KNOCK YOURSELF OUT - RESUSCITATING TAXPAYERS WITH BUYER'S REMORSE!
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of September 12, 2022 – September 16, 2022...more
Cryptocurrencies might, simplistically, be defined as virtual currencies that use cryptography to secure transactions which are digitally recorded on a widely distributed ledger. The ledger technology uses independent...more
In general, tax experts were pleased that the Build Back Better Act, passed recently by the U.S. House of Representatives, did not include many of the tax increases previously proposed by the Biden Administration. ...more
Overview - Over the past year, several tax law changes have been proposed by the Biden administration and, in September 2021, draft legislative language was circulated, which set forth proposed changes to the Internal...more
...The federal tax laws are certainly about to change. With the need to raise revenue as a top priority for the Biden Administration, everyone is expecting dramatic changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Tax legislation is...more
Congress has other plans for tax practitioners this fall, starting with the House Ways and Means Committee’s initial draft of major tax legislation. The draft legislation proposes far-reaching changes to existing tax laws,...more
Freeman Law’s “The Tax Court in Brief” covers every substantive Tax Court opinion, providing a weekly brief of its decisions in clear, concise prose. The Week of August 16 – August 20, 2021 - Catlett v. Comm’r, No....more
President Biden has proposed major changes to the Federal tax laws, some of which are sought to be effective earlier in 2021 (i.e., we are already operating under these changes, if they later become adopted), as compared to...more
What do professional athletes, punk artwork and digital kittens have in common? They are all part of the expansion of valuable collectible assets using cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. You can collect digital items...more
Tax Planning for 2020 in 2021, yes you can! Cares Act gives the ability to install a qualified retirement plan. Eliminate 2020 taxation associated with investment income. #taxes #qualifiedretirementplan #financialadvisors...more
Nowotny On Death and Taxes podcast episode 32 Knock Yourself Out - Resuscitating Taxpayer's With Buyer's Remorse; learn how to do tax planning for 2020 in 2021; it's not too late! Eliminate all of your taxation associated...more
One of the feelings that all of us living on the Planet including those who have walked before us, experience is the remorse for actions taken or sometimes not taken, i.e., buyer's remorse. Individual taxpayers report their...more
Although much of the reporting on the Tax Cut and Jobs Act recently enacted by Congress has focused on the deductions for individuals and businesses, the bill also includes several provisions that apply specifically to...more
The tax reform bills introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate dramatically reduce the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20% and create added incentives for taxpayers to invest capital into U.S. businesses with...more
As we noted in a prior Estate Planning Update, 2013 brought with it a new 3.8-percent Medicare Contribution Tax on net investment income (interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, rents, capital gains, and passive activity...more
One of the funding mechanisms for health care reform is a new 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on net investment income (NII) going into effect this year. The tax applies to higher-income individuals as well as to trusts and...more
One of the provisions included in the health care reform legislation enacted in 2010 will subject certain individuals to a 3.8% tax on net investment income (or "unearned income"). The new law is effective in 2013 and imposes...more
Overview - This article discusses the use of non-grantor trusts as an asset protection planning tool, while introducing the non-grantor trust as an income tax planning tool in order to reduce taxpayer’s exposure to state...more