With tax day quickly approaching on April 15, 2024, employers in Pennsylvania may want to take note of a December 2023 state tax law that might have flown under the radar. The law made employee contributions to...more
La planificación fiscal le aplica a todos. El 1/22/24, el IRS le recordó a todos los contribuyentes que comenzaran a prepararse para presentar su declaración de impuestos federales sobre la renta. Planificar con anticipación...more
Tax planning applies to everyone. On 1/22/24, IRS reminded all taxpayers to start getting ready to file their federal income tax return. Planning ahead can help taxpayers file an accurate return and avoid delays that can slow...more
By all measures, 2021 was a banner year for hiring, but 2022 and 2023 have been the opposite. According to one media source, more than 121,000 jobs in the technology sector alone — think Google LLC, Amazon.com Inc.,...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of June 13th, 2022, through June 17th, 2022 Phillips v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2022-58 | June 13, 2022 | Lauber, J. | Dkt. No. 18553-21L Chavis v. Comm’r, 158 T.C. No. 8 | June 15, 2022 | Lauber, J. |...more
Some taxpayers are receiving automatically generated IRS notices of underpayments and penalties with respect to Form W-2 income tax and FICA withholdings, unemployment taxes, and backup withholding, as well as other year-end...more
Under present law, most Americans’ taxable income is reported by both the payor and the payee. Wage income is reported by the employer on a form W-2 and by the employee on an annual tax return. Independent contractor income...more
2020 was certainly a unique year for employers and employees. This includes complications with wage reporting. Most employers have issued wage reports to their employees by the January 31st deadline and prior to the...more
On January 6, 2021, the office of the Maryland Comptroller announced extended filing and payment deadlines for certain Maryland business taxes and quarterly estimated income tax returns and payments. The extension will allow...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 7 – December 11, 2020... December 7, 2020: The IRS released TD 9937 related to...more
According to the Internal Revenue Code, Taxpayers have three obligations: (1) to file timely returns; (2) to file accurate returns; and (3) to pay the required tax voluntarily and timely. ...more
Tax identity theft continues to be a significant problem for taxpayers. Tax identity theft occurs when criminals use the personal information of individuals and file fraudulent tax returns before the taxpayer does, requesting...more
On October 9, 2019, the IRS released Revenue Ruling 2019-24, which provides guidance with respect to hard forks and airdrops of cryptocurrency, and new frequently asked questions (FAQs), which provide guidance on other...more
On October 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Ruling 2019-24, which describes when a "hard fork" results in adverse tax consequences, and a set of frequently asked questions (the FAQs), which provide...more
In another round of warnings from the federal government on protecting yourself from tax return fraud and identity theft, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued its 2019 “Dirty Dozen” Campaign, designed to warn...more
Last week was National Consumer Protection Week. In celebration of that, this post is devoted to protection from tax identity theft. ...more
As tax season winds on, the W-2 form scam has emerged as one of the most dangerous and common phishing email schemes during this time of year....more
When it was announced that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act included a new 20% deduction for qualified business income (“QBI”) of pass-through businesses, many business owners started planning for huge tax savings. Hopefully, their...more
On January 18, 2019, Treasury and the IRS issued final regulations for the new Section 199A 20% profit deduction for pass-thru businesses adopted under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts. The new regulations are eagerly...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 14 – 18, 2019. January 15, 2019: The IRS issued final regulations implementing the...more
The Bracewell Tax Report is a periodic publication focused on developments in federal income tax law, including the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, with emphasis on how such developments impact the energy, technology...more
Due to the significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”) at the end of last year, the Department of the Treasury has been very busy issuing guidance and proposed...more
On August 8th, the IRS released its much-awaited Proposed Regulations on the new Section 199A 20% profit deduction for pass-through businesses. The new deduction applies to essentially all types of businesses other than C...more
The IRS and Treasury have released proposed regulations under newly-enacted Internal Revenue Code Section 199A, which creates a deduction for qualified business income that non-corporate taxpayers receive from passthrough...more
Employers commonly make payments to former employees for a number of reasons. Two of the more routine payments are those from a non-qualified deferred compensation plan (such as payments from a supplemental executive...more