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
In April 2021, there was a report from Fortune media listing some of the companies that paid zero in their 2020 tax return. There are different options on the tax code allowing those companies to avoid paying taxes, such as international transactions, real estate investments, research and development, etc. Note that even if the federal
The City of Philadelphia has wrote a post on how the different departments (Commerce, Revenue, etc.) have supported local businesses during the last twelve months of pandemic. We are aware of the continued efforts of these departments through the pandemic, in times of civil unrest, etc. and value all the assistance that they provide to
Governor Phil Murphy and Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver recently announced $5 million in funding for Phase 2 of the Small Business Lease Emergency Assistance Grant Program. This commercial rent relief program grants up to $10,000 for COVID-impacted small businesses and nonprofits located in NJRA’s 66 legislatively designed communities. From today at 9am you can apply
NJ Tax Relief – Business Alternative Income Tax (BAIT) New NJ Law Permits State Income Tax Deduction Under Certain Circumstances Using Pass-through Entities. If you have NJ income, and a partnership, LLC or S-Corp, we recommend discussing with your accountant how to take advantage of this new law. New Jersey recently enacted the Pass-Through Business
In the last weeks, we noted a significant increase in the notices received by our clients as there seem to be a backlog in the tax authorities. In some cases, the system automatically sends out a notice even if the documents and support was already provided to the tax authorities almost a year ago. Address
In this period of uncertainty and chaos, we strongly believe that informed individuals take better decisions. It is important to filter all the noise, take rational and logical decisions in our scenario or it can worsen our position. Over the last few days, we had hundreds of conversations via phone, email, texts, radio shows, blogs,
