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Finally Received the Employee Retention Credit? Now What? A Guide to ERC Income Tax Consequences

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It appears that the flood gates have opened and that the IRS is finally processing and paying claims for the employee retention credit (ERC) en masse. After waiting a very long time (often years) with no contact from the IRS,...more

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Made a Mistake on Your Tax Return? What to Do if You Filed Incorrectly

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Mistakes happen, and the tax law can be complex and ambiguous. The question becomes, what does a taxpayer do if they discover a mistake on their tax return? Should an amended tax return be filed? In some cases, the taxpayer...more

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IRS Changes Course on Income Tax Impact of Employee Retention Credit

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On March 20, 2025, the IRS updated its guidance to employers that claimed the employee retention credit (ERC). The updated guidance materially differs from prior IRS guidance of how and when employers should report the income...more

Jaburg Wilk

Extensions, Amendments and Scams – Three Things to Keep Your Eye on During Tax Season

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As the April 15, 2025 deadline approaches, it’s essential to be prepared for filing your federal tax return. Whether you’re ready to submit your return or need more time, understanding the available options will help ensure a...more

Foster Garvey PC

A Journey Through Subchapter S / A Review of The Not So Obvious & The Many Traps That Exist For The Unwary: Part XVI – Changes in...

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Now that the scurrying around and worrying relative to developments impacting the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) that were coming at us with laser speed are on a slow simmer, I can turn my attention back to my multi-part...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Taxpayer Beware: The Pitfalls of Section 965 Installment Payments

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For the taxable years ending on December 31, 2017, and 2018, Section 965[1] of the Internal Revenue Code required U.S. shareholders (as defined in Section 951(b)) to pay a transition tax on the untaxed foreign earnings of...more

Blank Rome LLP

California Snags Former Resident for Tax Due on Stock Options

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Many employees receive stock options as compensation from their employers. When receiving this type of compensation, the state tax implications may not be at the forefront of the employees’ minds, especially where it may be...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Roundup February 17 – March 14, 2025

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Check out our summary of recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance for February 17, 2025 – March 14, 2025. Editors’ note: With the change in presidential administrations, the IRS has undergone significant transition...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Estate Planning Red Flag: You Don’t Understand the Rules When Splitting Gifts

Here’s a quick estate planning tip: one of the easiest ways to reduce the size of your taxable estate is to take advantage of your gift tax exclusion. For 2025, you can transfer up to $19,000 per recipient gift-tax-free. And...more

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Still the One! – The Use of Private Placement Life Insurance in Tax Planning for Trial Attorneys with Contingency Fee Income

In the Soundtrack of Our Lives, one of the songs that I still get to hear from time to time on Sirius XM, is “Still the One” which was recorded and released by the band Orleans in 1976. I was in the tenth grade just to be...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

IRS Layoffs May Mean Longer Waits, Audit Delays and Tax Court Battles

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is expected to lay off approximately 7% of its workforce in the coming weeks, with the possibility of further reductions. It remains unclear which divisions will be most affected or whether...more

Lathrop GPM

First Time Issuance of IRS Form for Elections Under Section 83(b)

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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

Gray Reed

Navigating the IRS On Your Own: 101

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Headlines and updates on sweeping changes to operations and staffing with regards to numerous federal agencies, and now implementing new tariffs, as we enter tax filing season may have people even more on edge than years...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

Will You Recognize the Form 1099-K When You Receive it This Year?

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Will you recognize the Form 1099-K when you receive it from one or more third-party marketplace providers this year?  A few years ago, the IRS implemented new reporting requirements for many popular peer-to-peer payment apps...more

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The Appeal of an IRS Audit is Based Upon the Audit's Examination File

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Did you know the appeal of an IRS audit is based upon the IRS examination file record of the audit itself? When the IRS produces its "Notice of Determination" at the end of an audit, a very important door closes: the ability...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Members of UK LLPs and Significant Influence: Commentary on HMRC v. BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP

On January 17, 2025, the UK Court of Appeal (Court) released its decision on whether certain members of BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP (BlueCrest) should be taxed as employees under the UK “salaried members” rules (the...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Sale of QSBS and Installment Sale Reporting

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

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Federal Tax Controversies and the Appeals Resolution Process

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The Taxpayer First Act (“TFA”), which was signed into law on July 1, 2019, makes the most significant changes to administrative procedures since the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. In addition...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Tax Preparation 2025 Useful Pointers

On 12/19/24, anticipating the 2025 filing season, the IRS published Tax Preparation 2025 Useful Pointers in IR-2024-311: Prepare to file in 2025: Get Ready for tax season with key updates, essential tips. As the 2025 filing...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

New Jersey Tax Court Rules Undistributed Foreign Earnings of CFC Are Not Taxable Dividends

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A recent decision by the New Jersey Tax Court held that while taxpayers were required to report undistributed income from “deemed repatriation dividends” on their federal tax returns, they were not required to report that...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Not Aware of Your Business Partner’s Tax Situation? Maybe You Should Be

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If you’ve worked with the owners of closely held businesses for even just a few years, you have realized they are only half joking when they complain about having the government as a partner. Consider how much federal, state,...more

Littler

IRS Updates Guidance on Section 530 and Worker Status Issues

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The Internal Revenue Service has released new guidance, Rev. Rul. 2025-3, clarifying the application of Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978, Section 3509 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), and Section 7436 of the IRC in...more

Jones Day

New Proposed Regulations Address Spin-Off Transactions

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These proposed regulations applicable to tax-free spin-offs would impose a range of new substantive requirements and greatly expand the information that must be reported to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") by taxpayers...more

Blank Rome LLP

Supreme Court of Arkansas Allows Corporation to Allocate Interest Expense Incurred to Fund Corporate Spin-off

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A recent Supreme Court of Arkansas decision has upheld a multistate corporation’s allocation to Arkansas of 100% of its interest expenses from borrowings to fund a spin-off. It also rejected as irrelevant the state’s attempt...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

How an HSA Can Benefit Your Estate Plan

A Health Savings Account (HSA) can positively affect your estate plan. How? In addition to serving as a viable option to reduce health care costs, an HSA’s funds grow on a tax-deferred basis. In fact, an HSA is similar to a...more

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