Opportunity zone program still plenty viable for clients with gains
The federal opportunity zone program creates jobs and improves communities, and the tax benefits for investors remain substantial.
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Complying with new schedules K-2 and K-3
What partnerships, S corporations, and others with foreign partnership interests need to know for tax year 2021 and beyond.
Mortgage REITs: When should one be used?
Mortgage REITs have numerous tax advantages over C corporations and partnerships with respect to operating and investing in debt securities.
Investors are (legally) shielding crypto gains in opportunity zones
The opportunity zone program offers a solution for deferring gains and allows investors to diversify into real estate or operating businesses.
Helping a client benefit from an intentionally defective grantor trust
These trusts can be advantageous to wealthier clients, but their future use in estate planning is threatened by current legislative proposals.
Using donor-advised funds in 2021 (and beyond)
Donor-advised funds have increased in popularity because of recent legislative changes that affect charitable giving.
Finding the right capital gains tax strategy for your client
With potential tax hikes looming, CPAs can help clients manage capital gains taxes with the right strategy.
IRS guidance denies ERC for most majority owners’ wages
The IRS’s release of Notice 2021-49 provides employers with additional guidance on issues of the employee retention credit.
Foreign-derived intangible income: Issues and practical strategies
This article discusses issues that have evolved around FDII where there has been little guidance and outlines ways to better take advantage of the FDII regime.
Property tax relief planning during times of COVID
While the impact of lost wages and retail receipts was felt almost immediately in city coffers, property assessments are only now starting to take effect — and most assessors have massive budget holes to fill.
Guide to expensing HVAC costs
This guide provides tax preparers an outline of questions to ask clients when evaluating HVAC repair costs.
Sec. 1446(f) regulations: The rules and unanswered questions
This article addresses certain aspects of the withholding rules of the final Sec. 1446(f) regulations, options to eliminate or reduce Sec. 1446(f) withholding, and some outstanding issues.
How to preserve retirement plan company matches
CPAs can play a vital role in helping plan sponsors cut costs and make the best of a challenging situation so the business can keep its company retirement plans intact.
Revocable trusts and the grantor’s death: Planning and pitfalls
This article focuses on the key tax and reporting areas applicable to revocable trusts and the associated planning and pitfalls that arise at the grantor’s death.
The rules on interest for loans between related parties
This article discusses self-charged interest requirements.
As tax season launches, AICPA checks in on the tax community
After a year of many changes, this tax season looks very different. The AICPA wants to hear your feedback about this tax season so it can better support the profession.
It is not too late for 2020 QOF tax deferral opportunities
This article discusses the applicable deadlines for individuals for investing in a QOF and obtaining tax deferral.
Final Sec. 1031 regulations do not materially affect cost segregation studies
Compared to pre-TCJA rules, there is no material change in the tax treatment of a building involved in a like-kind exchange, where a cost segregation study has been performed.
The role of family CPAs in IRS tax controversies
This article focuses on the role of family CPAs in IRS collection matters.
Final regulations on the meals and entertainment deduction
The IRS issued regulations to address the changes made to the meals and entertainment deduction under the TCJA.
