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Senate Amendment Targets Private Businesses

The Senate this week will debate an amendment to require private companies to annually report the personal information of their owners to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) at the Department of Treasury, or face large fines and multi-year jail sentences.

The amendment — sponsored by Senate Banking Committee leaders Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) – mirrors the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 that passed the House last fall. If it passes the Senate as part of this year’s Defense Authorization Act, it is very likely to become law.

The stated goal of the amendment is to crack …

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admin2023-10-04T16:41:50+00:00June 28, 2020|

Talking Taxes In a Truck Episode 6 – Doug Badger on the Coronavirus, Health Savings Accounts, Florida, and the Phillies

Doug Badger, former Deputy Assistant to the President and misguided Phillies fan, talks COVID-19, what needs to happen for the economy to reopen, and the prospects for baseball to return in our latest “Talking Taxes in a Truck” podcast. Recorded on June 26, 2020 — 23 minutes.

You can access the podcast on Libsyn by clicking here.

admin2021-01-27T13:56:58+00:00June 27, 2020|

NOL-Loss Limitation Relief Support Building

Advocates defending the CARES Act NOL-Loss Limitation relief had a busy week. First, more than 75 national and local trade groups signed a letter in favor of keeping the relief intact. The broad number of signatories on the letter, drafted by our friends at the National Mining Association, makes clear arguments that the provision was “snuck” into the CARES Act or would only benefit a “narrow” sliver of industries are wholly meritless. As the letter states:

The ability to carryback NOLs is a critical component of a well-operating income tax system. Indeed, NOL carryback provisions have long been …

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admin2020-06-23T15:09:26+00:00June 23, 2020|

Treasury Addresses 4960 Shortcomings – More Work Needed

When Treasury released its initial Section 4960 guidance last year (Notice 2019-09), S-Corp warned the rules would force many family businesses to dissolve their related charities and/or private foundations to avoid the new tax. Those concerns remain under the proposed rules published last week, but they are dramatically reduced, so that’s progress. Here’s the good and the bad on Section 4960.

To recap, tax reform created a new excise tax on million-plus salaries earned by executives at non-profits, or applicable tax-exempt entities (ATEOs). The targets were the high salaries earned by CEOs at charity hospitals and football coaches …

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admin2020-06-13T18:10:04+00:00June 13, 2020|

The truth about business tax relief in the CARES Act

S-Corp has a defense of the CARES Act NOL/Loss Limitation rules in today’s Washington Examiner. The piece begins:

For weeks, we’ve heard that the net operating loss and loss limitation relief included in the CARES Act is a “massive” tax break for “hedge funds” that was “snuck” into the bill at the last moment. Those of us who advocated for this provision know none of this is true. Here are the key facts readers need to know.

First, the policy at issue is important, even though it may not seem exciting. It gives businesses suffering net operating …

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admin2020-06-04T15:46:13+00:00June 4, 2020|