BACKGROUND -
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) creates, modifies or eliminates a number of employment and employee fringe benefit related provisions of the Code. Both employers and employees need to be aware of these...more
2/28/2018
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Covered Employees ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Employee Relocations ,
Fringe Benefits ,
Income Taxes ,
Individual Mandate ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Meal and Entertainment Expenditures ,
Medical Leave ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Pre-Employment Agreements ,
Repeal ,
Tax Benefits ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Reform ,
Transportation Costs ,
Trump Administration
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be...” or at least, if you insist on borrowing (and we understand the appeal), we are here to help you stay abreast of the new rules on deducting interest.
BACKGROUND/PRIOR LAW -
Interest...more
2/7/2018
/ Borrowers ,
Business Expenses ,
Business Taxes ,
C-Corporation ,
Carry Forward ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Debt ,
EBITDA ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment ,
IRS ,
Lenders ,
Net Operating Losses ,
Partnerships ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
S-Corporation ,
Shareholders ,
Small Business ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Planning ,
Taxable Income ,
Termination
BACKGROUND -
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) adopted a new 20% deduction for non-corporate taxpayers. It only applies to “qualified business income.” The deduction, sometimes called the “pass-through deduction,” is...more
1/30/2018
/ Business Income ,
Business Taxes ,
C-Corporation ,
Compensation ,
Deduction Limitations ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Landlords ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Property Owners ,
S-Corporation ,
Shareholders ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Penalties ,
Tax Reform ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Trump Administration ,
W-2 ,
Wage and Hour
BACKGROUND/PRIOR LAW -
PartnershipUnder IRC § 708(a), a partnership is considered as a continuing entity for income tax purposes unless it is terminated. Given the proliferation of state law entities taxed as partnerships...more
1/23/2018
/ Business Assets ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Limited Liability Partnerships ,
Mergers ,
Partnerships ,
Repeal ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform ,
Termination ,
Trump Administration
BACKGROUND -
On February 21, 2014, then House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Michigan) issued a discussion draft of the “Tax Reform Act of 2014.” The proposed legislation spanned almost 1,000 pages and...more
As indicated at the end of 2017, I intend to provide our readers with an in-depth review of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”). With the help of two of my colleagues, Steven Nofziger and Miriam Korngold, we will do this in a...more