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How Will Non-Profits Be Impacted by the Big Beautiful Bill? Your Guide to Key Changes Affecting Charitable Giving, Excise Taxes,...

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President Donald Trump signed a massive budget bill last month – the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) – and it significantly impacts non-profits and tax-exempt organizations. While some of the new changes may be...more

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Closely Held Businesses and Their Owners Ask: What’s Big and Beautiful in the Recent Tax Law?

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The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Act”) was signed into law last week, on July 4. As promised by the White House, the Act extends – i.e., purports to make “permanent” – many of the otherwise expiring provisions that were...more

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Still the One! – The Use of Private Placement Life Insurance in Tax Planning for Trial Attorneys with Contingency Fee Income

In the Soundtrack of Our Lives, one of the songs that I still get to hear from time to time on Sirius XM, is “Still the One” which was recorded and released by the band Orleans in 1976. I was in the tenth grade just to be...more

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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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California and Federal Tax Deadlines Postponed for Los Angeles County Residents

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As a result of the wildfires in Los Angeles County, California, on January 10, 2025, the IRS extended substantially all tax filing and payment dates until October 15, 2025, for residents of Los Angeles County. On January 11,...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

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Annual Exclusion Gifting

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Clients are often interested in gifting to their loved ones not only to benefit the recipient of the gift, but also to reduce the donor’s taxable estate for estate tax purposes. Every taxpayer can give a certain amount each...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup September 30 – October 4, 2024

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Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of September 30, 2024 – October 4, 2024....more

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IRS Response to Israel’s Declaration of War: Relief to Impacted Taxpayers, But Extensions Granted to Its Enforcement Arm

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In IRS Notice 2023-71 (the “Notice”), the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) granted a postponement until October 7, 2024 for various time-sensitive filing and payment deadlines for taxpayers affected by the terrorist attacks...more

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Massachusetts Tax Reform Enacted – Estate Tax Exemption Increase and Other Help for Residents

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The long-awaited Massachusetts tax reform package was signed by Governor Maura Healey on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Among the provisions: Estate Tax Reform: Establishes a non-refundable credit of $99,600 for each estate,...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup April 17 – April 21, 2023

Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of April 17, 2023 – April 21, 2023...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Massachusetts Tax Reform – Help for Families and Seniors

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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s long awaited tax reform package was released on Monday February 27, 2023. Among the proposals: - Dependent Credit: Establishes a $600 fully refundable credit per qualifying...more

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Federal Penalty Relief for Certain 2019 and 2020 Tax Returns Filed on or Before September 30, 2022

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The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released Notice 2022-36, in which the IRS announced that it is automatically waiving (and automatically abating, refunding, or crediting, as appropriate) penalties for failure to...more

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One Step Closer to “Building Back” – Where Do Federal Transfer Taxes Stand?

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Tax the Rich? The President’s plan for a tax regime that would ensure the rich pay their “fair share” of the cost of implementing his programs has come one step closer to being realized . . . maybe . . . well, sort of ....more

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Reasonable Cause: An Estate’s Defense Against IRS’s Late-Filing Penalties

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The Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) contains over 150 civil tax penalties for various conduct and non-conduct. One common group of penalties, associated with the late filing of a tax return and the late payment of tax,...more

Ruder Ware

Holiday Giving: Will My Gifts Have Tax Consequences?

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The holiday season is a time of giving! With Christmas arriving next week, you might be rushing to find last minute gifts for the special people in your life. Have you considered potential tax consequences of those gifts? ...more

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Planning for Retirement: How Attractive is Massachusetts for Estate Tax Planning?

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Massachusetts is already an unattractive state of residency from an estate tax planning perspective because of its low estate tax filing threshold of $1,000,000 per person. Once a person’s adjusted taxable estate is over $1M...more

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Third Time's A Charm: IRS and Connecticut Extend Due Dates for Filing Returns and Paying Taxes for Nearly All Taxpayers

In what has developed into an almost weekly ritual as the United States grapples with the COVID-19 crisis, on April 9, 2020, the IRS issued further relief for taxpayers, expanding its postponing of tax return filing and...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

IRS Extends Tax Deadlines Related to Individuals, Trusts, Estates, Partnerships and Corporations

On April 9, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-23 (the “Notice”), which extends more tax deadlines to cover individuals, estates, corporations and others. The notice expands upon tax relief granted in prior IRS notices that...more

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July 15 Is Going to Be a Busy Day!

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The IRS has previously postponed the due dates for income tax returns and payments and gift tax returns and payments, and has now issued Notice 2020-23, which expands deadline relief to other returns and payments. In general,...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

Important Tax Updates – COVID-19 Edition (Updated)

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Over the last few weeks, various taxing authorities have issued guidance alleviating several of the annual upcoming deadlines and provided additional useful tax planning information. The guidance is changing almost daily, and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

IRS Clarifies Tax Filing and Payment Deadline Extensions

The Internal Revenue Service released a Q&A on Notice 2020-18 to clarify the relief available to taxpayers during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Q&A offers important new details on the federal income tax filing and...more

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IRS Provides Answers to FAQs Regarding COVID-19 Relief

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In an effort to provide as much timely guidance as possible, the IRS has created a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) site to address taxpayer questions and concerns with respect to recently promulgated Notice 2020-18. The...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Top 10 Tax Planning Tips for 2020

Tax season is right around the corner, but good tax planning takes place all year long! See below for some of our favorite tips and tricks. These cover a variety of areas including charitable giving, estate tax exemptions,...more

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C’mon New York, Give Me Some Credit

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The State of NY Tax- Last week, New York’s Governor Cuomo released his proposed budget for the State’s 2021 fiscal year. After criticizing the Federal limitation on itemized deductions for state and local taxes, the Governor...more

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