The IRS continues to issue several warnings about misleading employee retention credit (ERC) scams and they are preparing to increase their efforts now that they have caught up their backlog in other areas. Current IRS commissioner, Danny Werfel recently said this "The amount of misleading marketing around this credit is staggering, and it is [...]
The IRS has issued new guidance providing transitional relief related to recent legislative changes to the age at which taxpayers must begin taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) from retirement accounts. The guidance in IRS Notice 2023-54 also extends relief already granted to taxpayers covered by the so-called “10-year rule” for inherited IRAs and other defined [...]
While the value of virtual currency continues to fluctuate, the IRS’s interest in it has only increased. In 2021, for example, the agency launched Operation Hidden Treasure to root out taxpayers who don’t report income from cryptocurrency transactions on their federal income tax returns. Moreover, the Inflation Reduction Act, enacted in 2022, allocated $80 billion to [...]
October 11, 2022, the Treasury Department issued Revenue Procedure 2022-19 which allows certain governing documents to be corrected and effective retroactively, without the need of a private letter ruling to prevent jeopardizing an S election. It is not clear what the intentions are of the IRS by doing this, but we would strongly advise [...]
On December 23, 2022, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. The sprawling year-end spending “omnibus” package includes two important new laws that could affect your financial planning: the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) 2.0 Act (also known as SECURE 2.0) and the Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act. Bolstering retirement savings The original SECURE [...]
