Payroll

October 8, 2020 

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have issued final regulations updating the federal income tax withholding rules for certain periodic retirement and annuity payments made after Dec. 31, 2020.  Prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), if no withholding certificate was in effect for a taxpayer’s periodic payments,...…

October 8, 2020 

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell for a second week while remaining elevated, as the labor market makes scant progress amid risks of further weakness without additional federal stimulus.

October 8, 2020 

The IRS has electronic filing options, including Free File. Taxpayers and tax professionals should continue to use electronic options to support social distancing and speed the processing of tax returns, refunds and payments.

October 7, 2020 

The AICPA’s most recent Supply and Demand Report shows an interesting trend, one that the industry needs to find a strategy to address. When students first start down the path of becoming an accounting professional, there’s pretty ...

October 5, 2020 

More than half (58%) don’t plan to go back to using cash after the pandemic ends, choosing instead to transition to a cash-free lifestyle. Millennials are leading the charge, with 64% making the switch, followed by 53% of Generation X, and 42% of Boomers.

October 5, 2020 

COVID-19 cases continue to rise following record numbers of new cases reported over the past few months in California, Florida, Texas, and several other states. This recent dramatic increase in cases has caused a sluggish reopening of the economy in ...

Richard D. Alaniz, JD

October 5, 2020 

Policy analysts have stated that taxpayers would save roughly the same 20.5% in tax on their contributions to their 401(k)s. This works out to close to $4,000 for a 45-year-old making the maximum annual contribution. It’s not yet clear if the credit ...

October 2, 2020 

Also, as part of IRS’s continued focus in this area, the IRS has become aware of variations of the abusive micro-captive insurance transactions. Examples of these variations include certain Puerto Rico and offshore captive insurance arrangements that ...

October 2, 2020 

Rimilia is a provider of accounts receivable automation solutions that enable organizations to control cash flow and cash collection in real time. Using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) platform ...

October 2, 2020 

The Internal Revenue Service Chief Counsel has released Chief Counsel Notice 2021-001 (CC Notice), which contains information regarding Chief Counsel’s settlement initiative for certain pending Tax Court cases involving abusive syndicated ...

October 1, 2020 

Reports from the U.S. Treasury Department have begun surfacing indicating that the federal agency expects to step up the pace of processing Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness applications later this week or early next week. Both the Nation’s Restaurant News and The Wall Street Journal are reporting that “a Treasury Department spokesperson” confirmed that...…

Gail Perry

September 30, 2020 

On the joint 2019 return filed by Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, the couple paid almost $300,000 in federal taxes on approximately $985,000 of adjusted gross income (AGI), resulting in a relatively high effective tax rate of 29.5%.