Another Change- Last week BDO confirmed that it was going to convert from an entity organized as a limited liability partnership under state law to one organized as a corporation. With that, BDO became the latest in a...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of August 1st, 2022, through August 5th, 2022 Whistleblower 769-16W v. Comm’r, 159 T.C. No. 2 | August 4, 2022 | Toro, J. | Dkt. No. 769-16W ...more
Tax planning is often a vital consideration in an exit strategy for business owners. While most business advisors factor in federal income tax consequences when analyzing transaction structures, state income tax consequences...more
A new Presidential administration and Congress always bring with them the potential for change, and this is again the case. Joe Biden and his party made a series of tax law proposals throughout the presidential campaign...more
On April 15, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration issued a new interim final rule (link) (the “Guidance”) that supplements prior guidance with respect to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”). Among other...more
On April 10, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2020-22 (the “Revenue Procedure”), which (1) permits an “electing real property trade or business” that elected not to be subject to the...more
Congress enacted the Opportunity Zone (“OZ”) investment incentives in late 2017 as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Since then many investors, fund managers, and community development professionals have devoted significant...more
Yes, it sounds odd. It is also seems to be at odds with this blog’s constant refrain of “Thou shalt not pursue any undertaking solely for tax purposes, but thou shalt first consider the business purpose for such...more
Despite the ongoing partial government shutdown, the IRS issued four sets of guidance (the Guidance Package) on January 18 related to the new deduction for owners of pass-through entities of up to 20 percent of their...more
Congress enacted the new Section 199A 20% profit deduction for the owners of pass-through businesses, and which include Subchapter S corporations, LLCs, sole proprietorships, and even certain trusts. Section 199A is intended...more
The Department of Treasury issued in August proposed regulations (REG-107892-18) (the “Proposed Regulations”) under Section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code, providing individual taxpayers with interests in certain...more
This is the fourth[i] and final in a series of posts reviewing the recently proposed regulations (“PR”) under Sec. 199A of the Code. ...more
On August 8, 2018, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service released Proposed Regulations clarifying issues that arise under Section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). This...more
This is the third in a series of posts reviewing the recently proposed regulations (“PR”) under Sec. 199A of the Code. So far, we’ve considered the elements of a “qualified trade or business” under Section 199A...more
This is the second in a series of posts reviewing the recently proposed regulations (“PR”) under Sec. 199A of the Code. Previously, we considered the elements of a “qualified” trade or business under Section 199A. Today,...more
Section 199A, enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act at the end of 2017, allows individuals and certain noncorporate taxpayers to deduct up to 20 percent of qualified business income (QBI) beginning in 2018. QBI generally...more
The IRS recently issued proposed regulations under Section 199A, a provision enacted as part of tax reform to allow individuals and certain other non-corporate taxpayers to deduct up to 20 percent of qualified business...more
New tax legislation was signed into law on December 22, 2017 (the Act). The Act lowers the corporate rate from a top graduated rate of 35 percent to a flat rate of 21 percent. Under the Act individuals and certain...more
The IRS has issued Proposed Regulations now under the new Section 199A 20% profit deduction for pass-through entities. The Proposed Regulations provide important guidance on the definition of “Qualified Business Income” –...more
On August 8, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of the Treasury released proposed regulations on new section 199A, the 20 percent deduction for qualified business income, added to the Internal Revenue Code...more
Our Federal Tax Group highlights Section 199A and the IRS’s new proposed regulations that allow pass-through businesses to deduct up to 20% of their qualified business income....more
The 2017 tax reform bill created a new deduction for owners of pass-through entities (partnerships, LLCs taxed as partnerships, S corporations, and sole proprietorships) of up to 20 percent of their "qualified business...more
The IRS and Treasury have released proposed regulations under newly-enacted Internal Revenue Code Section 199A, which creates a deduction for qualified business income that non-corporate taxpayers receive from passthrough...more
The Internal Revenue Service yesterday issued its much-anticipated Proposed Regulations on the new Section 199A 20% deduction for owners of pass-through business entities. This important deduction was created under the 2017...more
The Service issued proposed regulations corresponding to IRC § 199A yesterday. As discussed in a prior blog post, IRC § 199A potentially allows individuals, trusts and estates to deduct up to 20% of qualified business income...more