Financial Resources & News
2022 Year-End Tax Planning for Individuals
With rising interest rates, inflation and continuing market volatility, tax planning is as essential as ever for taxpayers looking to manage cash flow while paying the least amount of taxes possible over time. As we approach year end, now is the time for...
2022 Year-End Tax Planning for Businesses
U.S. businesses are facing pressure to drive revenue, manage costs and increase shareholder value, all while surrounded by economic and political uncertainties. Disruptions to supply chains brought about by the pandemic have continued into 2022. Inflation and...
IRS Provides Broad Penalty Relief For Some 2019, 2020 Returns
The IRS on August 23, 2022, announced it will grant automatic penalty relief for late-file penalties imposed with respect to certain returns required to be filed for the 2019 and 2020 tax years. Notice 2022-36 provides systemic penalty relief to taxpayers for certain...
Inflation Reduction Act Becomes Law
President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law at a White House ceremony on August 16, finalizing a legislation intended to address inflation by paying down the national debt, lower consumer energy costs, provide incentives for the production of clean...
Tax Changes for R&E Expenditures as of 2022
Businesses that invest in research and development, particularly those in the technology industry, should be aware of a major change to the tax treatment of research and experimental (R&E) expenses. Under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), R&E expenditures...
IRS Penalties & Interest
How does the IRS go about applying penalties and interest to taxpayers? In this article we’ll be discussing the 4 types of penalty charges, and how the IRS goes about applying them. For clarity: Original Due Date = Generally April 15th for Individual Taxpayers...
The Child Tax Credit – Updated Guidance
The IRS updated its factsheet regarding the Child Tax Credit again on March 8, 2022. As part of the American Rescue Plan Act, the Child Tax Credit (“CTC”) was expanded for the 2021 tax year by offering families advance monthly payments of $250 to $300 per child. Also,...
Updated Lease Accounting Guidance to Go into Effect Soon!
In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-02, which created Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Section 842, Leases (“ASC 842”). This new standard provides significant updated guidance for how non-public business entities account for operating and capital leases.
NEW Illinois PTE Tax Election
Earlier this year, Illinois enacted a pass-through entity tax (PTE) that allows S Corporation and partnerships to elect to be taxed at entity level for income tax that otherwise would have been payable and deductible by its partners / shareholders. With this election,...