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This holiday season the IRS reminds taxpayers, the agency won’t ask for or accept gift cards as payment for a tax bill. However, that doesn’t stop scammers from targeting taxpayers by asking them to pay a fake tax bill with gift cards. They may also use a compromised email account to send emails requesting gift card purchases for friends, family or co-workers. Gift cards make great presents for loved ones, but they cannot be used to pay taxes.

Here’s how this scam usually happens:

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Looking for IRS Tax Forms? The links below are provided for your ease of accessibility. This should give you an appreciation for what most tax professionals go through at tax time.

Tax Glossary Tax Glossary

Publication 1 Your Rights As A Taxpayer

Publication 3 Armed Forces Tax Guide

Publication 15 Circular E, Employer’s Tax Guide

Publication 15A Employer’s Supplemental Tax Guide

Publication 15B Employer’s Tax Guide To Fringe Benefits

Publication 17 Your Federal Income Tax

Publication 51 Circular A, Agricultural Employer’s Tax Guide

Publication 54 Tax Guide For U.S. Citizens And Resident Aliens Abroad

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The Internal Revenue Service yesterday provided an overview of some of the key tax provisions in the American Rescue Plan Act.

Several provisions affect the 2020 tax return people are filling out this filing season, including one exempting up to $10,200 in unemployment compensation from tax and another benefiting many people who purchased subsidized health coverage through either federal or state Health Insurance Marketplaces. In addition, the law also includes a third round of Economic Impact Payments, now going out to eligible Americans, that are generally equal to $1,400 per person for most people, as well as several other key changes for tax-year 2021.
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Today, the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced they are disbursing several million more payments in the third batch of Economic Impact Payments from the American Rescue Plan. This brings the total disbursed so far to more than 130 million payments worth approximately $335 billion.

As announced on March 12, Economic Impact Payments continue to roll out in batches to millions of Americans. The third batch of payments began processing on Friday, March 26, with an official payment date of March 31, with some people receiving direct payments in their accounts earlier as provisional or pending deposits. Here is additional information on this batch of payments:

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Depreciation: What’s New For 2020

Section 179 deduction dollar limits.For tax years beginning in 2020, the maximum section 179 expense deduction is $1,040,000 ($1,075,000 for qualified enterprise zone property). This limit is reduced by the amount by which the cost of section 179 property placed in service during the tax year exceeds $2,590,000.Also, the maximum section 179 expense deduction for sport utility vehicles placed in service in tax years beginning in 2020 is $25,900.

The increased section 179 deduction will not apply to qualified empowerment zone property placed in service after December 31, 2020.

Expiration of the special depreciation allowance for qualified second generation biofuel plant property. The special depreciation allowance will not apply to qualified second generation biofuel plant property placed in service after December 31, 2020.
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The IRS has released Partners Instructions for Schedule K-1 also known as Form 1065. They are asking for your review and comments on the new Form. Use theComment on Tax Forms and Publications web form to provide feedback on the content of new Form 1065. Although the IRS cannot respond individually to each comment, they do appreciate your feedback and will consider all comments submitted.

Now is the time to provide your comments on the Form 1065 and suggest changes to this newly updated form.

Here Is The 1065 Form For Review

Here Are Form 1065 Instructions

We also appreciate your commentary below to help other tax practitioners.

Before You Read This Post!! Warning!! Warning!!

Before a “Green Card” holder uses the “Treaty Tiebreaker” provision of a U.S. Tax Treaty, he/she must consider what is the effect of using the “Treaty Tiebreaker” on:

A. His/her immigration status under Title 8 (will he/she risk losing the Green Card?)

B. His/her status under Title 26 (will he expatriate himself under Internal Revenue Code S. 7701(b)) and subject himself to theS. 877A “Exit Tax” provisions?

Now, on to the post.

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In 1997, the IRS issued proposed regulations governing when the distributive share of partnership income for Limited Liability Company (LLC) members was to be included in self-employment income. It basically advised that an LLC member would be treated as a limited partner — and thus the distributive share would NOT be self-employment income– unless the LLC member either:

• had personal liability for the debts of the LLC under state law (this would be pretty rare)
• had authority under state law to contract on behalf of the LLC, or
• participated in the trade or business of the LLC for more than 500 hours during the year.

This is significant because the treatment of an LLC member’s distributive share of Read More

With the upcoming June 30th deadline to file 2013 FBAR forms for United States Taxpayers with foreign accounts over $10,000and somuchNewsregarding FBAR’s, we thought it would be a good time to review the FBAR requirement as well as the News relating to the IRS’ Enforcement Efforts regarding FBAR’s and Offshore Voluntary Disclosures, including:

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1. Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR)

If you have a financial interest in or signature authority over a foreign financial account, including a bank account, brokerage account, mutual fund, trust, or other type of foreign financial account, the Bank Secrecy Act may require you to report the account yearly to the Internal Revenue Service by filing Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR).

