May 29, 2019 | 2019, Income Tax
Tax Reform’s New Qualified Opportunity Funds Qualified opportunity funds are a new tax-planning strategy created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax reform. The new funds have the ability to defer current-year capital gains, eliminate some of them later, and then on the... 
May 27, 2019 | 2019, Income Tax
If your family has trouble with the kiddie tax, you face some new wrinkles for tax years 2018 through 2025 thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) tax reform. This is one of the many areas where tax planning can pay off. For 2018–2025, the TCJA tax reform changes... 
May 20, 2019 | 2019, Business, Income Tax
For most small businesses and the self-employed, the 20 percent tax deduction from new tax code Section 199A is the most valuable deduction to come out of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Section 199A tax deduction is complicated, and many questions remain unanswered... 
May 17, 2019 | 2019, Business
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) tax reform added an amazing limit on larger business losses that can attack you where it hurts—right in your cash flow. And this new law works in some unusual ways that can tax you even when you have no real income for the year. When... 
May 15, 2019 | 2019, Income Tax
New tax code Section 199A can give you a tax deduction of up to 20 percent of your taxable income reduced by net capital gains. In new final regulations, the IRS has provided clarity on the capital gains component of the Section 199A tax deduction. The Section 199A... 
May 13, 2019 | 2019, Income Tax, Sarasota CPA, Sarasota Tax & Accounting, Small Business Accounting
Your ownership of a pass-through trade or business can generate a Section 199A tax deduction of up to 20 percent of your qualified business income (QBI). The C corporation does not generate this deduction, but the proprietorship, partnership, S corporation, and... 