Top Gun: Maverick - Core Estate Plan and Gifting Basics
US Expatriate Tax Planning - Part 2 - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
How Tax Works - Entity Selection
TRAs: Benefits, Complexities (and Private Jets) Explained with Tax Attorney David Peck
REFRESH: Loot and Private Foundation Rules – Part 2
IRS Dirty Dozen Warnings on Charitable Scams
US Expatriate Tax Planning - Part 1 - A Podcast with Janathan Allen
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Spotlight Series: A Conversation With Women Trailblazers in Tax
Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in North Carolina and South Carolina
Once Removed Episode 19: The Step-Transaction Doctrine and the Case of Smaldino
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Planning for Influencers
Once Removed Episode 18: The Reciprocal Trust Doctrine
Business Better Podcast Episode: Tax Audits, Investigations, and Global Enforcement - A Conversation with IRS Special Agent Jonathan Schnatz
Charitable Planning With Guest Stephanie Hood: Navigating Complex Rules and Traps for the Unwary
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 28 - Under the Microscope: Examining the Future of the ERC
Once Removed Episode 16: Gift and Estate Tax, Inflation Adjustments for 2024
Once Removed Episode 17: Annual Gifting to Individuals: Options, Opportunities and Pitfalls
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Inside the IRS: A Conversation With Former Agency Officials
The New Proposed Regulations on DAFs: Taxable Distributions and the Penalty Tax
GILTI Conscience Podcast | Pillar Two Analysis: An Asia Pacific Viewpoint
If you own a business in Texas, you’ve likely encountered (for better or worse) the Texas franchise tax. The franchise tax is a tax imposed on any “taxable entity” that does business in Texas or that is chartered or...more
Kilpatrick’s David Hughes and Samantha Breslow recently presented during the State and Local Tax Team (SALT) Lunch & Learn Webinar with Hoffman, Stewart & Schmidt, P.C. Key Takeaways from their presentation include...more
Kilpatrick’s Samantha Breslow, Jordan Goodman, David Hughes, and Jeffrey Reed presented “Discussion of State Tax Cases, Issues & Policy Matters to Watch” and “Where’s Waldo? Sales Sourcing in Today’s SALT World” during the...more
The 2024 Paris Olympics are in full swing, and it is never too early for U.S. athletes to consult with their tax advisor. As was done in 2021, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee has pledged to award U.S....more
State and local taxes impact almost every taxpayer, and developments in any one jurisdiction can be frequent and sometimes confusing. ln this newsletter edition, we will briefly summarize selected state and local tax (SALT)...more
The Illinois Franchise Tax (the “Franchise Tax”) is an extremely complex tax that places unique burdens on corporations conducting business in Illinois. Based on our experience, many corporations incorrectly calculate their...more
Understanding the Franchise Tax requires an understanding of four critical terms used throughout its computing and filing process. These terms are: Paid-In Capital, Taxable Year, Fiscal Year, and Allocation Factor. While some...more
State income taxes play a prominent role in overall tax planning for individuals. A change of residence/domicile from a higher-tax state to a lower- (or no-) tax state is often considered when contemplating retirement or the...more
Alabama’s Department of Revenue (“DOR”) struck out again when it attacked related party interest transactions. In Huhtamaki, Inc. v. Alabama DOR, Docket Nos. BIT 19-890-JP, BIT 19-1091-JP (Ala. Tax Tribunal 2024), the Alabama...more
Each year, certain estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) tax figures are subject to inflation adjustments that go in effect on January 1. Below are the current adjustments for 2024....more
Join Williams Mullen partners for our in-person Winter Tax Forum on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Our speakers, Farhad Aghdami, Jenny Connors, Conrad Garcia and Beth Hungate-Noland will present on partnership aggregators and...more
Must a state tax and a local tax be considered together when determining whether either of them pass constitutional muster? In a recent decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said “no” and determined that the City of...more
Massachusetts taxpayers will be able to deduct charitable contributions on their state income tax returns for charitable contributions made after January 1, 2023. The deduction will be allowed even if the taxpayer does not...more
The Massachusetts House and Senate voted in favor of a Massachusetts tax relief bill. The legislation is now on Governor Maura Healey’s desk, and she has until October 8th to act. More than two decades have passed since the...more
On July 21, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill No. S3128/A4694 into law, which implements an aggressive tax treatment of nonresidents who work for New Jersey employers. The law essentially adopts the...more
On August 9, 2023, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed the Fiscal Year 2024 state budget, which implements a four percent (4%) surtax on income exceeding $1 million. The surtax is effective for tax years beginning...more
On July 3, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law S.B. 3737 / A.B. 5323 (the “Bill”), which makes significant changes to the Corporation Business Tax (“CBT”). Some of the most noteworthy changes are summarized...more
It has long been a trap for the unwary, or a helpful tip for those in the know, that multistate income from business that is reported on a New Jersey Gross Income Tax (“GIT”) return is apportioned differently from the way...more
In the event of an M&A transaction, many stockholders plan to take advantage of the exclusion from federal taxable income of gain realized from the sale or exchange of “qualified small business stock” (QSB stock). Section...more
On December 22, 2022, New Jersey enacted P.L. 2022, c. 133, which changed the Corporation Business Tax and Gross Income Tax procedures for S corporations. Most significantly, for privilege periods beginning on or after...more