• Who Must File an FBAR

United States persons are required to file an FBAR if: Read More

On May 2, the IRS issued final regulations requiring taxpayers that obtain employer identification numbers (EINs) to update their information with the IRS (T.D. 9617). The regulations, which will apply beginning Jan. 1, 2014, gives the IRS time to publish the relevant form and instructions, adopt without change proposed regulations that were issued last year (REG‑135491‑10).

The IRS issues EINs (which take the form 00‑0000000) to employers, sole proprietors, corporations, partnerships, nonprofit associations, trusts, estates, government agencies, certain individuals, and other business entities for tax filing and reporting purposes. Apparently, many EINs are issued to nominees that act on the applicant’s behalf but then are no longer authorized to represent the applicant.

To address this problem, the IRS revised Form SS‑4, Application for Employer Identification Number, to require the disclosure of the applicant’s “responsible party“ and that person‘s Social Security number, individual taxpayer identification number, or EIN. The definition of responsible party depends on the type of entity applying for the EIN and is listed in the instructions to Form SS‑4. Read More

During the first year of the Legislature’s 2023-24 session, California lawmakers considered more than $203.5 billion in new taxes and fees, including a “wealth tax,” a government-run health care system that would require hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes, a tax on oil company earnings, a corporate tax increase that would make California’s rate the highest in the nation, and numerous fee increases. This figure includes all tax and fee legislation introduced from the beginning of the session through September 14, 2023, when both houses adjourned for the year

During the first year of the 2023-24 legislative session, lawmakers and the governor approved more than $10 billion in higher taxes and fees, increasing the cost of living for residents, the nonpartisan California Tax Foundation reported today.

The foundation’sTax and Fee Reporttallies 93 proposals with higher taxes or fees, including 46 that became law.

Of the 46 new laws that include taxes or fees, the 17 that can be quantified represent $10.42 billion in new costs to taxpayers. The 29 measures with unknown costs also will add to the tax and fee burden in the state.

The potential cost to taxpayers can be quantified for 58 of the 93 measures included in the report, for a cumulative total of $203.5 billion a year in additional taxes and fees if all were approved. Many of the measures remain alive as the Legislature prepares to launch the final year of the two-year session.

Taxes and fees enacted this year include an extension of a tax on managed care organizations estimated to increase taxes by $8.2 billion, a constitutional amendment that proposes to lower the vote threshold necessary to increase local taxes, and five bills that allow local governments to circumvent the transactions and use tax cap and impose higher sales taxes.

These proposals come at a time when many Californians worry about rising costs, and voters believe the state no longer will be affordable for future generations. According to a recent Public Policy Institute of Californiasurvey: “A record-high 71 percent of Californians think that when children today in California grow up, they will be worse off financially than their parents.” The taxes and fees increased in 2023 likely will add to California’s high cost of living.

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On January 4, 2024 the New York City Comptroller posts online the many benefits to New York City taxpayers the immigrants bring to the city. In case you have not read or viewed this public statement, you may want to take a closer look and comment on your experience of the use of New York State/City taxes. With one of the highest, if not the highest tax rates in the country, taxpayers should know how their tax money is spent. This message below comes straight out of the New York Government website with the direct link at the bottom of this article as proof. Just in case you cannot believe it. We would love to hear from New Yorkers or those taxpayers who left New York in our commentary section below. We would love for you to educate taxpayers, too!

Background: Busting Myths About Immigration

As New York City welcomes over 100,000 new arrivals seeking asylum, it is critical to ground conversations on immigration in facts, not fear. This fact sheet seeks to provide accurate information on key questions.

FACT: Immigrants Benefit Our Economy, Irrespective Of Their Status

Immigrants strengthen our economy as workers, entrepreneurs, taxpayers, and consumers:

• Immigrant New Yorkers are more likely to beemployed,[1]are more likely tocreate jobs[2]by starting a business, and contribute billions of dollars to our New York economy inspending power and tax revenue.[3]
• In 2021, immigrant New Yorkerspaid[4]$61 billion dollars in taxes and constituted $138 billion dollars in spending power.
• When New York City faced abandonment and fiscal crisis in the 1970s, a strong wave of immigration contributed to public safety, increased the city’s population, andboosted public revenues.[5]
• Our upstate neighborsRochester, Syracuse, and Utica[6]experienced an economic revitalization after welcoming new arrivals, who have opened new businesses, contributed to population growth,rebuilt homes,[7]and contributedmillions in taxes and spending power.[8]

Welcoming Asylum Seekers Is A Net Positive To The Economy

• Conservative estimates have found that a 10% reduction in asylum seekers in one year would be a$8.9 billion loss[9]to the U.S. economy and over $1.5 billion in lost tax revenue over five years.

Undocumented immigrants[10]support economic growth, pay taxes, and keep our city and economy running as essential workers.

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