Planning Strategies and Techniques Available Through End of Year Over 2018 and 2019, tax professionals have been grappling with the new landscape of taxation under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Laptop batteries have drained, reams of paper have been used, and eyes have gone dry all across the country in researching ways to help […]
Qualified Business Income DeductionOne of the biggest changes from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was the allowance of a 20-percent deduction of qualified business income for owners of sole proprietorships and passthrough entities. This is the qualified business income deduction, and it can apply very generally to most types of businesses, but there are […]
Estimated Tax Penalty The tax filing season in 2019 was the first be impacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. As the filing season went on, many individual taxpayers were shocked to discover that the withholding they employed prior to the implementation of tax reform was wildly inadequate under the revised tax system. As […]
Several bills have been proposed during 2019, but none of them have seen much advancement. Congress came close to passing the SECURE Act, which would have made changes to retirement savings and employer retirement contributions provisions, but that has stalled in the Senate. There has also been talk of a technical corrections bill, as well […]