The IRS issued updated procedures for automatic accounting method changes. The new rules generally apply to changes on or after May 9, 2018.
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Can a trade or business include activities conducted in a different entity?
This discussion focuses on whether a taxpayer’s trade or business can include activities conducted
through a different entity.
Accounting method planning for 2017 can result in permanent tax benefits
A corporate tax rate change provides an opportunity for taxpayers to make favorable accounting method changes for the 2017 tax year to create permanent
tax benefits.
The intersection of new Sec. 451 and revenue recognition
The amendments to Sec. 451 potentially affect a broader cross section of taxpayers than almost any other change made by the TCJA.
AICPA issues TQA on accounting for payments under the centralized partnership audit regime
The technical question and answer helps financial statement preparers account for the amount a partnership pays the IRS for previous underpayments of tax, interest, and penalties.
IRS updates automatic accounting method change procedures
The IRS issued updated procedures for automatic accounting method changes. The new rules generally apply to changes on or after May 9, 2018.
IRS finds future costs of fuel rewards are subtracted from gross receipts when earned
An accrual-method taxpayer could reduce gross receipts by the estimated future cost of fuel reward redemptions in the tax year that the customer earns those rewards.
Which taxpayers are potentially subject to the new ‘BEAT’?
Imposition of a base-erosion and anti-avoidance tax adds fresh complexity to the calculation of transfer-pricing tax and accounting results.
Deducting deferred bonuses
Numerous rules and restrictions govern the timing
of deductibility of bonuses accrued in one year and paid in another.
IRS guidance addresses limitations on business interest expense
The IRS has issued initial guidance on the new rules governing the deductibility of business interest in Sec. 163(j), as amended by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
Guidance addresses partnership accounting when IRS collects underpayments
A new technical question and answer from the AICPA provides nonauthoritative guidance to help financial statement preparers account for the amount a partnership pays the IRS under these circumstances.
SEC permits reasonable estimates of tax liability to ease effect of new tax law
SEC allows companies to use reasonable estimates of their tax liability post-tax reform.
FASB moving forward on reclassification of stranded tax effects
FASB is moving quickly to give financial statement preparers a targeted improvement in their accounting for effects of the new tax reform law.
Investment adviser’s inducement payments to shareholders are not intangibles
The IRS ruled that the inducement payments were otherwise deductible under Sec. 162 and were not capitalizable under Sec. 263(a).
FASB proposes corporate reporting change related to new tax law
FASB proposed a new standard that is intended to help organizations reclassify certain income effects in accumulated other comprehensive income resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
FASB addresses financial reporting impacts of new tax law
FASB addressed numerous financial reporting implications of P.L. 115-97, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
SEC permits reasonable estimates in corporate tax reporting
Companies may initially have difficulty determining the effects of the new federal tax law on their income tax reporting.
Completed-contract method allowed for grading and soil compaction
A taxpayer’s long-term construction contracts requiring grading and soil compaction qualify for the completed-contract method of accounting.
Accounting method change procedures under the new revenue recognition standards
IRS proposed procedures that may be used to request consent to change a method of accounting for recognizing income related to the new standards.
Sec. 481 adjustment can make end run around the statute of limitation
This item explains how a change in accounting method can result in an extended statute of limitation.
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