As part of the annual meeting of the Alabama State Bar Tax Section held in Montgomery on August 16, representatives from the Alabama Department of Revenue (ALDOR) provided a helpful update on some key legislative and...more
Landmark changes in the federal income tax treatment of partnerships (including multi-member LLCs) became effective in 2018 for many more partnerships than first anticipated. As a result of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015,...more
In a case of first impression, an Alabama circuit court recently ordered a taxpayer to pay the auditing fees that a private auditing firm normally would charge to its local government clients. Initially, the court ordered the...more
The January 1, 2018 effective date of the new federal partnership audit rules quietly came and went, with many of our partnership and LLC clients and their advisers hoping that the rules were just a bad dream or would at...more
7/19/2018
/ Audits ,
C-Corporation ,
Construction Industry ,
IRS ,
Joint Venture ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
New Rules ,
Opt-Outs ,
Partnerships ,
S-Corporation ,
Tax Returns
The January 1, 2018 effective date of the new federal partnership audit rules is almost here, and we encourage all entities taxed as partnerships to consider addressing the issues posed by these new rules as soon as possible....more
As many of you are aware, there has been a marked increase in the emphasis on worker misclassification, not only by the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), but by states. The IRS and U.S. DOL have...more
As you end your telephone conversation with the revenue examiner, you think to yourself, “Thank goodness, this one is finally over!” The audit of your biggest client started over three years ago, and has seemingly dragged on...more
The 2014 regular session of the Alabama legislature has been underway for over two months and is nearing its end. The legislature is off this week for Spring Break, then returns on Tuesday, April 1, for three final meeting...more
3/25/2014
/ Ad Valorem Tax ,
Audits ,
Business Privilege Tax ,
Education Budget ,
Income Taxes ,
Innocent Spouse Exception ,
Job Creation ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Net Operating Losses ,
Research and Development ,
Sales & Use Tax ,
State Budgets ,
Tax Assessment ,
Tax Credits