Category: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

IRS Issues Safe Harbor for Business Vehicles that Qualify for First-Year Bonus Depreciation by Cherry Laufenberg, CPA


Posted on April 16, 2019 by Cherry Laufenberg

Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), businesses have an opportunity to claim larger depreciation deductions beginning in 2018 for qualifying new and used property, including passenger vehicles, they acquire and place into service between Sept. 28, 2017, and Dec. 31, 2026. However, it is critical that businesses pay particular attention to recent IRS […]

IRS Warns of Top Tax Schemes for 2019 by Edward N. Cooper, CPA


Posted on April 05, 2019 by Edward Cooper

By Edward N. Cooper, CPA The IRS has issued its annual list of the Dirty Dozen scams that taxpayers should look out for in 2019. Under U.S. laws, taxpayers are legally responsible for the information contained in their tax returns, even when those documents are prepared by someone else. Therefore, it is critical that you […]

IRS Expands Penalty Waiver for Underpayments of 2018 Federal Tax Liabilities by Jeffrey M. Mutnik, CPA/PFS


Posted on April 02, 2019 by Jeffrey Mutnik

In response to a chorus of concerned taxpayers and tax preparers, the IRS is providing additional penalty relief to taxpayers who have found that they did not pay enough in federal taxes in 2018 through W-2 withholding, quarterly estimated tax payments or a combination of the two. Effective immediately, individual taxpayers, trusts and estates that […]

Miscellaneous Itemized Deductions – On the Brink of Extinction or Just in a Seven-Year Ice Age? by Jeffrey M. Mutnik, CPA/PFS


Posted on March 07, 2019 by Jeffrey Mutnik

Individual taxpayers have long relied on miscellaneous itemized deductions as a catch-all for a variety of business- and investment-related expenses that the tax code did not already allow as specified itemized deductions, such as those for medical expenses or contributions to charitable organizations. However, with the passage of the new tax law, these miscellaneous itemized […]

U.S. Beneficiaries of Foreign Trusts May Be In for an Unpleasant Surprise This Year by Arthur Dichter, JD


Posted on February 14, 2019 by Arthur Dichter

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has had broad-reaching impact on all taxpayers for 2018 and going forward. This includes U.S. persons who are beneficiaries of foreign non-grantor trusts. As a result of the TCJA suspending the deduction for miscellaneous itemized deductions, which includes the deduction for investment management fees, trust distributable net income […]