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  • Is It Debt or Equity? A Survey of the Proposed Section 385 Regulations

    By:
    James J. Wienclaw, CPA
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    Jul 1, 2016
    The fundamental question investors address when capitalizing a business is how it should be funded—with debt, equity, or a combination of both. Considerations can vary widely depending on the level of risk an investor is willing to take or the desired tax treatment.

  • New Seller Due Diligence Responsibilities After the Midco Cases?

    By:
    Ellen S. Brody, CPA, JD, Esq. and Vivek A. Chandrasekhar, JD, Esq.
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    Jul 1, 2016
    In the post-General Utilities world, shareholders have looked to dispose of their interest in C Corporations with appreciated assets in a way that would avoid the double taxation arising on a sale of assets followed by a liquidating distribution to the noncorporate shareholder. 

  • U.S. Real Estate Beckons to Foreign Investors in Wake of FIRPTA Revisions

    By:
    Alicea Castellanos, CPA, TEP, NP and Jack R. Brister, TEP
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    Jul 1, 2016

    Changes to U.S. tax rules that were signed into law in December have important implications for foreign entities seeking to invest in the U.S. real estate market. This includes both additional disclosure requirements and provisions that may increase the tax efficiency of certain assets.

  • A Few Words About Estate Planning and Trustee Engagements

    By:
    Ron Klein, JD, CFE
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    Jul 1, 2016

    Thirty years of protecting CPAs from malpractice risks has shown that every CPA is safer if they understand the risks they are facing. In no type of engagement is this truer than in estate planning and trustee engagements. And the reason for this is clear: hindsight!

  • Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction

    By:
    Daniel Lahage, CPA
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    Jun 1, 2016
    During every election cycle, a set of tax proposals set forth by candidates become topics for debate. Whether or not each candidate will actually be able to implement that tax policy is another question. 

  • Tax Haven, USA

    By:
    Erica Rubin, CPA, CGMA
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    Jun 1, 2016

    International tax structuring and cross border planning has always been a complex and evolving process. The massive leak at Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm responsible for setting up countless offshore companies, along with the U.S. Treasury Department’s challenge to the corporate inversion “loophole” have brought forth issues that will again challenge the status of tax havens in the global marketplace.

  • Coming to America – Love, Marriage and Immigration

    By:
    Carole M. Bass and Rebecca A. Provder
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    Jun 1, 2016

    In the 1988 hit comedy, Coming to America, Prince Akeem, heir to the throne of Zamunda, flees his home country to escape an arranged marriage. He comes to the United States to find his queen, a woman who will love him in spite of his vast wealth and title. Sure enough, he finds Lisa McDowell, heir to the McDowell’s Restaurant fortune.

  • Foreign Trust Reporting: Substance Over Forms? I Think Not

    By:
    Alicea Castellanos, CPA, TEP, NP and Jack R. Brister, TEP
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    Jun 1, 2016
    In a world dominated by data, the IRS’s role in data collection continues to expand. No longer is the agency’s sole focus domestic income tax reporting, collection, and enforcement; rather, today’s IRS is responsible for activity that occurs beyond U.S. borders and disseminating an array of information. 
     

  • Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 Changes Partnership Audit Rules

    By:
    Ellen S. Brody, JD, CPA, and Vivek Chandrasekhar, JD
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    May 1, 2016
    On Nov. 2, 2015, Congress enacted the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 ("BBA"), repealing the previous audit regime in effect for partnerships that had been around since the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Tax Act of 1982 ("TEFRA"). 

  • Cause Marketing: Plan Carefully to Avoid Legal and Tax Pitfalls

    By:
    Luana K. Lewis
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    May 1, 2016
    In recent years, cause marketing efforts have grown more popular with charities and their commercial marketing partners. Customer perceptions and behaviors are expected to drive the cause marketing trend even further in the future. 
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Tax News

Guidance Issued to Implement Presidential Memorandum Deferring Certain Employee Social Security Tax Withholding, Internal Revenue Service


Questions Remain After IRS Rolls Out Guidance On Payroll Tax Deferral, Forbes Media LLC

IRS Approves Temporary Use of E-signatures for Certain Forms, Internal Revenue Service


Form 1040-X Can Now Be Filed Electronically, Thomson Reuters

 

Draft IRS Form 1040 Puts Cryptocurrency Questions Up Front, The Trusted Professional

 

Trump Says He’s ‘Seriously’ Considering Capital Gains Tax Cut, Bell Media

 
IRS Discusses Crowdsourcing and Convertible Virtual Currency, Forbes Media LLC


Guidance Under Section 1061: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Internal Revenue Service

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