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  • New York State is Auditing Federal Tax Issues: Work-Related Education Expenses

    By:
    Brian Gordon, CPA
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    May 1, 2018
    The New York State Tax Department has increased their audits involving federal tax issues.  This may be due to a reduction in IRS audit personnel, but regardless of the reason, these issues affect both federal and New York State taxes and they therefore have the right to audit. 

  • Social Security Filing Strategies Under the New Rules

    By:
    Ash Ahluwalia, MBA, CFP
    |
    May 1, 2018

    For most Americans, social security retirement benefits typically represent 30 to 60% of their retirement income. Yet according to the National Social Security Association, LLC, over 90% of social security recipients receive less money than they are entitled to receive. For many filers, this can represent tens of thousands of dollars in lost retirement benefits.

  • The New Qualified Business Income Deduction Under IRC Section 199A

    By:
    Ellen Seiler Brody, Esq., and Vivek A. Chandrasekhar, Esq.
    |
    Apr 1, 2018
    Public Law 115-97 (the Act) provided a significant benefit to corporate taxpayers. While the highest marginal corporate tax rate was previously 35%, corporations now face only a flat 21% tax. In an attempt to provide parity for non-corporate taxpayers, the Act introduces a new IRC section 199A, which provides a 20% deduction for qualified business income earned by individuals, trusts, and estates. 

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

    By:
    Mark S. Klein and Daniel P. Kelly
    |
    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. 

  • PFICs: Current State of Affairs

    By:
    Paul H. Dailey, CPA, MBA
    |
    Apr 1, 2018
    Passive Foreign Investment Companies (PFICs) are still alive and kicking! The new law made only one structural change to the PFIC regime: limiting the PFIC insurance exception. 

  • Self-Employment Tax for Partnerships, LLC and LLP Members

    By:
    Dean L. Surkin, JD, LLM
    |
    Apr 1, 2018
    The advent of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 has started to affect the entity structures that taxpayers choose for their businesses. Some practitioners are recommending an expanded use of C corporations while others are recommending maximum utilization of the qualified business income (QBI) deduction. 

  • 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.) 

  • Relationship Capital: How to Evaluate Personal Goodwill Prior to Selling a Closely-Held Business

    By:
    Ladidas Lumpkins, CPA, JD, LLM (Taxation) and Roman Katz, JD
    |
    Mar 1, 2018
    How do you evaluate the financial power of relationships? An iconic scene from the movie The Devil Wears Prada offers great insight, particularly when powerful fashion editor Miranda Priestly recounts how she persuaded the magazine’s publisher to pass over a younger challenger for the job.

  • Understanding Unrelated Business Income Tax

    By:
    Israel Tannenbaum
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    Mar 1, 2018

    Facing increased competition for donor dollars and a growing charitable base, many tax-exempt organizations have set their sights on income diversification. As part of this quest for alternative revenue streams, non-profits are expanding into businesses traditionally dominated by taxable entities.  While this can be a boon to an organization’s resources, it can potentially subject tax-exempt entities to reporting and paying taxes, the most common of which is the tax on unrelated business income. 

  • Cybersecurity for Accountants

    By:
    Patrick Buono
    |
    Mar 1, 2018
    According to Forbes magazine, the global cost of cybercrime will reach $2 trillion by 2019. Warren Buffett considers cyber attacks “a bigger threat to humanity than nuclear weapons,” and Ginni Rometty, IBM President & CEO, describes cybercrime as “the greatest threat to every profession, every industry, every company in the world.” 
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Tax News


IRS, Treasury Issue Final Business E-filing Regulations, The Trusted Professional


IRS Extends Lookback Period for Covid-19 Era Refund Claims, Thomson Reuters


Supreme Court Rules In Taxpayer’s Favor On FBAR Penalties, Forbes Media LLC


IRS and Treasury Provide Guidance for Insurance Providers on Alternative Minimum Tax Under the Inflation Reduction Act, Internal Revenue Service


Global Minimum Tax Deal Moves Ahead Without U.S. For Now,The Trusted Professional


IRS Introduces New Service Industry Tip Reporting Program, Internal Revenue Service

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