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State of the Profession 2018: Views on Practice Management

By  Jason L. Ackerman, CPA, CFP, CGMA and Bernard N. Ackerman, CPA/CGMA, CFP, PFS

January 2019 0

In the past year (2018), have you noticed any trends in practice at your firm/organization? For example, changing workloads; challenges in recruitment, retention, training, promotion,…

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New Opportunities Can Create New Revenue Streams

By  Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA

January 2019 0

The IRS reports that approximately 70% of taxpayers have taken the standard deduction on their federal income tax return in recent years. Under the Tax…

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The IRS Shutdown of SALT Deduction Workarounds

A Comparison of States

By  Corey L. Rosenthal, JD and Annie Yang

December 2018 0

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) included a $10,000 cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions. That cap has led New…

October 2018 Issue

ICYMI | The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: QBI Deduction Issues for Professionals

By  Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA

December 2018 0

Most attorneys, accountants, and other professionals operate as unincorporated sole practitioners, or through partnerships and limited liability partnerships (LLP), making them owners of pass-through entities.…

October 2018 Issue

ICYMI | The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Changes for Securities Investors

By  Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA

December 2018 0

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) did not make any major changes to the taxation of gains and losses from securities transactions.…

Feature Articles

ICYMI | The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Impact on Individuals

By  Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA

December 2018 0

On December 20, 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) designed to cut taxes on individuals and businesses, stimulate the economy,…

Feature Articles

ICYMI | The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Impact on Businesses

By  Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA

December 2018 0

On December 20, 2017, Congress passed a major tax package (H.R. 1) designed to cut taxes on businesses and individuals, as well as to stimulate…

Feature Articles

ICYMI | Finding the Right Tax Software

2018 Annual Survey of New York State Practitioners

By  Susan B. Anders, PhD, CPA/CGMA and Carol M. Fischer, PhD, CPA, CGMA

December 2018 0

In Brief New York tax practitioners encountered old and new challenges during the 2018 tax season, most notably with planning ahead for changes enacted by…

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Estate Planning after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Opening the Dialogue

By  Martin Shenkman, JD, CPA/PFS, AEP and Lamarr Butler-Parker, CFP

November 2018 0

Many articles have been written about how the changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) will affect estate planning. These…

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Finding the Right Tax Software

2018 Annual Survey of New York State Practitioners

By  Susan B. Anders, PhD, CPA/CGMA and Carol M. Fischer, PhD, CPA, CGMA

November 2018 0

In Brief New York tax practitioners encountered old and new challenges during the 2018 tax season, most notably with planning ahead for changes enacted by…

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ICYMI | First Look at the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017

Impact on State Taxation

By  Corey L. Rosenthal, JD, Peter Rabinowitz, JD and Annie Yang

November 2018 0

On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law H.R.1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). This law represents significant and complex changes to…

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State and Local Tax Resources

By  Susan B. Anders, PhD, CPA/CGMA

November 2018 0

Two major state and local tax (SALT) issues on the minds of tax professionals and taxpayers are the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's (TCJA) changes…

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Tax and Financial Aspects of Casualty and Disaster Losses under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

By  Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA, James R. Grimaldi, CPA, James A.J. Revels, CPA and Thomas K. Lauletta, JD

November 2018 0

Individual and business taxpayers may experience financial losses resulting from sudden damage or destruction to their property. Physical loss due to fire, windstorms, hurricanes, and…

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Paying for Higher Education under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

By  Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA, James R. Grimaldi, CPA, James A.J. Revels, CPA and Thomas K. Lauletta, JD

October 2018 0

For most students, the price of higher education is steep and getting steeper. Annual increases in the cost of higher education have consistently outpaced the…

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Tax Effecting and the Valuation of Pass-Through Entities

Considering the Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

By  Daniel Tinkelman, PhD, CPA

October 2018 0

In Brief One of the key elements of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 is its lowering of corporate tax rates. As a…

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Understanding the IRS’s Seven New Casualty Loss Safe Harbors

Disaster Recovery after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

By  Ramon Fernandez, CPA and Mark A. Turner, DBA, CPA, CMA

October 2018 0

In Brief Losses from natural disasters are generally tax deductible, but taking the deduction requires properly valuing the amount of the loss. The IRS recently…

