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Residency for Federal Taxation

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Residence may seem to be a relatively simple thing to determine. It’s where you live, right? Well, leave it to the Internal Revenue Code to complicate this question. There are different tests for residency when it comes to...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

How Often to Review Your Trust and Estate Plan

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How often should you review your trust and estate plan? Is there a regular cycle to these reviews, or should they be driven by significant events in your life or the lives of your beneficiaries and executor or trustee? How...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

IRS Clarifies the Federal Income and Employment Tax Treatment of Contributions to and Benefits Paid from State Paid Family and...

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As mandatory State paid family leave and paid family and medical leave (collectively “PFML”) programs have significantly expanded and proliferated in recent years, participating employers and employees have been faced with a...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Will the Federal Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Be Reduced in 2026?

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The federal estate and gift tax exemption changes from year to year. The current combined federal estate and gift tax exemption amount of $13.99 million per person ($27.98 million per married couple) is scheduled to “sunset”...more

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Expiring Federal Transfer Tax Benefits – Nothing is Certain or Lasts Forever

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Just a few weeks ago, many individual taxpayers, driven by what they viewed as the relatively imminent expiration of the enhanced federal transfer tax exemptions, sought advice on how to leverage their remaining exemption and...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Olympic Medals and Income Tax

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The 2024 Paris Olympics are in full swing, and it is never too early for U.S. athletes to consult with their tax advisor. As was done in 2021, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has pledged to award U.S....more

Bowditch & Dewey

Spousal Relief From Joint Tax Liability

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As a general rule, when a married couple files a joint tax return, they are jointly and severally liable for the entire tax. But what happens if one spouse failed to report income and the other spouse did not know or have...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

[Event] Tax Symposium 2024 - May 14th - 15th, Chicago, IL

Discover the latest global developments and planning opportunities to stay ahead of the curve at McDermott’s Tax Symposium 2024. Join us in Chicago for a full day of programming designed to equip corporate tax leaders with...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Individuos De Alto Patrimonio Reciben Advertencia Del IRS

El 10 de abril de 2024, como parte de su campaña de la Docena Sucia (“Dirty Dozen”) para 2024, el IRS emitió una advertencia a individuos de alto patrimonio con respecto a tres trampas fiscales diseñadas para ellos por...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

High Net Worth Individuals Get Warning From IRS

On 4/10/24, as part of its Dirty Dozen Campaign for 2024, the IRS issued a warning to High Net Worth Individuals regarding three tax traps designed for them by dishonest promoters and shady tax practitioners. High Net Worth...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Treasury and IRS release final regulations on elective payment election under CHIPS Act Section 48D

On March 5, 2024, the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (Final Regulations) on the elective payment election of the advanced manufacturing investment credit...more

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Update Your 2024 Tax Withholding to Avoid Year-End Surprises

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Now that the 2023 tax filing season is underway, many taxpayers are having an unpleasant surprise when they file their tax return this year and find out they are getting a much smaller refund than they were expecting, or...more

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[Webinar] IRC 754 Elections for Tax Counsel: Mastering Structuring Considerations of Basis Adjustments - Navigating Complex Basis...

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This CLE/CPE course will provide tax counsel with comprehensive guidance on the 754 election for partnerships. The panel will discuss the basis adjustment rules associated with sales, transfers, and partnership interests or...more

Bodman

A Year-End Reminder: Potentially Overlooked Reporting Requirements

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For many organizations and individuals, the end of the calendar year generates significant reporting obligations, particularly with respect to the Internal Revenue Service. The following requirements may not be obvious, but...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

Domestic Tax Planning - Podcast with Janathan Allen

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In this podcast about Domestic Tax Planning, Janathan Allen discusses the importance of the process of domestic tax planning. Many people don’t think to consider tax planning by assuming, “I’m a W2 employee, how can domestic...more

Gray Reed

The IRS is Hiring an Army to Audit Corporations, Partnerships, and High-Income Individuals

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The IRS has been understaffed for many years, and this has led to a decline in the number of audits conducted.  The personnel shortage has also made it difficult to keep up with the growing complexity of the tax code and to...more

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Is Your Partnership Ready for IRS Audit Initiatives? Because the IRS is Coming!

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On September 8, 2023 the IRS announced a sweeping effort to focus enforcement efforts on high-income individuals, partnerships, and corporations. On September 20, 2023 the IRS announced that it will establish a special...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

Four Tips to Reduce the Risk of a Tax Audit

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For many business owners, tax season can be stressful. These four tips can help you lessen the chances of triggering a tax audit....more

Jones Day

IRS Updates Fast-Track Program for Certain Corporate Tax Rulings

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A new program offers rulings in 12 weeks, even absent a showing of business need. Revenue Procedure 2023-26, issued July 26, 2023, in replacement of a popular 18-month pilot program under Revenue Procedure 2022-10,...more

Polsinelli

Beware, the IRS is Coming: More IRS Audits to Focus on High-Net Worth Individuals and Passthrough Entities

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After much anticipation, the IRS has finally announced a strategic operating plan to spend the nearly $80 billion in funds that it was allocated through the Inflation Reduction Act. Since this bill was signed, the new IRS...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Taxation & Representation, March 21, 2023

Senators Renew Efforts to Reverse R&D Tax Modification. Last Friday, a bipartisan coalition of 12 senators introduced the American Innovation and Jobs Act to increase incentives for businesses that invest in domestic research...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Fighting a Three Headed Dog and Tax Classifications of Foreign Trusts

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The Continuing Saga of U.S. Tax Classification of Foreign Trusts and Related Penalty Issues - In Greek mythology, Cerberus, a three-headed dog, was known as the guardian of the underworld. In more recent literature, a...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Is My State Tax Rebate Taxable?

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Along with twenty other states, Massachusetts made special payments to taxpayers in 2022. In Massachusetts, the rebate was the result of state law that returned excess state revenue to taxpayers. In California these payments...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Federal and California Taxpayer Relief: Reprieve From Wet Winter Weather

2023 started California off with weather that escapes recent memory. Rain, snow, and surf seemed unrelenting for the first two weeks of January. While this spell of winter storms has brought snow to our slopes and refilled...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Weekly IRS Roundup January 3 – January 6, 2023

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 3, 2023 – January 6, 2023...more

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