From January 1st, 2024, any new company (exemptions are listed below) will have 30 days to file their initial Beneficial Ownership information (BOI) report. For the companies already in business before that date, the BOI has to be filed before January 1st, 2025. Also, you should be reporting any changes in the BOI within the
Since Connecticut enacted the first Pass Through Entity (PTE) tax in April 2018, more States have enacted or proposed this tax tool. It was around 14 in June 2021, around 30 in January 2023 and at the date of this article is 36 States and one localty (NYC) according to the AICPA listing (link below).
According to different surveys, it seems that almost two out of five Americans have a side hustle. The pandemic, expansion of remote work, and the increase of living cost (inflation) has increased the number of people working on the side in addition to their regular job. We had numerous conversation with our clients to determine
The Recovery Startup Business shares some similarities with the Employee Retention Credit. Note that there have been numerous updates and clarifications on these refundable tax credits, but if your business meets the requirements, you can obtain up to $100k. Based on the expansion of the definition of Recovery Startup Business (Notice 2021 -49 page 7)
The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) is a fully refundable credit that targets businesses with employees (w2s) in 2020 and 2021. These businesses must have been impacted by the pandemic, mainly either 1) reduction of sales (50% reduction in 2020 quarter versus 2019 quarter or 20% reduction in 2021 quarter versus 2019 quarter) or 2) partial
In the Tax Tip 2022-10, the IRS listed some of the rules and tips to deduct your home office. Note that to claim the home office deduction, taxpayers generally must exclusively and regularly use part of their home or a separate structure on their property as their primary place of business. In some cases, if
If you are closing your business, you need to communicate to the tax authorities (Federal, State and local) which requires filing a final tax return, pay any liabilities to employees or vendors, pay any taxes outstanding, etc. Additionally, you need to keep the business records for a few years based on the period of limitations
In the IRS Tax Tip 2021-136, the IRS reminds small business owners how to qualify for the home office deduction. Employees are not eligible to claim the home office deduction. The home office deduction, reported on Form 8829, is available to both homeowners and renters. There are certain expenses taxpayers can deduct. They include mortgage
In the IRS IR-2021-161, the IRS reminded that businesses, charities, and others with Employer Identification Numbers must update responsible party information within 60 days of any change. IRS regulations require EIN holders to update responsible party information within 60 days of any change by filing Form 8822-B, Change of Address or Responsible Party - Business.
The IRS as part of their Tax Tip 2021-94 provided more clarification on the hobby activity and how to report hobbies (Schedule 1, Form 1040, line 8). Note that the IRS might disregard expenses on a business if they consider that it is a hobby or just for the purpose of offset other income and
