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Surk v. Commissioner: Excess Losses Claimed in Closed Years Reduce Current Tax Basis

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Children learn certain social norms through game playing. In hide and seek, when the seekers exclaim, “alley alley oxen free!” the children in hiding are free to return to home base. It would violate a child’s sense of...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

Annual Limits on Qualified Plans for 2025

On November 1, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2024-80, which sets forth the 2025 cost-of-living adjustments affecting dollar limits on benefits and contributions for qualified retirement plans. The...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

IRS Announces 2025 Retirement Plan Limits

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced the 2025 cost-of-living adjustments to various benefit and contribution limits applicable to retirement plans. The IRS modestly increased the applicable limits for 2025....more

Clark Hill PLC

Senator Lummis B.I.T.C.O.I.N. Act Receives Fresh Interest in Election’s Wake

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This year has proven to be a pivotal one for the Bitcoin industry. Out of the gate, the Securities and Exchange Commission took the dramatic step of approving the first spot Bitcoin ETP following a decade of repeated denials....more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

IRS Introduces Official Section 83(b) Election Form

On November 7, 2024, the IRS introduced Form 15620, a new standardized form for taxpayers opting to make a Section 83(b) election. Previously, taxpayers needed to send a letter to the IRS with the required information to make...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Choice of Entity for a U.S. Business- Passthrough Status Matters Beyond the U.S. Border

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Decisions, Decisions - The owners of a closely held U.S. business will have to make many difficult decisions during the life of the business. Among the earliest of these is the so-called choice of business entity, the...more

Whiteford

Understanding IRS Encouragement of PLRs for Healthcare Entities and Assessing Healthcare Corporate and Tax Structure For Tax...

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The IRS has recently been urging healthcare entities, particularly those involving physicians and private investors, to seek private letter rulings (PLRs) to clarify the tax implications of their ownership structures. This...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Corporate Transparency Act, Part 3: Filing Extensions for Businesses Affected by 2024 Hurricanes

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a significant relief measure under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) for businesses affected by five hurricanes impacting the U.S. in 2024. Hurricane relief...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Trump Administration’s Proposed Tariffs: How Can Government Contractors Prepare?

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While on the campaign trail, President-elect Trump spoke of implementing tariffs. How will government contractors be affected if the upcoming Trump administration enacts its proposed tariffs in 2025? Contractors offering...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Here Today, Gone in 2026 - Plan to Use Estate, Gift and GST Tax Exemptions in 2025

In 2018, as part of the “Trump tax cuts,” the federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax exemption was increased to $11,180,000, with annual increases for inflation.  Today, the exemption stands at...more

K&L Gates LLP

Europe: Ireland's New Participation Exemption – An Opportunity for Private Markets Asset Managers

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The Irish Finance Bill 2024 will, with effect from 1 January 2025, create a new participation exemption for foreign dividends. This exemption will bring Ireland into line with the rest of the EU which has a similar exemption....more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

The Corporate Transparency Act: End of Year Deadlines are Approaching - Why Compliance Is Crucial for Business Owners

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the federal initiative to limit money laundering, tax evasion, and other illicit activities, took effect on Jan. 1, 2024. The CTA requires many businesses and their owners to register...more

Proskauer - Tax Talks

Post Election – Expect Tax Legislation

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With clear Republican victories in the White House and the Senate, and a very slim majority for either side in the House of Representatives, we can expect tax legislation in the coming year. It is expected that the President...more

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California Imposes Further Disclosure Requirements for Local Sales Tax Sharing Agreements

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On September 28, 2024, California enacted Assembly Bill 2854, which imposes new disclosure requirements on local agencies (i.e., chartered or general law cities and counties) that have entered into local sales tax sharing...more

Polsinelli

Federal Estate and Gift Tax Changes in 2026: What is on the Horizon, or Sunset Rather?

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In 2017, the federal gift and estate tax exemption was $5.49 million. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 doubled the gift and estate tax exemption amount to $11.18 million in 2018, and that amount has been adjusted for...more

Gray Reed

News Flash: Tax Fraud by Ex Causes One Woman Lingering Heartache

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In recent headlines, an Ohio woman has brought a refund suit in district court, seeking recovery of taxes and withholding from the IRS that she claims were based on the improper return filed by her abusive ex-boyfriend. The...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Weathering the Storm: How to Get Your Affairs in Order

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in 2018, I wrote this article to help individuals and families navigate the legal and financial issues that often follow a devastating storm. I remember the incredible outpouring of...more

Dechert LLP

PE Firms Prepare to Navigate Market Uncertainty After U.S. Election

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31% of North American respondents believe that the Republican victory in November’s U.S. presidential election has the potential to boost portfolios, particularly for North American firms. Donald Trump’s victory in...more

Oberheiden P.C.

5 IRS Penalty Abatement Strategies

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As a U.S. taxpayer, one of the last things that you want to hear is that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has disagreed with your tax assessment and has imposed penalties for noncompliance. The good news is that the IRS...more

Hogan Lovells

What will happen to IRA clean energy subsidies in the Trump Administration?

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was one of the most significant legislative victories of the Biden administration, fostering tens of billions (USD) in planned clean energy investments, much of this yet to be...more

BCLP

Autumn Budget 2024: Key Takeaways for the UK’s Energy Sector - Part One

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The UK's new Labour Government’s first Budget has revealed key measures, aiming to support the UK’s transition into cleaner energy. Whilst many changes are largely positive for the renewable sector, the Budget does highlight...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Key Takeaways From the 2024 Election: Georgia

While Georgia did not hold an election for governor or any other statewide offices, there were ballot measures and legislative races to consider. The status quo will remain in place with Republicans having control of the...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Employee Benefits-Related Limits for 2025

This chart shows some of the annually adjusted dollar limits that impact employee benefits, as published by the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

IRS Interim Guidance Under Secure 2.0 On “Inadvertent Benefit Overpayments”

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Among the provisions of SECURE 2.0 (effective December 29, 2022) welcomed by plan sponsors were the additions to the Internal Revenue Code that allow qualified plans to refrain from trying to recoup an “inadvertent benefit...more

Paul Hastings LLP

Treasury and IRS Release Final Regulations on Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 added the Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit (Section 45X) to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Section 45X provides a credit against federal income tax for...more

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