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If you are a business owner and are either currently considering selling your business or may sell it later on, you will want to carefully consider intangible assets in your business valuation. While these assets have value you don’t want to leave on the table, you will also want to ensure you account for them…
Read MoreIf your entity has trade receivables, contract assets, loans, or held-to-maturity debt securities, among other types of financial assets, then the new current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model will affect the way you account for those assets on your US GAAP financial statements. For nonpublic entities, adoption of this new accounting standard takes effect for…
Read MoreGiving back just got easier-and more rewarding. If you’re looking for ways to lighten your income tax liability while supporting your favorite cause, retirees can now receive fixed income payments for life by donating directly from their individual retirement account (IRA) to qualified charities. Gift annuities have been around since John Trumbull donated his paintings…
Read MoreNew Tax Law Incentivizes Retirees to Make an IRA-Funded Gift That Pays Annual Income
Giving back just got easier-and more rewarding. If you’re looking for ways to lighten your income tax liability while supporting your favorite cause, retirees can now receive fixed income payments for life by donating directly from their individual retirement account (IRA) to qualified charities. Gift annuities have been around since John Trumbull donated his paintings…
Deadline Extended for Catch-Up Contribution Changes: Here’s What High Earners and Employers Need to Know
The IRS recently announced that it will extend the new provision stemming from SECURE Act 2.0 that requires employees with annual income exceeding $145,000 to divert their 401(k) catch-up contributions into a Roth 401(k) account. This “administrative transition period” extension by two years to 2026 comes on the heels of widespread appeals to Congress to…
A New Look at SECURE Act 2.0 Issues
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act 2.0 (SECURE Act 2.0) has a new provision that speaks to the nature of auto-enrollment for new 401(k) plans. All eligible hires will be required to enroll at a pretax rate of three percent at the minimum. Furthermore, mandatory enrollment will come with an auto-escalation of…
QCDs: Tax-Free Gifts to Charity
If you have an IRA, you are required to take out a certain amount of money each year once you reach age 73, even if you don’t need the funds. This is known as a required minimum distribution and it can increase your taxable income, potentially pushing you into a higher tax bracket. How QCDs…
Corporate Transparency Act: What Small Businesses Need to Know About New Reporting Requirements
Effective January 1, 2024, millions of privately-owned small businesses will be subject to new reporting obligations under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), a new anti-crime law that seeks to uncover the concealment of illicit money through the use of shell and front companies. In an effort to increase transparency of true ownership behind anonymous corporate…
Protect Yourself with an IRS Identity Protection PIN
The IRS has recently published information about identity PINs, which can make your financial world more secure. We are pleased to reprint the key portions below. For further details, visit the IRS site. Identity Protection PINs stop identity thieves from filing fraudulent tax returns. Taxpayers who participate in this program are assigned a six-digit number that…
Business Succession in the Post-COVID-19 World
This is not the first or last time you will hear this: COVID-19 changed everything. But it has had a specific impact on business owners who are trying to figure out how their businesses will survive the disruptions of the past few years. There was so much uncertainty that it was difficult to see past…
Arizona One-Time General Welfare Rebate
The Arizona Department of Revenue (DOR) will be issuing a one-time individual income tax general welfare rebate, entitled the Arizona Families Tax Rebate to Arizona taxpayers who meet the following requirements: filed a full-year resident tax return for tax year 2021 and claimed a dependent tax credit on the tax return that meets one of the following…