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Preparation

Key Considerations for Enrolled Agents in the Upcoming Tax Season

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 brought substantial changes to individual income taxes, but many of these provisions are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. As tax practitioner... Stephen Molchan, EA

Winter 2023, Preparation, TCJA, RMD, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, capital gains, s corporation, c corporation, §199A, SECURE Act 2.0, partnership, Alternative minimum tax, ROTH IRA, limited liability company, LLC, sole proprietor, adjusted gross income, AGI, required minimum distribution

Feature Article

Are You Prepared for the Corporate Transparency Act?

As the clock strikes midnight on January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) will come into full effect. In simple terms, the CTA requires that every company organized in the United States identifies its beneficial owne... Fernando Juarez Hernandez, EA

Winter 2023, Feature Article, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, National Defense Authorization Act, BOI report, FinCEN, NDAA, Schedule C, terrorism, LLC, money laundering, beneficial ownership information, Financial Action Task Force, Corporate Transparency Act, FATF, CTA, financial intelligence unit, FIU, limited liability company, Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence, corporation, Title 26, beneficial owner, partnership, Title 31, inactive company

ICYMI

A Roundup of Recent Discussions from the NAEA WebBoard.i

QUESTION #1: I have a new client, an S corporation with two shareholders (married couple) who moved to Texas last year, that have hired me to prepare their 2022 tax return. The corporation purchases aircraft... Patrick D. Dimmitt, EA

Winter 2023, ICYMI, §5.03, Form 2553, §263A, National Incident Management System, §752(b), Reg. §301.6109-1(h)(1), LLC, inventory, §731(a)(1), EIN, Form 1065, Form 3115, Reg. §1.357-2(a), Internal Revenue Manual 21.13.4.3.1, Reg. §1.417-1(b)(6)(iii)(E), §357(c), Rev. Rul. 99-5, Reg. §1.471-1(b)(3), Reg. §301.7701-3(g)(1)(i), Reg. §301.6109-1(h)(2)(ii), Rev. Proc. 2013-30, §471(c), Reg. §1.351-3(b), §735(a), §4.03(1), Form 1125-A, Reg. §1.351-3(a), Rev. Rul. 77-412, §732(b), §731, s corporation, §732(c), §168(i)(7), §351, partnership, Rev. Rul. 67-65, §358(a), Reg. §301.7701-3(c)(1)(v)(C), NIMS, §708(b)(1)

Representation

When Is a Return Considered Filed?

In Seaview Trading, LLC v. Commissioner,i a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court heard an appeal from the Tax Court, which tasked the court with deciding when a return ... Josh Youngblood, EA

Nov/Dec 2022, Representation, §7502, Seaview, Beard test, statute of limitations, return, assessments, Tax Court, FPAA, partnership, final partnership administrative adjustment, Form 1065, Reg. §1.6031(a)-1(e)(1), Ninth Circuit, §1.6031(a)- 1(e), §6229(a)

Tax News Briefs

Tax Season News You Can Use

Schedules K-2 and K-3 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has posted changes to the 2021 partnership instructions for Schedules K-2 and K-3 (Form 1065) on its website, www.ir... TheTaxBook

Mar/Apr 2022, Tax News Briefs, Form 1116, Regulation §1.1402(a)-4(c)(2), property, base erosion and anti-abuse tax, IRC §911(a), partnership, Form 1120-S, IRC §162(a)(2), mileage, §250, Form 2555, Form 1040, §864(c)(8), §721(c), Form 1065, §7874, foreign earned income exclusion, IRC §469, Regulation §1.469-1T(d)(1), Schedule K-2, IRC §1401, S Corporations, Schedule K-3, IRC §1402(a)(1), self-employment

IRS Clarifies Timing of Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Basis Increase

Preparation

IRS Clarifies Timing of Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Basis Increase

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released three new revenue procedures last month clarifying Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan and other federal COVID-19 grant tax-exempt income recognition, expense deductions paid with COV... Jane Ryder, EA, CPA

Jan/Feb 2022, Preparation, net operating loss, SBA 7(a) loans, NOL, Rev. Proc. 2021-50, SBA Community Advantage loans, s corporation, SBA microloan, partnership, COVIDTRA, Restaurant Revitalization grants, COVID-19, COVID-related Tax Relief Act of 2020, subsidiary member, PPP, tax-exempt income, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Paycheck Protection Program, loans, carryback, SBA loans, Rev. Proc. 2021-49, pass-through, Schedule K-1, Emergency Economic Injury Disaster Loan, Form 1065, EIDL

Avoid Penalties by Doing Your Due Diligence

Tax News Briefs

Avoid Penalties by Doing Your Due Diligence

New Due Diligence Requirements For tax year 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, allows eligible taxpayers to elect to use their 2019 earned income to figure the 2020 earned income credit (EIC) or additional child tax cred... TheTaxBook

May/June 2021, Tax News Briefs, EIC, §6662, additional child tax credit, §704(b), ACTC, earned income, penalties, capital account, partnership, Form 1065, §6698, Schedule K-1, §6721, earned income tax credit, §6722, generally accepted accounting principles, due diligence, GAAP

IRS Updates Small Business Accounting Method Regulations

Tax News Briefs

IRS Updates Small Business Accounting Method Regulations

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued final regulations to implement the changes to the accounting method rules made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) §448(c), a business with gross receipts under $25 m... TheTaxBook

Mar/Apr 2021, Tax News Briefs, Schedule K-1, IRS Notice 2020-75, IRC §471(c), TCJA, IRC §471(a), s corporation, IRC §263A, c corporation, IRC §448, partnership, IRC §460, IRC §471, UNICAP, NIMS

Correcting Partnership Returns After the Centralized Partnership Audit Regime

Feature Article

Correcting Partnership Returns After the Centralized Partnership Audit Regime

Practitioners who make or find errors on a filed Form 1065 for their partnership clients may find themselves in for a bit of a shock when it comes to correcting those errors. Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of ... David Woods, EA

Mar/Apr 2021, Feature Article, Reg. §301.6221(b)-1(c), nonprofit, Bipartisan Budget Act, Form 1065X, trust, BBA, Form 8988, estate, TEFRA, Form 8978, partnership, Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act, audit, CPAR, amended, §6221(b), IRA, §6221(a), LLC, Schedule K-1, foreign entity, s corporation, 401(k), disregarded entity, c corporation, TIN

Feature Article

Preparing For The New IRS Partnership Audit Rules

Partnerships and entities taxed as a partnership, such as certain limited liability companies (LLCs), have become a popular entity choice for doing business over the past 50 years. This tax structure offers business owners significant benefits, including taxation at only the partner level. Another benefit that often goes unnoticed is that very few partnerships are audited by the IRS. Moreover, when the IRS engages in a partnership audit, t... Travis Greaves, JD, Josh Wu, JD

Mar/Apr 2017, Feature Article, partnership, audit, tax, accounting, rules, business, expenses, income, IRS, new