By month: December 2024

Game On: TCJA Winners and Losers—Business on the Chopping Block

Expect tax changes ahead as key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) approach their 2025 expiration. Some changes, such as the return of pre-TCJA individual rates and the loss of the qualified business income (QBI) deduction, could mean higher taxes. Other changes could mean lower taxes. For sure, changes are on the way.

2024 Year-End Tax Strategies for Crypto Investors

2024 has been a banner year for cryptocurrency owners, but with profits come taxes. Fortunately, there are many things crypto owners can do before year-end to reduce the taxes they owe on their crypto profits, including harvesting losses (if any), selling and repurchasing crypto to step up their basis, donating crypto to charity, gifting crypto, or establishing a self-directed IRA or solo 401(k) for crypto.

Surprise: Related Party Rules Do Not Kill Prepaid Rent Strategy

How do the IRS safe-harbor prepaid expense rules apply to related parties? For example, can you use this prepaid safe-harbor rule if you own 100 percent of both the building and the business?

Tax Credits for EVs: What’s New?

Tax credits for electric vehicles (EVs) were expanded and revamped starting in 2023. There are three separate tax credits available for EV purchasers. Both the clean vehicle credit and the previously owned clean vehicle credit can now be claimed at the point of sale, but the many restrictions on these credits have limited their appeal. Most people are leasing EVs and benefitting from the third option: having the dealer pass its commercial clean vehicle credit on to them.

Individuals on the Brink: The TCJA Tax Shuffle Will Begin Soon

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) brought sweeping tax changes for individuals, but many favorable and unfavorable provisions are set to expire at the end of 2025. That means tax law changes—some good, some bad.

Do You Now Need to Amend Your 2021 Tax Return for the 2021 ERC?

If you or your corporation or partnership applied for the 2021 Employee Retention Credit (ERC), it’s time to get your 2021 tax return(s) correct, whether or not you or your corporation received the ERC. Hopefully, you have already done so. But if not, here’s what you need to do.

U.S. Supreme Court Makes It Easier to Challenge IRS Regulations

The U.S. Supreme Court has struck a major blow against the IRS by overruling a 40-year-old decision that required courts generally to defer to federal agency regulations so long as they were reasonable. With the end of such “Chevron deference,” courts will now make their own decisions based on their own interpretations of the tax laws passed by Congress. This leaves IRS regulations much more vulnerable to legal attack.

When Not to Get Married

Thinking about getting married? Love may be the main reason to say “I do,” but don’t overlook the tax and financial implications that come with it. This eye-opening article reveals when marriage might actually hurt your wallet—and what you need to know before making it official.

 

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