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State Taxation

  • New York’s Corporate Nexus & Apportionment Rules—Review & Update (Part 2 of 2)

    By:
    Mark S. Klein and Daniel P. Kelly
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    Apr 1, 2018
    We’re back to continue our discussion regarding the implementation and development of New York’s 2015 corporate tax reform.  Even though the law is nearly four years old, both tax practitioners and tax administrators struggle to provide form to the framework created by the new law. 
  • New York’s Corporate Nexus & Apportionment Rules: Overview & Update

    By:
    Mark S. Klein and Daniel P. Kelly
    |
    Mar 1, 2018
    New York’s corporate franchise tax reform, which passed in 2014 and became effective Jan. 1, 2015, was groundbreaking in numerous ways. (The Administrative Code of New York City was subsequently amended to adopt many, but not all, of the same revisions for city corporate tax purposes.) 

  • Comparing the New York City Unincorporated Business Tax and General Corporation Tax

    By:
    Robert Thee, CPA, PC
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    Feb 1, 2018
    Most businesses operating in New York City in the form of pass-through entities for federal tax purposes—such as partnerships, limited liability companies, S corporations, and sole proprietorships—will be subject to an entity-level tax: either the Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT) or the General Corporation Tax (GCT). 
  • Are New York’s PNOLC Draft Regulations Too Restrictive?

    By:
    R. Gregory Roberts, Esq., Jennifer S. White, Esq., and Jeremy P. Gove, Esq.
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    Jan 1, 2018
    On May 5, 2017, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (the “Department”) released its long-awaited draft regulations (the “Draft Regulations”) regarding the computation of the prior net operating loss conversion (“PNOLC”) subtraction. Initial comments to the Draft Regulations were due Aug. 3, 2017; however, the Department continues to review comments.
  • Tax Court Declines to Follow Revenue Ruling 91-32 in Grecian Magnesite Mining Case

    By:
    Ari Berk, Jim Calzaretta, Paul Epstein, JD, LLM (taxation) and Christine Piar, JD
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    Nov 1, 2017
    After a three-year period following the trial and briefs from the taxpayer and the IRS, during which the Obama administration each year sought legislation ratifying the IRS’s position in Revenue Ruling 91-32, the Tax Court has finally issued its opinion declining to follow the ruling.
  • Social Security Benefits for Non-Working Spouses

    By:
    Daniel Mazzola, CPA, CFA
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    Nov 1, 2017
    In 1945, Michigan’s legislators passed a law requiring all bartenders to be licensed but prohibiting women to secure such licenses unless they were the wives or daughters of male bar owners. 
  • Long-Term Care Premiums Paid by New York Resident Taxpayers: A Potential Double Benefit

    By:
    David M. Barral, CPA/PFS, CFP
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    Oct 1, 2017

    For those who are proactive in planning for their end-of-life care, purchasing long-term care (LTC) insurance is a great idea. There are also tax benefits available for the premiums paid. Most CPAs are familiar with considering these premiums as an itemized deduction at the federal level under IRC section 213(d)(1)(D), but these premiums are not 100% deductible—it is adjusted annually and limited by the age of the taxpayer.

 
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