On August 16, 2022 President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). The Inflation Reduction Act includes the following major changes, effective beginning after December 31, 2022, unless otherwise noted: Individual Income Taxes Extension of Limitation on Excess Business Losses of Noncorporate Taxpayers: Extends limitation on … Read More

California Expands Availability of Pass-Through Entity Tax Credit   What Happened On February 9th the Governor signed SB 113, which expands the pass-through entity elective tax benefits Details of the Benefits Repealing the tentative minimum tax limitation on the Pass-Through Entity Elective Tax Credit; Allowing partnerships/S corporations/LLCs with owners that … Read More

  What Happened? In recent weeks, Congress has been putting together the Build Back Better Act reconciliation bill, which contains many proposed changes to our current tax system.  A high level summary of some of these tax changes is listed below.  Please note that this is not current law, and … Read More

What Happened President Biden has proposed to increase long-term capital gains tax rates to ordinary income rates for taxpayers earning more than $1 million per year. Thus, under the Biden tax proposal a shareholder selling their business stock for more than $1 million would pay a maximum combined federal and … Read More

Many people have asked about the latest public announcements regarding paying your taxes and the time for filing.  The below is a more thorough explanation of those announcements and a bit of clarification. The IRS has issued official guidance clarifying that the 90-day extension for payment of taxes does not … Read More

California Approves Workaround to State and Local Tax Deduction Limitation   What Happened On July 16th, the Governor signed AB 150, a budget trailer bill containing language outlining California’s state and local income tax (SALT) workaround via an elective passthrough entity tax. More specifically, for tax years 2021 through 2025, … Read More

The lease accounting standards define how companies must account for their leases – a specific type of contract that allows one party to use an asset of another party in exchange for consideration.  Leases may be for equipment or real estate and are classified as either operating or capital leases. … Read More

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 introduced Section 199A, the Qualified Business Income deduction. A new deduction available on the profits of sole proprietorships, partnerships, S Corporations and some trusts and estates. This tax benefit is aimed at reducing the tax burden of US based business owners that … Read More