Posted on January 13, 2022
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Joanie Stein
Preventative care is critical to averting serious (and often costly) emergencies. Just as annual medical exams can help to prevent disease, regular check-ups with your accountants and advisors can help you avoid surprise tax bills and penalties come the April tax return-filing deadline. Under the U.S.’s pay-as-you-go system of taxation, individuals are required to pay […]
Under the U.S.’s pay-as-you-go system of taxation, individuals are responsible for reporting and paying taxes on all income they receive in a given tax year, either as it is received or by the date of the taxpayers’ annual tax return-filing deadline. While taxes are automatically withheld from most workers’ wages and paid directly to the […]
Posted on December 14, 2021
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Adam Cohen
Recipients of Social Security benefits, including Supplemental Security Income (SSI), are getting a 5.9 percent increase in benefits for 2022, marking the largest cost of living adjustment (COLA) in 39 years for the nation’s retirees and special needs children and adults. This 2022 raise also breaks a decade of meager COLA increases that averaged 1.6 […]
Posted on December 08, 2021
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Tomoko Shoji
The IRS recently released its cost-of-living adjustments for retirement savers in 2022, increasing the annual contribution limits for those with 401(k), 403(b), most 457 plans and SIMPLE IRAs, while also raising the income range for individuals to qualify for deductible contributions to traditional IRAs. Employer-Sponsored Plans The maximum salary deferral for 2022 contributions to employer-sponsored […]
Posted on November 22, 2021
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Andrew Leonard
Included in the $1 trillion U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) signed into law on Nov. 15, 2021, is an early termination of the employee retention tax credit (ERTC) that has helped incentivize qualifying businesses and not-for-profits to keep employees on payroll through the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the Act, the availability of the ERTC […]
Once again, year-end planning is complicated by an uncertain tax landscape that hinges on the government’s ability to pass legislation. As Congress continues to negotiate and pare down the administration’s original $3.5 trillion Build Back Better spending bill, taxpayers must tread carefully when making decisions that could impact their businesses and personal wealth for many […]
Posted on November 11, 2021
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Rick Bazzani
Considering the rapid pace at which tax laws change and the amount of time and effort taxpayers spend preparing to file their federal income tax returns, it’s no wonder that mistakes can occur. Luckily, the IRS offers a few options for taxpayers to correct errors or make other changes to their originally filed returns. To […]
Posted on November 03, 2021
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Lewis Taub
For tax year 2021, business interest expense deduction limitations return to their pre-COVID levels, impacting a broad range of business activities, including merger and acquisitions (M&As). Affected companies must prepare to quantify how this reduced benefit will impact their bottom lines and these transactions moving forward. Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) enacted […]
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
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 […]