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Deep Dive on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Changes for Securities Investors

By  Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA

October 2018 0

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) did not make any major changes to the taxation of gains and losses from securities transactions.…

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Unexpected Inequities in an Environment of Declining Tax Rates

Considerations in Using the IRC Section 1341 Credit

By  Linda Burilovich, PhD, CPA and William LaGore, PhD, CPA

October 2018 0

In Brief Declining tax rates—such as those ushered in by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—can come with hidden consequences. Taxpayers who are required to…

Feature Articles

Deep Dive on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

QBI Deduction Issues for Professionals

By  Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA

October 2018 0

Most attorneys, accountants, and other professionals operate as unincorporated sole practitioners, or through partnerships and limited liability partnerships (LLP), making them owners of pass-through entities.…

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Getting Married

A Tax Perspective Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

By  Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA, James A.J. Revels, CPA, James R. Grimaldi, CPA and Thomas K. Lauletta, JD

October 2018 0

More than 2.1 million couples get married in the United States each year (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/marriage_divorce_tables.htm). Few probably give any thought to the tax implications of their…

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Getting Divorced

A Tax Perspective under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

By  Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA, James A.J. Revels, CPA, James R. Grimaldi, CPA and Thomas K. Lauletta, JD

October 2018 0

Despite the best of intentions when couples say, “I do,” more than a few will find themselves eventually saying, “I don't.” Aside from the emotional…

Feature Articles

Selling and (Perhaps) Buying a Home under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

By  Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA, James A.J. Revels, CPA, James R. Grimaldi, CPA and Thomas K. Lauletta, JD

October 2018 0

Buying or selling a home is one of the most significant financial transactions many individuals engage in. The authors examine the various ways in which…

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Adding a Legacy Division: Providing Taxpayers with Peace of Mind

By  Sidney Kess, JD, LLM, CPA, Carol R. Kaufman, James R. Grimaldi, CPA and James A.J. Revels, CPA

October 2018 0

Because of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), more individuals—90% of taxpayers, by some estimates—will decide to prepare their own tax returns. With the…

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Connecticut Enacts New Tax on Pass-Through Entities

By  Corey L. Rosenthal, JD, Cheryl Povilonis, JD, LLM and Cynthia Galamgam, JD, LLM

September 2018 0

On May 31, 2018, Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy signed Public Act 18-49, which established a new tax on pass-through entities (PE) doing business in Connecticut…

News & Views

Letter to the Editor: TCJA Impact on Charitable Giving

By  Yigal Rechtman, CPA, CFE, CITP, CISM

September 2018 0

I read with interest “First Look at the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Impact on Individual Charitable Giving” by Mark A. Nickerson in the April…

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First Look at the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017

Seven Questions about the Business Interest Expense Deduction

By  Kathryn Simms, PhD, CPA, Jeff Smith, PhD and Robert Moreschi, PhD, RF

August 2018 0

This article answers several questions taxpayers and their advisors will have about the new rules under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA)…

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Narrowing the Casualty Loss Deduction

TCJA Provisions Limit Scope of Tax Relief

By  Richard Lahijani, CPA/CGMA, MST

August 2018 0

Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 165(c)(3) defines a casualty event to be a “fire, storm shipwreck, or other casualty.” As usually happens with ambiguous language…

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First Look at the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Impact on Real Estate

By  Marc Wieder, CPA, CGMA

June 2018 0

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), signed into law on December 22, 2017, has brought significant changes for how real estate owners depreciate assets.…

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Using a Qualified Retirement Plan to Take Advantage of TCJA Provisions

A ‘Triple Play’ of Tax Benefits

By  David I. Gensler, MAAA, MSPA, EA and David M. Gelman, MAAA, MSPA, EA

June 2018 0

It is way too early to understand the full impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) recently passed by Congress and signed into…

News & Views

First Look at the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Impact on Estate Planning

By  Joy Matak, JD, LLM and Steven Dane, CPA, ABV

May 2018 0

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has doubled the amount that can be exempted from federal estate tax to $11.18 million per individual, effective…

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