With the worldwide spread of coronavirus, this is an unprecedented and unsettling time. Our health care systems are overwhelmed. Markets have been upended. Social distancing and self-quarantine are terms and practices we are adjusting to.
We are wishing others well and trying to help. Also, for those who are thinking about their personal and closely-held…
New Jersey has enacted legislation that gives business owners of pass-through entities a way to bypass the $10,000 limit on state and local tax deductions.
The $10,000 state and local tax limitation was implemented under federal law in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.[1] The law has been controversial because of its disproportionate effect on…
In an overwhelming 417-3 vote, the US House of Representatives passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (the “SECURE Act”), which has now been incorporated into a spending bill that was signed by President Trump on December 20, 2019. While the SECURE Act includes numerous changes to certain qualified retirement plans, there…
In a news release on July 26, 2019, the IRS announced that it was sending letters to taxpayers with virtual currency transactions that potentially failed to report income and pay the resulting tax. See IR-2019-132.
The announcement is an indication of increased IRS collection and enforcement activity in the area of virtual currency. The IRS…
In a closely-watched decision, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a beneficiary’s residence within a state alone does not subject a trust to such state’s income tax. In North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust, No. 18-457 (U.S. Jun. 21, 2019), North Carolina attempted to tax the income…
