Purchasing equipment before year-end can provide significant tax benefits due to depreciation rules. Depreciation allows businesses to deduct the cost of equipment over its useful life, but special provisions may allow for accelerated deductions. The main points to consider are: Eligibility for Deduction: To qualify, the equipment must be purchased and placed in service (ready
We have numerous blog posts on the difference between a) employees and b) independent contractors based on the IRS, Department of Labor (DoL) and State authorities at the time the post was released. However, in January 2024, the DoL released new rules (or go back to the previous rules pre-Trump) on "... how to analyze
First, what is this harvesting? – no, you do not need to live in a farm. Tax loss harvesting is selling investment with a loss (take that capital loss) and apply against the capital gain of profitable investments. Example 1: Sold share of X Inc with a $5k loss (purchased at $7k and sold at
At this point, our readers should be aware that there are certain industries that are more subject to examinations like restaurants and retail industries, especially if cash intensive and low controls in place. You can see numerous tax evasion schemes related to restaurants in the news, United States Attorney's Office of each State and the
In the IRS IR-2024-262, the IRS estimated that there is a tax gap of around $696 billion for 2022. Even if the IRS mentioned in their communication that 85% of taxpayers are compliant, the 15% remaining is broken down in the following three areas (extracted directly from IRS communications): "... Non-filing, which means tax not
In the recent IR-2024-299 released at the end of November, the IRS indicated that the 1099-K threshold is delayed again. The 1099-K form is used by Third party settlement organizations (TPSOs) like Venmo and similar cash apps and credit card processing vendors. The thresholds will be: 2024 - $5,000 2025 - $2,500 2026 - $600
Yesterday, a Federal Judge Mr. Amos Mazzant issued a nationwide injunction to block the BOI (Beneficial Ownership Information). Based on this injunction, you are not required to comply with the CTA (Corporate Transparency Act) reporting requirement - BOI filing report. As you might recall in some of our posts, other Federal Judges ruled then injunction
Even the IRS is reminding us of the requirement to file the BOI (Beneficial Ownership Information), in their IR-2024-288 released around mid November 2024, the IRS shared information on this requirement and a free one hour seminar held by FinCen (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) representatives. Why do we consider that even the IRS is urging
If you are a reader of our posts, you are aware that the IRS has increased significantly its funding (billions of dollars). As part of this inflow of money, the IRS has focused on two fundamental areas: 1) Customer services and 2) Enforcement. The IRS keeps publishing the data in an example of transparency and
Earlier this month, a Texas Federal judge struck down the DOL (Department of Labor) exempt salary rule that raised the minimum salary as exempt from overtime and minimum wage requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It is reverted now to the rules before July 1, 2024. The salary level test amount for executive,
