News & Analysis as of

Income Taxes Reporting Requirements Tax Reform

Income taxes are taxes that are collected on the individual earnings of persons or entities. Depending on the jurisdiction, income taxes are calculated and collected in a variety of ways. Some tax systems collect... more +
Income taxes are taxes that are collected on the individual earnings of persons or entities. Depending on the jurisdiction, income taxes are calculated and collected in a variety of ways. Some tax systems collect income taxes based on a progressive scheme, while others may utilize a proportional or regressive framework. less -
Mayer Brown

Through the Looking Glass: US Internal Revenue Service Finalizes Cryptocurrency Tax Reporting Regulations

Mayer Brown on

In August 2023, the US Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) proposed regulations to fulfill the Congressional mandate to require US tax reporting of digital asset transactions by brokers and other intermediaries. After evaluating...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Government updates procedures to change R&D, income recognition, and inventory methods in new Rev. Proc. 2024-23

On April 30, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Rev. Proc. 2024-23, List of Automatic Changes, which provides the list of tax accounting method changes a taxpayer may file under the IRS’s automatic procedures,...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Greenbook Tax Proposals

Seward & Kissel LLP on

Tax reform, like spring, is in the air. The Biden Administration recently released its fiscal year 2025 revenue proposals, known as the annual “Greenbook.” The Greenbook’s 250+ pages of tax reforms include six potential...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

When to Consider the IRS Streamlined Procedures

Allen Barron, Inc. on

What are the IRS streamlined filing compliance procedures (known more commonly as the “streamlined procedures”), and when should a US taxpayer consider the IRS streamlined procedures to come into compliance with IRS reporting...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

How Will the New Crypto Tax Proposal Potentially Affect Your Current Digital Strategy?

Allen Barron, Inc. on

How will the administration’s new crypto tax proposal affect your current digital strategy? How do recent price surges in many cryptocurrencies affect the taxable events of US taxpayers? The value of many...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

Digital Assets Reporting Requirements Under Section 6050I

On January 16, 2024, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) announced that the agencies are postponing the implementation of increased reporting requirements for digital asset transactions under the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup December 25 – December 29, 2023

Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 25, 2023 – December 29, 2023...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup November 20 – November 24, 2023

McDermott Will & Emery on

Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 20, 2023 – November 24, 2023....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Dueling Crypto Banjos: Two Very Different Reactions to Treasury’s Proposed Crypto Reporting Scheme

Treasury recently delivered a mother lode of proposed tax reporting rules to the crypto industry.  By and large, the crypto industry is booing loudly, complaining that the rules are overbroad and that there is not enough time...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Canada Proposes New Tax Reporting Requirements for Bare Trusts

Bennett Jones LLP on

Bare trusts across Canada could soon be required to file annual returns with the Canada Revenue Agency, or face large penalties for failing to report....more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

Congress and the IRS Make Moves to Improve Taxpayer Compliance for Cryptocurrency Transactions

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, testifying before Congress in April 2021, estimated the gap between taxes owed and taxes collected in the United States to be close to $1 trillion....more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

New Tax Rule Changes Reporting Requirements For Venmo, Paypal, Cash App

A new tax rule will see the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) gain information on income small businesses receive via transactions on popular payment applications. As of Jan. 1, 2022, businesses that accept more than $600 per...more

Dechert LLP

Cryptocurrency Stakeholders Should Prepare for Increased Tax Enforcement

Dechert LLP on

As we recently noted in our OnPoint dated October 20, 2021, the rise in interest from retail and institutional investors in the cryptocurrency market has attracted increased regulatory and enforcement attention in the past...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

IRS Puts Brokers On The Hot Seat for Crypto Tax Reporting

Definition of a broker is debated The Biden Administration’s 2021–2022 Priority Guidance Plan (the Plan) supports a push from the IRS and the US Treasury to more closely scrutinize the virtual currency industry....more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

2021 “Green Book” Introduces Comprehensive Financial Account Reporting

The “Green Book” is a US Treasury Department document that presents detailed explanations of an Administration’s revenue proposals in support of a President’s annual budget request.  On May 28, 2021, the Biden administration...more

Hogan Lovells

Biden Administration aims to increase IRS enforcement against high earners and corporations

Hogan Lovells on

A significant focus on tax compliance and follow-up enforcement actions may be on the horizon. We previously reported that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Cyber Crimes Unit had signaled its determination to increase...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Carried Interest – Proposed Regulations – Impact on Real Estate: The Good and the Bad

Ballard Spahr LLP on

On July 31, 2020, the IRS and Treasury released the long-awaited proposed regulations on the new carried interest rules in Section 1061 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) that became law as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

¿Qué es un evento tributable en la moneda virtual?

Sigue habiendo dirección limitada del Tesoro de los EE.UU y el IRS sobre la Moneda virtual (MV) y los inversionistas de la MV deben proceder con cautela....more

Bracewell LLP

Bracewell Tax Report: April 2018 part 2

Bracewell LLP on

The Bracewell Tax Report is a periodic publication focused on developments in federal income tax law, including the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, with emphasis on how such developments impact the energy, technology...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Taxpayers may have to pay Section 965 Transition Tax when filing their 2017 Tax Returns

Section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code requires certain U.S. Shareholders to pay a transition tax on the untaxed foreign earnings of certain Specified Foreign Corporations as if those earnings had been repatriated to the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Illinois Confirms Treatment of Deemed Repatriated Foreign Earnings Provisions

McDermott Will & Emery on

On Wednesday, the Illinois Department of Revenue (Department) issued additional guidance concerning its treatment of the new deemed repatriated foreign earnings provisions found in Internal Revenue Code Section 965, enacted...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Interagency Statement on Accounting and Reporting Implications of the New Tax Law - On January 18, 2018, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal...more

Foster Garvey PC

Decoding the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – Part III: IRC § 708 and the Partnership Termination Rules Have Changed

Foster Garvey PC on

BACKGROUND/PRIOR LAW - PartnershipUnder IRC § 708(a), a partnership is considered as a continuing entity for income tax purposes unless it is terminated. Given the proliferation of state law entities taxed as partnerships...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Releases Guidance on Near-Term Disclosure Regarding Effects of New Tax Law

The tax reform signed into law by President Trump on Dec. 22 (the Tax Act) presents public companies with several accounting and disclosure challenges. Although companies are still evaluating how they will be affected by the...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

New Tax Act Disclosures, Explanations and Examples

Disclosures regarding the new tax act, often referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act or TCJA, continue to be prominent in SEC filings. Set forth blow is an explanation of the often obscure GAAP accounting driving many of the...more

27 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide