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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
By law, the IRS certifies taxpayers with “seriously delinquent” tax debts to the Department of State affecting passport status and renewal when certain conditions or thresholds are met. The IRS will send a Notice called a...more
Several new rules were approved on December 28, 2023, all extremely relevant to tax law. Our tax team summarizes some of the more relevant new rules...more
In Short - The Background: Most Brazilian companies face tax underpayment assessments in light of a complicated tax regime. The Lula government is planning to significantly expand government expenditures and thus needs to...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of September 19th, 2022, through September 22nd, 2022 Vorreyer v. Comm’r / Thoma v. Comm’r / Dowson v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo 2022-97| September 21, 2022 | Greaves, Judge | Dkt. Nos. (Consolidated)...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of June 27th, 2022, through July 1st, 2022 Serna v Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2022-66 | June 27, 2022 | Urda, J.| Dkt. No. 13202-19L Pedersen v. Commissioner, T.C. Summary Opinion 2022-11 | June 28,...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of May 30th, 2022, through June 3rd, 2022 Ezekwo v Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2022-54 | May 31, 2022 | Lauber, J.| Dkt. No. 15454-21P...more
In The Bank of Nova Scotia v The Queen, the Tax Court of Canada (TCC) considered how to calculate arrears interest on an audit adjustment that is offset by a loss carryback. ...more
A topic that doesn’t get a whole lot of attention from tax professionals is “Currently Not Collectible” (“CNC”) status, which is a status that your account with the IRS may obtain when you cannot currently afford to pay the...more
Many taxpayers (if not all) would agree with the sentiment expressed on a wall plaque that recently caught my eye: “Dear IRS: I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list.” That feeling...more
Texas is a “community property” state; but all property in Texas is not “community property”. In Texas, each spouse can have his or her own “separate” property, which generally consists of property that was acquired by gift...more
BB&K Business Attorney Brian Reider Discusses the Importance of Minute Books in the Southern California Newspaper Group - Looking back at the year, one recurring theme emerges with corporate clients and their...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of October 14 – October 18, 2019. October 15, 2019: The IRS published a news release that...more
As previously announced, the Illinois Department of Revenue has begun a new amnesty program, running October 1 through November 15, 2019. All taxes paid to the Illinois Department of Revenue for taxable periods ending after...more
Con le recenti risposte alle istanze di Interpello n. 276 e n. 277, l’Agenzia delle Entrate (“Agenzia”) ha commentato la disciplina dell’articolo 14 del d.lgs. 472/1997 in materia di responsabilità solidale del cessionario (o...more
The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, signed into law December 4, 2015, created new Internal Revenue Code § 7345 which requires the IRS to notify the United States State Department when an individual is...more
Illinois recently enacted legislation that offers significant benefits to delinquent taxpayers and corporations doing business in Illinois. The new legislation phases out the Illinois franchise tax over a four year period...more
Ahora que el IRS lleva cuatro años intercambiando datos de FATCA en sus computadoras y se está embarcando en una Campaña de Exactitud de Presentación de FATCA, existe una urgencia especial para los Contribuyentes...more
Now that IRS has four years of FATCA exchanged data in its computers and is embarking on a FATCA Filing Accuracy Campaign, there is a special urgency for noncompliant U.S. Taxpayers that did not previously exist....more
The IRS is actively working with the State Department to deny passport applications and revoke existing passports of taxpayers with delinquent tax debts of $52,000 or more....more
Many Taxpayers might be faced with an unexpected tax bill during the 2018 Tax season. Many Taxpayers did not alter their tax withholding in their paychecks to reflect the changes in the Tax Reform. ...more
South Carolina imposes a number of civil tax penalties that are similar to those imposed under the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). South Carolina’s civil tax penalties, while similar in some respects, are not the same as...more
Pasaporte - La capacidad del IRS para negar o revocar los Pasaportes de los Contribuyentes con "deuda tributaria gravemente morosa mayor de $50,000" es un problema abrumante que actualmente enfrentan los Contribuyentes de...more
Passport - The IRS ability to deny or revoke the Passports of Taxpayers with “seriously delinquent tax debt greater than $50,000” is a distressing problem currently being encountered by U.S. Taxpayers...more
La habilidad del IRS de poder negar o revocar los Pasaportes de los Contribuyentes con "deuda tributaria gravemente morosa" es un problema serio que actualmente enfrentan los Contribuyentes de los Estados Unidos....more
During 2017, 245 million tax returns were processed by the IRS and more than $3.4 trillion in federal taxes was paid by individuals and businesses to the US Treasury. ...more