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Your CPAs Guide To The New ERC Crisis
IRS Announces Moratorium on the Employee Retention Credit and Provides Guidance for Civil Penalty Amnesty to Withdrawing Improper Claims, Also Known As - Don’t Deposit That Check and Hire Legal Counsel The expansion and strong marketing tactics of good-for-nothing “accounting advisors” who encouraged taxpayers to qualify for the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) when they did not technically qualify has caused…
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The OECD/G-20 Developing Country International Tax Mandate: Year 3
The G-20 is keeping a close eye on how developing countries are faring at the OECD’s inclusive framework. Within the past 18 months, the group has hosted or supported a number of new symposia and roundtables on developing countries and international tax. Those events help the G-20 take stock of…
Suspect In Tylenol Murders Dead At 76, Had Long-Time Tax Ties
Last month, James W. Lewis died in Cambridge, Mass., of natural causes. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because the former tax preparer was a suspect, though never officially charged, in the infamous Tylenol poisoning murder cases. Seven people died from taking cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules in September of 1982. The…
Feds Net Another Guilty Plea Related To Covid-Related Financial Fraud
In March 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to provide emergency financial assistance during the pandemic. The CARES Act included funding in the form of loans to eligible businesses—intended to be used to help keep the lights on. Unfortunately, these loans also proved to…
What You Need To Know And Do As Payments Resume
The federal moratorium that began with Covid ends on August 31. Borrowers can save money and avoid confusion by taking some key steps right now. By Janet Novack, Forbes Staff It’s happening. The moratorium on repayments and interest on $1.6 trillion in federal student debt owed by 44 million Americans…
Supreme Court Case Renews Focus On Tax Challenges For Americans Living Abroad
Ever since “Under the Tuscan Sun,” I’ve imagined channeling my inner Diane Lane and restoring an old Italian farmhouse. I’m guessing that many Americans assume that’s what living abroad is like (thanks, Frances). But for the estimated nine million Americans who live abroad, everyday life is less about busted plumbing…
A Canadian Tax That Americans Will Love To Hate
As a kid growing up in suburban Detroit, it was frequently noted that our town “looked down” on Canada . . . literally. It was a bad joke based on a geographical quirk. We lived in the only part of the United States that was due north of Canadian soil.…
Why Should We Have To Pay Somebody To Help Us File A Tax Return?
The growing war between the IRS and the commercial tax preparation industry over the agency’s efforts to create a free, in-house tax filing system got me thinking about a more fundamental question: Why should we have to pay a commercial third party to help us perform a civic duty? Do…
Why There Are Ads About The Hydrogen Tax Credit Rules
The charitable reading of the grant of statutory authority in the clean hydrogen credit under section 45V(f) is that Congress gave Treasury considerable regulatory leeway to tell claimants how to determine the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions that the entire credit hinges on. The less charitable interpretation is that Congress…
Private Company Stock Option Exercise Strategies: 5 Rules Of Thumb
Startup companies rely heavily on stock options to recruit, motivate, and retain the best employees and executives. The stock acquired can become very valuable if the company goes public or is acquired. However, options in private companies are tricky, given the lack of liquidity to trade the stock and the…
Florida Lottery Ticket Wins $1.58 Billion, $493.5 Million After Taxes
A winning ticket for the $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in Florida. If you are the winner of the $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot, how much do you collect? Your first answer might be $1.58 billion. But in fact, you actually would collect that amount—before taxes—only if you…
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