Sometimes the law of unintended consequences is difficult to correct after the fact. The most recent example may be the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s $10,000 annual limitation on state and local tax deductions claimed by...more
1/4/2019
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Tax Planning ,
U.S. Treasury
On July 31, the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADOR or Department) released its long-awaited and quite comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (otherwise known as “federal tax reform”) on...more
9/5/2018
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Tax Reform
On July 31, the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADOR) released its long-awaited “Analysis of Federal Tax Law Revisions on the State of Alabama,” a comprehensive review of the changes brought about by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more
8/13/2018
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GILTI tax ,
Governor Ivey ,
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IRS ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Sole Proprietorship ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Reform ,
UBTI
The January 1, 2018 effective date of the new federal partnership audit rules quietly came and went, with many of our partnership and LLC clients and their advisers hoping that the rules were just a bad dream or would at...more
7/19/2018
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Construction Industry ,
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Partnerships ,
S-Corporation ,
Tax Returns
Although every LLC, limited partnership or other pass-through entity doing business in Alabama, and even those simply organized under Alabama law, are subject to an annual business privilege tax (BPT), certain entities can...more
10/19/2017
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Tax Planning ,
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Wealth Management
The January 1, 2018 effective date of the new federal partnership audit rules is almost here, and we encourage all entities taxed as partnerships to consider addressing the issues posed by these new rules as soon as possible....more
The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) recently reissued 277 pages of proposed regulations and a preamble (REG-136118-15) regarding the new centralized partnership audit rules enacted as part of...more
You may have heard that the IRS’s ability to audit partnerships (including multi-member LLCs) will be greatly enhanced due to changes made by the recent Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. The IRS will be ramping up its...more
You may have heard that the IRS’s ability to audit partnerships (including multi-member LLCs) will be greatly enhanced due to changes made by the recent Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. The new rules apply to tax years...more
For years, the question of whether construction workers should be treated as employees or independent contractors has been an important issue that many contractors have overlooked or chosen to ignore. However, a recent U.S....more