As the stock market slides, more stock options and related deferred compensation instruments are “underwater,” and the related deferred tax assets may no longer be recoverable. The balance sheets and tax footnotes of many entities highlight the magnitude of these equity-based compensation deferred tax assets. When and how they are
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CONGRESS TRUMPS SUPREME COURTIn Announcement 2008-103, the IRS provided procedures and guidelines for claiming refunds of excise tax paid by domestic coal producers and exporters on exported coal. The guidance was in response to an extension by Congress of the tax years for which refunds may be claimed, to those
The Death of LIFO?
Few differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP loom larger than accounting for inventories, particularly the disallowance of the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method in IFRS. The proposed shift of U.S. public companies to IFRS could affect many companies currently using LIFO for both financial reporting and taxation. This is because the
Ellentuck Receives Tax Division’s Highest Award
Albert B. Ellentuck received the Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award, the highest award given by the AICPA in the area of taxation. Ellentuck, currently of counsel to King & Nordlinger LLP Attorneys at Law in Arlington, Va., has spent his career in practice with both law and CPA firms, focusing
Einhorn Named Tax Executive Committee Chair
Alan R. Einhorn, national director of the Quality Assurance Group for Deloitte Tax LLP, is the new chair of the Institute’s Tax Executive Committee. Einhorn’s work with Deloitte includes ethics and professional standards and taxpayer and preparer responsibilities. He is also involved in coordinating the firm’s tax quality assurance reviews
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The 165-page document echoes the outlines of the plan unveiled Aug. 27, when the Commission voted unanimously to seek comments on the road map. Under the proposal, the SEC would decide in 2011 whether to proceed with rulemaking to require that U.S. issuers use IFRS beginning in 2014. Limited early
Medical Residents Not Subject to FICA
Although circuits have split on the issue previously, two recent decisions concluded that medical residents are not subject to FICA, based on the student exception of IRC § 3121(b)(10). The provision states that the term “employment” “shall not include…service(s) performed in the employ of…a school, college, or university…if such service
VEBA’s Excess Set-Aside is UBI
The Court of Federal Claims ruled that a tax-exempt voluntary employees’ beneficiary association (VEBA) recognized income subject to the unrelated business income tax (UBIT) because it exceeded the amount the VEBA could set aside to pay benefits. The UBIT was enacted to prevent tax-exempt organizations from competing with taxable entities
Plan Design in the Balance
An overview of the advantages and disadvantages of a cash balance plan.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
A volunteer president of the board of directors of a nonprofit day care center was held personally liable for the day care’s payroll taxes and therefore was not entitled to a refund of the taxes he paid on behalf of the organization. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the
CFC Credit Rules Eased
In response to the liquidity crisis, which has made it difficult for taxpayers to fund their operations, the IRS quickly responded on Oct. 3 with Notice 2008-91, temporarily expanding the short-term financing exception to IRC § 956. This measure will permit corporations to access cash from their controlled foreign corporations (CFCs)
Congress Extends, Amends Research Credit
The recently enacted Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 includes the long-awaited extension of the IRC § 41 research credit. The credit had expired at the end of 2007, but the act extends it to apply to amounts incurred after Dec. 31, 2007, and before Jan. 1, 2010. Under section
Stock Loan Treated as Sale
The value of a couple’s stock securing a loan could not be deducted as a theft loss, even though the stock was sold without the borrowers’ knowledge, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled. Other claims, including whether, as the government argued, the loan was really
Deadline for Transition to BSA Electronic Filing Approaching
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said Magnetic Media filers must transition to BSA Electronic Filing (E-Filing) by Dec. 31. The Web-based BSA E-Filing system is user-ID and password-protected and does not require storage media such as tapes and disks to submit Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reports. The system supports the
IRS Offers Online Course on New 990
Training and information resources on the Service’s “Stay Exempt” Web site for exempt organizations (www.stayexempt.org) now include a four-part “mini-course” on filing the revised Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. The audio and slide-show presentation is more than two hours long, broken up into five sessions.
Upcoming Infocast to Focus on Partnership Tax Developments
The AICPA will present a live, interactive partnership tax update Friday, Dec. 12, that covers recent changes CPAs will need to be aware of to stay on top of partnership and LLC client needs. The program, scheduled for 1 to 3 p.m. ET, will focus on recent regulatory, judicial and
Infocasts to Focus on S Corp Tax Development
The AICPA will present a live, interactive S corporation tax update today covering recent changes CPAs will need to be able to communicate to 2008 S corporation clients and to prepare their returns. The program, scheduled for 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET, will focus on recent regulatory, administrative, judicial and
TIGTA: Unenrolled Preparers Often Wrong
Unenrolled, unlicensed preparers had only a 35% accuracy rate in preparing income tax returns, in a test conducted by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. More than one-third of the erroneous returns contained misstatements or omissions that TIGTA considered willful or reckless. TIGTA auditors posed as taxpayers earlier this
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