Corporation income taxation
Resolving intercompany debt in consolidations
Simplifying the corporate structure often runs into complications.When is food and drink ‘provided by a restaurant’?
The IRS explains which meals qualify for a temporary 100% expense deduction.IRS posts ARPA credit FAQs
The IRS has posted two sets of FAQs that explain changes to the child and dependent care credit and to the sick and family leave credits made by the American Rescue Plan Act.
What is a global minimum tax and what will it mean?
Finance ministers for the G7 reached an agreement on Saturday supporting a global minimum tax rate of at least 15%. Here’s how it would work and what might happen next.President’s budget contains many tax proposals
The proposed $6 trillion fiscal year 2022 budget unveiled by the Biden Administration includes a host of tax items, including proposals to raise the corporate tax rate, raise the top tax rate for high-income individuals, limit like-kind exchanges, and make permanent recent temporary changes to various tax credits.Quiz: More deduction limitations for business meals and entertainment
Test your knowledge of the rules for deductibility for business-related food and beverages and/or entertainment and how much, if any, of a given expenditure can be claimed as an ordinary and necessary expense of conducting a trade or business under Sec. 162.IRS explains which meals qualify for temporary 100% expense deduction
The IRS issued guidance on the temporary rule that allows a 100% deduction for eligible restaurant meals in 2021 and 2022.Quiz: Tax deduction limitations for business meals and entertainment
Here’s a chance to test your knowledge of the rules for deductibility for business-related food and beverages and/or entertainment and how much, if any, of a given expenditure can be claimed as an ordinary and necessary expense of conducting a trade or business under Sec. 162.
Dropping the curtain on entertainment deductions
After taxpayer confusion, final regulations bring clarity.
Acquiring the tax benefits of a corporation
Tax losses in M&As can risk controversy.Employee retention credit changes leave practitioners with questions
The IRS issued guidance on two aspects of the employee retention credit — how to claim the credit when filing the fourth quarter Form 941 when the taxpayer knows its loan under the PPP will not be forgiven and how the newly extended and amended employee retention credit will apply.Taxpayers need clarity on coordination of ERC and PPP loans
The AICPA asked the IRS and Treasury to clarify that the filing of a Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness application is not an election by the taxpayer to forgo the employee retention credit for wages reported on the application exceeding the amount of wages necessary for loan forgiveness.Final regs. govern deductibility of fines and penalties
The IRS issued final regulations on when fines and penalties paid to a government are not deductible by a taxpayer, including defining when a payment counts as restitution, which may be deductible.2021 standard mileage rates decrease
The IRS issued the 2021 standard mileage rates for use in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving expense purposes. The rates all decreased from 2021 to 2020.Executive compensation regulations finalized
The IRS issued final rules on the $1 million executive compensation limits enacted by the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, finalizing proposed rules with a few changes in response to comments.PPP loan forgiveness and taxes
The AICPA’s Eileen Sherr, CPA, CGMA, MT, discusses recent IRS guidance regarding the tax treatment of loans under the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program.Final rules govern disallowed transportation fringe benefits
The IRS finalized proposed rules on the disallowance of deductions for transportation fringe benefits, which was enacted by the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.Several tax provisions set to expire at end of 2020
Among the expiring provisions are the lower 7.5% AGI floor for medical expense deductions and the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses.
