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Plan Ahead for the 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax

RogerRossmeisl

High-income taxpayers face a 3.8% net investment income tax (NIIT) that’s imposed in addition to regular income tax. Net investment income includes interest, dividend, annuity, royalty, and rental income, unless those items were derived in the ordinary course of an active trade.

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Factors To Consider When Choosing a Business Entity

RogerRossmeisl

There are many factors to consider and proposed federal tax law changes being considered by Congress may affect your decision. The corporate federal income tax is currently imposed at a flat 21% rate, while the current individual federal income tax rates begin at 10% and go up to 37%.

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Sales Tax Compliance: Automated Returns or Service Provider?

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This time of year, everybody’s mind is on income tax preparation. And for many accountants and CPA firms, this time of year means extra-long hours and more time spent managing clients’ finances. Either those that they’ve hired internally or the trusted CPA firm they’ve utilized for years.

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Who in your Business Can Be Hit with the “Trust Fund Recovery Penalty”?

RogerRossmeisl

There’s a harsh tax penalty that you could be at risk for paying personally if you own or manage a business with employees. It’s called the “Trust Fund Recovery Penalty” and it applies to the Social Security and income taxes required to be withheld by a business from its employees’ wages. Wide-ranging penalty The Trust Fund.

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It’s Important to Understand How Taxes Factor Into M&A Transactions

RogerRossmeisl

The now-permanent 21% corporate federal income tax rate under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) makes buying the stock of a C corporation somewhat more attractive. The post It’s Important to Understand How Taxes Factor Into M&A Transactions appeared first on Roger Rossmeisl, CPA.

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California AB-150 Provides SALT Cap Work-Around

RogerRossmeisl

On 7/16/2021, Governor Newsom signed into law AB-150, which provides a means by which certain pass-through entities (Qualified Entities) can make an election to pay California income tax (at the entity-level) on behalf of their owners, for which their consent must be given. Curiously the IRS has approved.

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Why What an S Corp Shareholder Receives and Reports is Different

RogerRossmeisl

Unlike a regular or C corporation, an S corporation generally isn’t subject to income tax (California does charge a 1.5% entity-level tax). Instead, each shareholder is taxed on the corporation’s earnings, whether or not the earnings are distributed. Similarly, if an S corporation has a loss, the loss.