Posted on March 25, 2024
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Sarah Gaymon
The passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017 (TCJA) brought a series of welcome tax breaks to individuals at all income levels. However, with the law calling for many of these provisions to reset in 2026, taxpayers are running out of time to implement new strategies for maintaining tax efficiency and ensuring […]
In this episode Director of Tax Services Richard Cabrera explains why it’s important for S Corps to consider the tax implications before entertaining bankruptcy proceedings.
Posted on January 30, 2024
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Maxwell Jewell
Upgrading your home’s energy efficiency can not only help the environment and reduce your electric bills, but it can also provide you with valuable tax credits to cover a portion of qualifying improvement expenses beginning in 2023. Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credits Under the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law in 2022, homeowners may earn […]
Posted on December 12, 2023
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Jonathan Menna
It has been nearly 10 years since the IRS first announced in Notice 2014-21, 2014-16 I.R.B 938 it would treat cryptocurrency as a capital asset for federal tax purposes, subject to the same general tax principles as other forms of property, including stocks and bonds. Two recent developments are significant in helping the agency crackdown […]
Posted on December 06, 2023
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Maxwell Jewell
With the release of Notice 2023-62, the IRS has again delayed the effective date of a SECURE Act 2.0 provision that would have required certain participants in employer-sponsored retirement savings plans age 50 and older to make catch-up contributions to those plans on a Roth basis beginning in 2024. This relief extends the start date […]
Posted on November 10, 2023
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Daniel Hughes
When my colleagues and I delivered a presentation to the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar about proving and defending claims of lost profits in commercial litigation matters, a Florida Judge asked a thought-provoking question: How many years of financial documents should a Plaintiff seeking economic damages be able to get (2 years, 3 […]
Posted on November 10, 2023
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Richard Fechter
Victims of crimes, law enforcement and other interested parties often retain forensic accountants to investigate financial crimes. These professionals have specialized multidisciplinary skills necessary to identify financial crimes, analyze the financial transactions constituting the overt acts of these crimes, and provide expert testimony on the methodologies criminals use and the damages victims incur. The critical […]
Posted on November 10, 2023
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Joel Glick
Tracing is a forensic accounting technique that can be used to determine 1) the identity of the owner(s) of funds held in a specific financial account at a specific point in time and 2) the disposition of specific funds deposited into a financial account (i.e., were the monies spent and, if so, on what; was […]
Posted on November 02, 2023
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Mark Leaheey
In this episode Associate Director of Tax Services Mark Leaheey explains the basics of research and development credits and who many companies are missing out.
Posted on October 19, 2023
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Joseph Leocata
In this episode Joseph Leocata shares details about the current state of the IRS, trends in tax controversy and what to do if you receive an IRS notice.