Gross Income
The IRS released its annual notice containing the 2017 inflation-adjusted amounts for the maximum vehicle values to determine the amount that is included in employees’ income for personal use of an employer-provided vehicle.
The United States Appreciation for Olympians and
Paralympians Act of 2016 excludes the value of medals or prize money received from the United States Olympic Committee.
The IRS finalized a proposed rule eliminating the three-year testing period for determining when debt was discharged for cancellation of debt information reporting purposes.
Proper planning may allow this tax to be deferred, reduced, or, in some cases, avoided completely.
The IRS ruled payments made under a state’s
in-home supportive care programs should be treated as difficulty-of-care payments excludable from the gross income of the care provider.
Legislation excluding prize money earned by Olympians and Paralympians from gross income was signed into law.
This article discusses difficult tax problems faced by executive officers whose compensation is clawed back and the limited availability of relief under Sec. 1341.
Wrongfully incarcerated individuals are now permitted to exclude from income civil damages, restitution, or other monetary award received as compensation.
The IRS ruled on two situations involving individual taxpayers who had debt forgiven on property used in their real property trades or
businesses.
This article covers recent developments affecting taxation of individuals, including regulations, cases, and IRS guidance.
The IRS issued proposed regulations under Sec. 409A, which provides that if certain requirements are not met, amounts deferred under a nonqualified deferred compensation plan are currently includible in gross income.
A new law allows taxpayers to exclude from income money they receive to compensate them for being wrongfully incarcerated and to claim refunds for earlier tax years if they included such damages in income.
The IRS issued a ruling explaining when a taxpayer can exclude cancellation-of-debt income for debt forgiven in connection with property held in a real property trade or business.
Damages received for wrongful incarceration are now specifically excluded from an individual's taxable income.
The limits for passenger vehicles are lower than they were in 2015, but the values for vans and trucks increased slightly.
The taxable portion of college scholarships may be unearned income and subject to the kiddie tax.
Rescission doctrine did not allow a taxpayer
to exclude from income $400,000 she received under a fraudulently induced agreement with her elderly boyfriend that she was later forced to repay.
This article covers recent developments in the area of individual taxation arranged in Code section order.
The IRS issued the 2016 inflation-adjusted amounts for the maximum vehicle values for purposes of determining the amount that is included in employees’ income for personal use of an employer-provided vehicle.
Local lodging typically goes unnoticed from
a payroll perspective.
