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…
There have been sweeping changes to both the federal and New Jersey tax laws for the first half of 2018. At the federal level, the elimination of the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, which for decades allowed people to itemize and deduct state and local income and property taxes from their federal bill is…
On March 13, 2018, the IRS announced that the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) will be closing on September 28, 2018. This program has been in place since 2009.
In general, US persons, that is, citizens and residents of the US, must report their worldwide income on their US income tax returns. They also must…
The recently enacted 2017 Tax Act (originally called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – “Tax Reform”) made major changes to the US tax system. Because C corporations (“C corps”) are now taxed at a flat 21% federal income tax rate, many business owners are asking whether they should structure their businesses as C corps. …
