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Your CPAs Guide To The New ERC Crisis
IRS Announces Moratorium on the Employee Retention Credit and Provides Guidance for Civil Penalty Amnesty to Withdrawing Improper Claims, Also Known As - Don’t Deposit That Check and Hire Legal Counsel The expansion and strong marketing tactics of good-for-nothing “accounting advisors” who encouraged taxpayers to qualify for the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) when they did not technically qualify has caused…
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Donate Art, Take Big Tax Deduction? IRS Issues Stern Warning
The IRS has warned taxpayers to watch for promotions involving exaggerated art donation tax deduction deals that target high-income filers. The IRS even offers tips to avoid getting caught in a scheme. There are ways to properly claim donations of art. But some unscrupulous promoters may use direct solicitation to…
IRS Lowers PTIN Fees As Another Court Battle Brews Over Regulating Tax Preparers
If you’re a paid preparer looking to renew your Preparer Tax Identification Number in 2024, it’s going to cost you... less. The IRS has again reduced the cost of PTIN fees, according to an interim final rule published this week. In 2024, the cost to renew or obtain a PTIN…
8 Fabulous Year-End Tax Planning Moves For The Self-Employed
It may feel like you just filed your 2022 taxes, but now is the time for you to lower your 2023 tax bill. Year’s end will be here before you know it, and this is the deadline for several valuable tax-planning strategies available to the self-employed. If you don't want…
Welcome To The Year Of The E-Bike
With a boost from a growing number of cities and states, the souped up two-wheelers are increasingly displacing cars for short trips — and outselling EVs. By Rina Torchinsky, Forbes Staff Last Tuesday, at 11 a.m. local time, the city and county of Denver put the latest batch of applications…
Supreme Court Turns Down Tax Delinquency Takings Case
The Supreme Court will not hear a Michigan foreclosure case related to a tax delinquency. On Oct. 2, 2023, the nation's highest court denied the petition for a writ of certiorari. The focus of the case was whether foreclosing on a home for not timely paying property taxes constituted a…
ERC, EITC, And Government Shutdown Plans
Robert Kerr, formerly with the IRS and now with Kerr Consulting, discusses latest developments from the IRS, including the tax agency’s plans for a government shutdown and its handling of the employee retention credit. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast.…
Don’t Cry For Argentina
Some encouraging news for economic freedom and sanity is coming from, of all places, Argentina. That country has long been notorious for rotten economic policies—mainly high taxes, crushing regulations and, most infamously, chronic bouts of hyperinflation. A century ago, Argentina was one of the richest, fastest-growing countries in the world;…
Guilty Pleas In Multimillion-Dollar Paycheck Protection Program Fraud Conspiracy
Five Texas men have pleaded guilty in a scheme to fraudulently obtain and launder millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. PPP Loans PPP loans were designed to help small businesses keep their workers on payroll during the Covid-19 pandemic. While loans were obtained from various lenders,…
Additional IRS Guidance Surrounding 174 R&E Capitalization Requirements
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released Notice 2023-63 on Friday, September 8th, providing guidance surrounding the requirement to capitalize Section 174 research and experimental (“R&E”) expenditures for the 2022 taxable year. While many tax accountants and business professionals welcome the additional guidance, the timing was not ideal. The guidance was…
What’s Going On With Digital Link Taxes?
Who killed local and print journalism? The industry will tell you that Google and Meta are at fault because of their massive transformation of information sharing — and tight control over digital advertising. Google and Meta will tell you that they’re not to blame; rather, the internet fundamentally changed how…
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