On March 18, 2020, the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) further postponed its state tax filing and payment deadlines to July 15 for all individuals and business entities for 2019 tax returns and payments, 2020 first and...more
Following U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s announcement via Twitter on Friday, March 20, that Treasury would be moving Tax Day from April 15 to July 15, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Budget Director Robert Mujica...more
In guidance available on its website, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue announced extensions for personal income tax (PIT) returns and payments due April 15, 2020, until July 15, 2020 (conforming to similar IRS...more
As a result of the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the IRS granted taxpayers a limited extension to pay income taxes that are due on April 15, but there is no extension of the April 15 filing deadline. Tax...more
Following Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin’s Twitter announcement that Tax Day would be moved from April 15 to July 15, 2020, in response to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the IRS released Notice 2020-18 (available here)...more
3/23/2020
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Act 13 of 2019 (Act 13), signed by Governor Wolf on June 28, 2019, made several changes to Pennsylvania tax laws, including the following significant changes.
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7/17/2019
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The IRS has published Final Regulations finalizing its prior guidance that partners in a partnership must pay self-employment tax on their partnership income, even if they work for an entity owned entirely by the partnership...more
There are many complex and confusing aspects to the qualified opportunity zone (QOZ) program, and the treatment of Section 1231 gain is no exception.
Internal Revenue Code Section 1231 applies to depreciable property and...more
6/28/2019
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The IRS proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) on August 23, 2018, that would largely block state efforts to circumvent new limitations on income tax deductions for state and local taxes and would affect many current...more
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed Act 72 of 2018 into law last week. Act 72 will allow Pennsylvania corporate net income tax (CNIT) taxpayers to use the federal Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), but not...more
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (the Department) published an Information Notice setting forth its position as to how the repatriation income and deduction under Section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) (the...more
After hearing from taxpayers about the significant burden of complying with new Pennsylvania rules requiring personal income tax (PIT) withholding from non-resident service providers who receive IRS Forms 1099-MISC, the...more
The Tax Bill signed by Governor Tom Wolf on October 30, 2017 made several significant changes to Pennsylvania tax laws that are estimated to generate additional revenue for the Commonwealth. Notable changes under the new law...more
With Republicans in control of both the White House and Congress, comprehensive federal tax reform likely is on the horizon. Both the tax reform plan outlined by President Donald J. Trump during his campaign (the Trump Plan)...more
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court unanimously held in a 7-0 decision that Pennsylvania's net operating loss (NOL) cap that limits a corporation's ability to deduct NOL carryforwards for corporate net income tax (CNIT)...more
The Internal Revenue Service recently proposed very well-received regulations under Section 6050P of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) that would eliminate the requirement for financial entities to treat debt as canceled...more