The new head of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said the online videos, which she used in her previous government position, are among the communication options being considered to inform companies about beneficial ownership information reporting requirements.
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Corporation income taxation
Special per diem rate for business travel rises
Starting Oct 1, 2023, the special per diem rates taxpayers may use to substantiate ordinary and necessary business expenses for travel away from home will go up, the IRS announced.
FinCEN posts guide to help small businesses with BOI reporting
A new guide posted by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network describes BOI rules, answers questions, and provides tools to assist with compliance with the BOI reporting rules.
Guidance issued on applicability and calculation of new corporate AMT
In advance of proposed regulations, the IRS provided interim guidance to help corporations determine whether they are subject to the new corporate alternative minimum tax and how to calculate the tax, including how to determine financial statement income and applicable financial statement income.
Proposed regulations update, revise consolidated return regulations
New proposed regulations would update the regulations to reflect 50-plus years of statutory changes, remove regulations and certain transition rules that no longer have practical application, and eliminate obsolete or incorrect terms and cross-references.
Drug patent litigation expenditures are held deductible
The origin-of-the-claim test in Gilmore controls, the Court of Federal Claims concludes.
Bad debt deduction denied
An LLC’s cash advances to a corporation in which the LLC’s owners held shares represented equity, not bona fide debt, the Tax Court held.
Penalty for underpayment of estimated corporate AMT waived for 2023
The IRS waived the penalty for corporations that did not make estimated payments of corporate AMT for their 2023 tax year, saying the move is “in the interest of sound tax administration.”
Proposed regs. provide rules for repatriation of intangible property
The regulations would terminate the continued application of the Sec. 367(d) annual inclusion in certain cases when intangible property is repatriated to the United States after previously being transferred to a foreign corporation
IRS obsoletes 1958 revenue ruling on research and experimental costs
The ruling, which is being obsoleted as of July 31, allowed a taxpayer that used the expense method for research and experimental expenditures to deduct on an amended return research and experimental expenditures the taxpayer did not deduct in prior years.
Proposed regs. identify microcaptive reportable transactions
The IRS has issued proposed regulations that identify certain microcaptive transactions as listed transactions and certain others as transactions of interest.
Final regs. expand company e-filing requirements
Final regulations require certain companies to e-file returns for tax years ending on or after Dec. 31, 2023, and lower the e-filing requirement threshold to 10 returns.
Some corporate taxpayers eligible for IRS CAP pilot on prefiling feedback
The IRS announced on Monday a new pilot phase Compliance Assurance Process (CAP) program called Bridge Plus to provide prefiling return review to some large corporate taxpayers in the Bridge phase.
FinCEN provides time estimates for compiling beneficial ownership details
FinCEN estimates that most companies will have a simple structure that will require 90 minutes per response, but complex entry filings will require much more time.
FinCEN proposes rules about access to beneficial ownership information
Proposed regulations under the Corporate Transparency Act address protocols for access to beneficial owner information by authorized recipients.
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Final regulations adopt ‘family-friendly’ health care affordability test … IRS raises per diem standard rates for business travel … AICPA again critiques new IRS requirements for R&D credits … R&D credit claim transition period extended
Amortizing R&E expenditures under the TCJA
The change this year from immediate expensing under Sec. 174 sends ripples through affected taxpayers’ returns and may affect financial reporting.
New process provided for anonymous reporting of ERC mills
In a move the AICPA supports, the IRS is providing a new way to make anonymous reports about third-party vendors promoting improper claims for the employee retention credit.
AICPA seeks guidance on corporate alternative minimum tax
The organization’s letter to the IRS and Treasury makes recommendations in five areas to help companies deal with the new tax.
Roth IRAs vs. 529 plans, job candidate questions, and an IRS extension
Learn about Roth IRAs as a potential investment for children, questions to ask and avoid in job interviews, and recent news from the IRS and SEC in this podcast episode with transcript.
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