As another year draws to a close and employers begin preparing for year-end and for the new year ahead, we have compiled this summary of some important payroll tax items to keep in mind. Although this year did not see the same breadth of changes that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) brought in 2018, many employers are still working to integrate...
Summary
Various provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that are tied to specified dollar amounts provide that those dollar amounts are to be increased for inflation. Provisions of interest in the accounting methods realm include the increases to the threshold to be considered a small business taxpayer, which determines whether certain entities...
Recent court rulings and tax reform legislation has an impact on family office expense deduction. The lack of definition and bright-line test determining “trade or business activities” means that we must carefully consider the distinct facts and circumstances of each family office.
Background Tax reform legislation on December 22, 2017,...
Taxpayers may rely on two new pieces of IRS guidance for applying the Code Sec. 199A deduction to cooperatives and their patrons:
- Proposed regulations provide detailed rules for coop patrons and specified cooperatives to calculate the deduction.
- A proposed revenue procedure provides three methods for specified cooperatives to calculate W-2...
New IRS guidance fills in several more pieces of the Code Sec. 199A passthrough deduction puzzle. Taxpayers can generally rely on all of these new final and proposed rules.
Final Regulations
The final regulations in T.D. 98xx_1 largely adopt the proposed regulations in NPRM REG-107892-18 (August 16, 2018), but with substantial modifications.
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The IRS has provided guidance and examples for calculating the nondeductible portion of parking expenses. In addition, the IRS has provided guidance to tax-exempt organizations to help such organizations determine how unrelated business taxable income (UBTI) will be increased by the nondeductible amount of such fringe benefit expenses paid or...
The IRS has proposed regulations on the limitation on the business interest expense deduction under Code Sec. 163(j), as amended by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) ( P.L. 115-97). The IRS also has issued a safe harbor that allows taxpayers to treat certain infrastructure trades or businesses as real property trades or businesses solely for...
The IRS and the Treasury intend to provide regulations that will address issues affecting foreign corporations with previously taxed earnings and profits (PTEP). The regulations are in response to changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) (P.L. 115-97), and are intended to include rules for:
- the maintenance of PTEP in annual accounts and...
Growing beyond 100 employees is an important landmark in a company’s history. While companies may view crossing this threshold as cause for celebration, the Department of Labor (DOL) may view it as a trigger for increased scrutiny of your
employee benefit plan. Certain employee benefit plans with 100 or more eligible participants may be...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) was the most sweeping change to the tax code since the mid-1980s. There were only a few provisions in the law that apply to employee stock ownership plans; the reduction of corporate taxes, in particular, will have a significant impact on stock valuations in these types of defined contribution plans. As...
