Game On: TCJA Winners and Losers – Business on the Chopping Block
Prepare for tax changes. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has been part of our tax landscape for nearly seven years, shaping how businesses and individuals plan their finances. As we approach the end of 2025, when many key provisions expire, here are some critical changes that could affect you and your business. Expiring […]
2024 Last-Minute Year-End Tax Strategies For your Stock Portfolio
When you take advantage of the tax code’s offset game, your stock market portfolio can represent a little gold mine of opportunities to reduce your 2024 income taxes. The tax code contains the basic rules for this game, and once you know the rules, you can apply the correct strategies. Here’s the gist: Avoid the […]
2024 Last-Minute Vechicle Purchases to save on Taxes
Here’s an easy question: Do you need more 2024 tax deductions? If the answer is yes, continue reading. Next easy question: Do you need a replacement business vehicle? If so, you can simultaneously solve or mitigate the first problem (needing more deductions) and the second problem (needing a replacement vehicle) if you can get your […]
2024 Last-Minute Year-End General Business Income Tax Deductions
The purpose of this letter is to reveal how you can get the IRS to own you money. Of course, the IRS will not likely cut you a check for this money (although in the right circumstances, that will happen), but you’ll realize the cash when you pay less in taxes. Here are six powerful […]
Got IRS Penalties? Know the Rules, Pay Nothing
If the IRS has recently billed you with the claim that you owe a penalty for late filing, late payment, or missed employment tax deposits, I urge you to pause before making any payment. You may not have to pay that penalty at all. The IRS often imposes steep penalties for filing tax returns late, […]
Tax Planning to Winter in Florida and Summer in Massachusetts
You can plan your tax-deductible business life to avoid cold winters and hot summers. Spend a moment examining the following four short paragraphs containing the Andrews case’s basic facts. For six months of the year, from May through October, Edward Andrews lived in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, where he owned and operated Andrews Gunite Co., Inc., a […]
Employee Retention Credit (ERC) Update
Here’s a recent update on the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) and the new IRS payback scheme. New IRS ERC Payback Program The IRS introduced a second ERC Voluntary Disclosure Program for 2021 claims. Under this program, you can say, “I didn’t deserve the ERC, so I’ll repay 85 percent of my claimed ERC and retain […]
BOI Latest Updates for Dissolved and Disregarded Entities
The clock continues to tick. Here are the upcoming deadlines for filing your Business Ownership Information (BOI) reports with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Deadlines If your business existed as of January 1, 2024, you must file your BOI report by January 1, 2025. If you created your business […]
Avoid the Hidden Dangers of the Accumulated Earnings Penalty Tax
If you run your business through a regular “C” corporation, beware of the accumulated earnings tax (AET). The IRS can use the AET to penalize C corporations that retain earnings in the business rather than pay them to shareholders as taxable dividends. To retain earnings, the C corporation first pays the corporate tax of 21 […]
Smart Solutions That Decrease Social Security and Medicare Taxes
Here are some important updates and strategies regarding Social Security and Medicare taxes that may significantly impact your business. For 2024, the Social Security tax ceiling increased to $168,600, resulting in a maximum Social Security tax of $20,906 for high-earners. The Social Security Administration projects this ceiling to rise annually, reaching $242,700 or more by […]
Claim Up to $32,220 in Missed 2021 Self-Employed COVID-19 Sick and Family Leave Credits Today
Were you self-employed during 2021? If so, there is a good chance that you could have qualified for COVID-19 sick and family leave credits worth as much as $32,220. If you’re like many self-employed individuals or partners, you probably never heard about these tax credits. Unlike employee retention credit for employers, the special temporary credits […]
Cost Segregation: A Great Strategy When?
One significant tax benefit of owning residential rental property or non-residential commercial or investment property is depreciation—a deduction you get without spending any additional money. But regular depreciation for real property is slow. Residential rental property is depreciated over 27.5 years and non-residential property over 39 years, providing a relatively small deduction each year. Fortunately, […]