Although some have criticized the process, priorities, and policies used in the formulation of this major tax system overhaul, we in the tax and accounting industry anticipated action. After several iterations, we finally got our wish for something—anything—in concrete so that we could get tax plans in place before year end and have answers to the many questions that our clients are asking about what tax reform does to their 2018 tax bill. On December
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Tax Reform Highlights – Individual Provisions
Although some have criticized the process, priorities, and policies used in the formulation of this major tax system overhaul, we in the tax and accounting industry anticipated action. After several iterations, we finally got our wish for something—anything—in concrete so that we could get tax plans in place before year end and have answers to the many questions that our clients are asking about what tax reform does to their 2018 tax bill. On December
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Latest Updates on the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014
On December 16, 2014, Congress passed what is known as an extenders package including more than 50 of the tax credits that expired at the end of 2013. President Obama has signed the Act on December 19, 2014 and it is effective for the 2014 tax year only. Some of the most prominent tax credits are: state and local sales tax deduction, higher education tuition deduction, and the exclusion for discharge of mortgage debt, business and
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2011 Year End Tax Planning
This first article is entitles Part I because of uncertainty regarding some key developments that may or may not pass: Obama’s payroll tax cut extension and the Republican counterweight, odds are both are dead in the water and some pieces of it may pass possibly by year end. Longer term tax planning is especially challenging this year because of uncertainty over whether Congress will enact sweeping tax reform that could have a major impact in
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Buy or Lease a Car
I’ve been getting many questions on to buy or lease a car/truck/SUV. Last year, the question was clear, if you used your car for business, it was better to buy, you got an additional 11K in depreciation (2009). For SUV or trucks over 6,000 lbs , if used 50 percent for business, you can take an additional $25,000 in depeciation + bonus depreciation (take another 50% off the cost basis for depreciation) in 2009. SO BUY was
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