Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Kentucky and Tennessee
Did you know that you do not need to mail Form 1095-Cs if a notice is posted by March 3, 2025? At the end of last year, a new law was enacted that would allow employers to provide Form 1095-C only if requested, so long as the...more
For the first time, the IRS has issued an official form to be used for making an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. Until the IRS issued Form 15620 in late 2024, taxpayers used their own “homemade”...more
In recent years, the utilization of qualified small business stock (“QSBS”) has grown considerably. Many businesses are formed as corporations at conception, private equity investors calculate the tax benefits from Section...more
Just before the holidays, two bills impacting reporting under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), H.R. 3801 (EMPLOYER REPORTING IMPROVEMENT ACT) and H.R. 3797 (PAPERWORK BURDEN REDUCTION ACT), passed both houses and were sent to...more
The IRS has issued two forms (along with accompanying instructions) that corporations must use to satisfy the return and information statement requirements under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended....more
The Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees (including former employees) and information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options (ISOs) by employees...more
This alert serves as a reminder of certain year-end reporting requirements imposed under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to...more
Annual Reporting on ISO/ESPP Transactions - As originally discussed in our December 16, 2010 blog article, the IRS issued final regulations in 2009 under Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) that require...more
In late December, President Biden signed into law relief related to Code section 4980H employer mandate penalties and Code section 6055 minimum essential coverage (“MEC”) and Code section 6056 employer mandate reporting on...more
Every parent remembers when their child learns the meaning of the word “no.” That moment often comes as a shock because, up until that moment, most children are models of obedience and unconditional trust. When children learn...more
Our Federal Tax Group explains the new standardized Form 15620 that taxpayers can use when receiving property that is subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture.”...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released IRS Form 15620, Section 83(b) Election (Form 15620), an approved form for taxpayers to use to make a Section 83(b) election. A taxpayer is not required to use Form 15620 to...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of June 10, 2024 – June 14, 2024....more
The various forms of information reporting required by the Internal Revenue Code form the backbone of both voluntary compliance with tax laws and the starting point for audits by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). One form...more
In March 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released a new revision to Form W-9. Forms W-9 previously provided or collected do not expire nor need to be refreshed due to the publication of the new revision....more
In Escano v. Innovative Financial Partners, LLC, a magistrate judge held that the defendants’ decision to withhold funds from a payment required under a settlement agreement when the plaintiff refused to provide a Form W-9...more
As part of the routine administration of employee benefit plans, shortly after the end of a calendar year, many transactions must be reported to the federal government (“information returns”) and participants (“payee...more
Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees (including former employees) and information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options...more
United States citizens and residents are often not aware of the myriad of foreign information return filing obligations that exist under federal tax laws. For example, buried within the Code are reporting obligations...more
In the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Congress lowered the minimum reporting threshold from $20,000 to $600 for filing information returns relating to reportable payment transactions that are facilitated by payment...more
In the midst of tax season, the IRS released Rev. Proc. 2023-12 establishing new procedures for nonprofit and tax-exempt entities making miscellaneous determination requests. As with recent procedural changes to Forms 1023,...more
As part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), Congress modified the rules governing the deductibility of certain government settlement-related expenses under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). Effective January 1, 2022,...more
As part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Act), Congress enacted Internal Revenue Code (Code) section 6050X, which requires government agencies (and certain nongovernmental regulatory agencies) to issue information returns...more
Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees and former employees and send information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options (ISOs)...more
Donors that make contributions to charitable organizations recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), may claim an individual income tax deduction under Section 170 (all...more