As you might be aware, taxpayers are leaving States with double digit State income taxes like California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia for more tax friendly States like Texas and Florida in 2023 as described in the Tax Foundation article. Based on Wirepoints data, if we go back to 2020
In the IRS IR-2024-174, the IRS announced that is mailing out a limited time settlement offer for taxpayers that participated in Syndicated Conservation Easement. How does the Syndicated Conservation Easement work? This is an overvalued conservation easement that is claimed as charitable contributions that promoters will target to high income taxpayers. The target will invest
In the Tax Tip 2024-58, the IRS gave details about the Employer-Provided Childcare Tax Credit of up to $150k to offset 10% of qualified childcare resource and referral costs and 25% of qualified childcare facility costs. To claim the credit, the employer will have to complete Form 8882 Credit for Employer-Provided Childcare Facilities and Services
In the mid year report to Congress (IR-2024-173), National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins revealed the misleading metrics that the IRS uses to report call service. The IRS accounts for a goal of achieving a Level of Service (LoS) of at least 85%, which was exceeded in 2024 (88%). "... The Treasury Department and the
Two days ago, the Committee on the Authorized Practice of Law appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey issued an opinion which settles the debate if helping or filing a BOI report by a CPA Certified Public Accountant or EA Enrolled Agent constitutes unauthorized practice of law in NJ. Note that we expect other
In the mid year report to Congress, National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins stated that there are significant delays for victims of identify theft, which subsequent delays on their refunds. As reported in the IR-2024-173, the average time to resolve the identify theft when up from 19 months in 2023 to 22 months in April
In the Fact Sheet 2024-21 Basis shifting, the IRS detailed the guidance to avoid abusive basis shifting by related-party partnership members, such as transfers, distributions or liquidations. This is part of a broader targeted effort against partnerships and high income taxpayers. For the basis shifting, the IRS described the abuse as a evasion of taxes
Our colleagues from NJ SBDC have posted the Mid-year Financial review seminar from mid-June 2024 in Youtube. We highly recommended checking the amazing video library of this organization as it has over a hundred and fifty recording on different topics relevant to any business owner. What You'll Learn from this presentation: - Key tax changes
In mid June 2024, Victor Garrido attended an IRS conference "Working Together" where the IRS made presentations on several topics. One of the latest pain points shared by the agency was the elevated number of scams and fraud activities conducted through: phone calls to taxpayers, especially elder citizens that might have dementia, Alzheimer, or other
As the IRS is increasing the attention on partnership returns, especially those with higher asset value or more complexity, we should keep into consideration the first results of the partnerships audits subject to Bipartisan Budget Act that are now ending. The Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) was passed in 2015, but it was effective from 2018.
