsch
The summer of 2021 has been marked by a significant number of natural disasters, both in the U.S. and around the world. Domestically, the IRS continues to grant tax-filing and -payment relief to taxpayers located in federally declared disaster areas, including those impacted by the California Wildfires and Hurricane Ida. Who is an Impacted Affected […]
Posted on September 08, 2021
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Karen Lake
The federal research and development (R&D) tax credit is one of the most valuable tax incentives while also being one of the most misunderstood. Contrary to popular belief, eligibility is not limited to businesses that employ scientists, develop cutting-edge products or make groundbreaking discoveries. Rather, it may apply to businesses, large and small, in a […]
Self-employed taxpayers who took advantage of COVID relief measures and chose to defer 50 percent of the 12.4 percent Social Security tax on net earnings from self-employment income earned during the period March 27 through Dec. 31, 2020, must prepare to repay half of the deferred amount by the end of this year. Failure to […]
Posted on August 23, 2021
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Joel Young
The IRS recently released its annual list of the “Dirty Dozen” top tax scams for 2021, which unsurprisingly include schemes relating to the COVID pandemic. With the extended tax deadlines right around the corner, individuals and businesses must remain on high alert to identify the tell-tale signs of these fraudulent activities and take action to […]
