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 […]
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed in 2022 ushered in enhanced tax credits for consumers who purchase new and used electric, hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles. However, it has become more difficult to qualify for the full value of the tax credit when you buy a new clean-energy vehicle that you place in service on or […]
In this episode Associate Director of Tax Services Joseph Leuchter explains bonus depreciation, changes to the law and why it’s important to plan before simply checking a box each year.
Posted on March 27, 2023 by
Karen Lake
Congress closed out 2022 without restoring taxpayers’ ability to fully deduct research and development (R&D) expenditures in the year incurred. Consequently, as businesses look to file their 2022 tax returns, they may be surprised to find higher taxable income and a larger tax bill than they had expected. They may also find it challenging to […]
Posted on February 21, 2023 by
Karen Lake
Mentioning the federal research and development (R&D) tax credit often conjures up images of scientists in white coats conducting lab experiments. Truth be told, the credit, which can reduce taxpayers’ federal tax liabilities, applies to a wide variety of activities conducted by companies outside of labs in an even broader range of industries, including construction […]
Posted on February 14, 2023 by
Kevin McNally
The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 ushered in new and expanded tax-saving opportunities for individuals and businesses that produce, adopt and/or invest in energy-efficient technologies, including wind, solar and geothermal power. This includes an extension of tax savings to commercial real estate property owners and, for the first time, real estate investment […]
Posted on January 12, 2023 by
Andreea Cioara
When COVID-19 set off a domino effect of business closings in March 2020, the U.S. government responded with a series of economic stimulus programs to help affected organizations stay afloat. Now, as we enter 2023, one of those relief measures is still available for businesses and nonprofits to apply for retroactively when they meet eligibility […]
Posted on December 12, 2022 by
Jeffrey Mutnik
The IRS has released the annual cost-of-living adjustments to various provisions of the tax code for 2023, noting that some of the changes are significant due to persistently high inflation. For some taxpayers, these adjustments will result in higher take-home pay, larger credits and deductions, and the ability to protect more assets from the federal […]
Posted on July 20, 2022 by
Luke Lucas
Included in New York’s 2022-2023 budget is a $250 million COVID-19 Capital Costs Tax Credit Program, offering financial assistance to help the state’s small businesses cover some of the operating costs they incurred adapting to the pandemic. The assistance comes in the form of tax credits equal to 50 percent of qualifying expenses and up […]
Posted on May 05, 2022 by
Karen Lake
In this episode Director of Tax Services Karen Lake shares information about SALT, state and local tax credits, work opportunity tax credits and more.