REFRESH Five Tax Traps for Business Lawyers Advising Nonprofit Organizations
Navigating Contractor vs. Employee Classification
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Multijurisdictional Employers, Part 1: Independent Contractors vs. Employees
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 60 - Enforcement Priorities of the Second Trump Administration: Employee Retention Tax Credit
REFRESH Steps for Launching a New Charitable Corporation
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Are Overtime Wages and Tips Exempt From Income Tax? What Employers Need to Know to Prepare
Nonprofit Basics: IRS 10-Course Charity Workshop
Nonprofit Basics: Unrelated Business Income Tax: Debt Financed Income - Part 3
The Demystification of Employee Retention Credits for Private Equity Deals — PE Pathways Podcast
Nonprofit Basics: Unrelated Business Income Tax: Modifications and Exceptions - Part 2
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4 Key Takeaways | Analyzing the Top Income Tax Cases in 2024
REFRESH Nonprofit Basics: Year-End Thoughts and New Year To-Do List
What's the Best Transaction Structure for My Sale?
Year-End and Trending Tax Considerations for Health Care Practices
Nonprofit Basics: International Grantmaking – Part 2 Income Tax Withholding Rules
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Tax Relief and Possible Retirement Plan Resources for Hurricane Victims
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 44 - A Recipe for Litigation: The Simmering Conflict Surrounding ERC Claims
In this fifth installment of my multi-part series on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Steve Nofziger and I discuss a provision of the Act that impacts certain business owners who are contemplating a sale of their shares, Code...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of August 12, 2024 – August 16, 2024. ...more
Qualified Small Business Stock (“QSBS”) is arguably one of the largest “gifts” Congress has given taxpayers by excluding from a shareholder’s gross income the greater of $10 million or 10 times the shareholder’s basis in the...more
In April 2021, President Biden announced the “American Families Plan,” which included some significant tax law changes. Among the proposed changes included in the “American Families Plan” was the increase of the tax rate that...more
At the urging of the Alabama Society of CPAs and other groups, the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADOR) recently issued preliminary guidance on (a) how the new pass-through entity (PTE) tax election interacts with the...more
In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) has taken additional actions intended to provide immediate relief to taxpayers. Delay of Identification and Acquisition...more
On April 9, 2020, the IRS issued: Rev. Proc. 2020-24, which provides guidance under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) relating to relinquishment of certain net operating loss (NOL)...more
On April 10, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued Revenue Procedure 2020-22 (the “Revenue Procedure”), which (1) permits an “electing real property trade or business” that elected not to be subject to the...more
The application of §1248 and §338(g) in the context of the purchase or sale of a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) has long been one of the most complex areas of the tax code. The recently enacted tax reform act — herein,...more
What follows is the first in a series of posts that will review the long-awaited proposed regulations under Sec. 199A of the Code – the “20% deduction” – which was enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to benefit the...more
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
In this episode of Verrill Voices: Lawyers on Tap, Verrill Dana attorneys Jennifer Green and Jonathan Dunitz discuss the importance of entity formation to the overall success of a brewery business, and the differences between...more
Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Congress is now offering a new 20% deduction for “pass-through” businesses – i.e. businesses that are not corporations. With the corporate tax rate being reduced under the new law to a flat...more
This client alert is part of a special series on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and related changes to the tax code, where Blank Rome’s lawyers share their analysis of different provisions in the Act and how they may affect you...more
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
On January 10th, 11th and 18th our tax attorneys ?hosted a "CPA Shoptalk" seminar in ?Portland, Vancouver and Bend. Below are ?some key takeaways to consider... 1. Partnership Audit Rules Post-TEFRA - The Balanced...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 22, 2017. The Act changes many provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, from individual and business provisions, to...more
Now that the 2017 tax reform act is law, private equity and M&A professionals must grapple with its sweeping changes and reconcile the new provisions with how they do business. This On the Subject summarizes important...more
President Trump signed into law a major overhaul of the US tax system. The corporate tax rates have changed from a system of graduated tax rates up to 35% to a flat tax on corporate profits of 21%. The alternative minimum tax...more
With tax cuts likely coming, it might make sense to consider establishing a C corporation for some new businesses. Our Federal Tax Group offers tax planners several different ways of thinking....more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on July 7, 2017, in Notice 2017-38 (the Notice) that it has identified as "significant tax regulations" eight sets of U.S. federal tax regulations that were issued between Jan. 1,...more
Last month, Governor Cuomo presented his budget proposal for NY State’s 2017- 2018 fiscal year. Included in the proposal were a number of tax provisions that should be of interest to closely-held businesses and their owners....more