Included in the Biden Administration’s proposed budget for fiscal 2022 is an additional $1.2 billion in funding to help the IRS ramp up its tax enforcement efforts after more than a decade of spending and staffing cuts. What this means for taxpayers is a likely increase in IRS audits and heightened scrutiny of tax compliance, […]
The expansion of the government’s Payroll Protection Program (PPP) under recent economic stimulus packages is welcome news to nonprofits and small businesses struggling to keep their doors open and their workers employed through the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, these entities must be careful to recognize that some of the new relief provisions of the forgivable […]
Posted on April 07, 2021
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Joanie Stein
The American Rescue Plan (ARP), signed into law on March 11, 2021, allows eligible taxpayers to exclude from their 2020 taxable income up to $10,200 in unemployment benefits they received last year. This relief is subject to certain restrictions and limitations as well as further changes as the IRS continues to issue guidance. Ordinarily, unemployment […]
Posted on March 30, 2021
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Angie Adames
The IRS today updated its guidance on the previously announced extension of the federal income tax filing and payment deadlines from April 15 to May 17, 2021. In doing so, the agency has also postponed the following tax deadlines to May 17: 2020 contributions to individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Roth IRAs and reporting and […]
Posted on March 24, 2021
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Kevin McNally
The IRS issued the 2021 optional standard mileage rates qualifying taxpayers may use to calculate deductible costs of operating an automobile for business or for charitable, medical or moving purposes. Taxpayers also have the option to calculate the actual costs of using their vehicle rather than using the standard mileage rates. Effective Jan. 1, 2021, […]
Posted on March 18, 2021
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Edward Cooper
In response to the ongoing pandemic, the U.S. government continues to postpone several critical deadlines, including recent extensions of the due date for individual federal income tax filings and the application period for paycheck protection program (PPP) loans. However, taxpayers must take special care to understand the unique applications and limitation of each announcement and […]
Posted on March 18, 2021
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Eric Green
Like so much of 2020, the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) program suffered under the weight of the COVID pandemic. In response, the IRS relaxed certain deadlines and requirements taxpayers must meet to yield the program’s generous tax savings. A second round of relief was issued by the IRS in early 2021, and a bill making […]
Posted on March 16, 2021
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Karen Lake
Due to the recent winter storms that crippled much of Texas, the IRS has postponed several federal tax filing and payment deadlines for residents and businesses in the state. Texans now have until June 15 to file their 2020 personal income tax returns and pay the related tax liabilities, rather than the usual April 15 […]
The latest round of stimulus approved by Congress in response to the ongoing pandemic further enhances the employee retention tax credit (ERC) and the benefits it provides to eligible taxpayers that keep employees on payroll despite COVID-related suspensions of operations or declines in gross revenue. With the enactment of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan […]
Posted on March 04, 2021
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Eric Green
In January 2021, the IRS issued final regulations concerning the taxation of carried interest under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) effective for tax years beginning in 2018. These regulations, which modify certain provisions of proposed guidance issued last year, bring mostly welcome changes to real estate businesses and private equity funds. Background Carried […]
