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Under the provisions of ATRA, corporations or consolidated groups with AMT credits from pre-2006 tax years may continue to accelerate the use of these credits instead of claiming bonus depreciation for eligible qualified property.
Taxpayers that incur costs relating to an acquisition or restructuring transaction must generally capitalize the costs that “facilitate” the transaction.
The oil and gas industry faces numerous challenges in applying the fact-intensive rules of the so-called repair regulations to costs incurred to repair and maintain property during its service life.
The IRS on Monday issued the 2013 inflation adjustments to the depreciation limitations and lease inclusion amounts for certain automobiles under Sec. 280F.
The IRS has issued proposed regulations on allocating costs to property produced or acquired by a taxpayer for resale.
This item discusses the distinction between residential and nonresidential property, depreciation, and the application of the change-in-use regulations if a rental property changes from residential use to nonresidential or vice versa.
When planning an incorporation or reorganization transaction, taxpayers and their advisers may not examine in depth the related accounting method and depreciation issues that arise as a result of the transaction.
The IRS issued the 2012 inflation adjustments to the depreciation limitations and lease inclusion amounts for certain automobiles under Sec. 280F (Rev. Proc. 2012-23).
The IRS issued the 2012 inflation adjustments to the depreciation limitations and lease inclusion amounts for certain automobiles under Sec. 280F.
The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 extends the 50% bonus depreciation deduction to qualifying property placed in service through 2012. Congress also provided a 100% bonus depreciation deduction for qualified property acquired and placed in service after September 8, 2010, through December 31, 2011.
This item discusses optimization of the 100% bonus depreciation deduction, highlighting some of its implications and peculiarities.
This item discusses the process of claiming bonus depreciation on self-constructed long production period assets, with a focus on how the taxpayer can determine how the binding contract rules and placed-in-service rules apply to particular projects.
In Rev. Proc. 2011-26, the IRS has issued guidance on how taxpayers can deduct 100% of the cost of qualified business property placed in service in 2011 under rules enacted last year .
The election under Sec. 168(k)(4) to claim a refundable tax credit in lieu of bonus depreciation has been extended again for certain property placed in service during 2011 and 2012 as part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010.
The Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 allows corporations to make an election to forgo bonus depreciation and instead claim an accelerated pre-2006 research and/or AMT credit.
An election of a particular depreciation system affects both taxable income and the taxpayer’s administrative burden.
Sec. 1031 gives taxpayers the opportunity to defer taxation on the gains they may have on their transactions. Anytime there is an opportunity to defer tax costs, tax practitioners and their clients automatically tend to assume that they should take advantage of the opportunity. However, in the case of like-kind exchanges, it is not always in the taxpayer’s best interest to elect to defer the recognition of gain on realty.
As part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, Congress enacted a special tax benefit under Sec. 168(k)(4) that allows corporations to claim a refundable tax credit in lieu of 50% bonus depreciation for certain capital investments made during the period April 1–December 31, 2008
The tax benefits the Economic Stimulus Act provides affect both individuals and businesses. The legislation’s purpose is to increase consumer and business spending in an effort to stimulate the economy.
The widespread devastation left in the wake of hurricanes has resulted in numerous tax provisions aimed at revitalizing and rebuilding the affected areas. Congress passed the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, P.L. 109-135 (the GO Zone Act), in response to Hurricane Katrina and then revised it as Hurricanes Rita
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TAX RELIEF
Quirks spurred by COVID-19 tax relief
This article discusses some procedural and administrative quirks that have emerged with the new tax legislative, regulatory, and procedural guidance related to COVID-19.
