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TAXATION OF EMPLOYEES’ PERSONAL USE OF COMPANY VEHICLES SIMPLIFIED BY NEW IRS REGULATIONS

Personal use of a company vehicle generally results in taxable wages for the employee. But sorting out the amount to tax can be confusing. The following provides a high-level summary of the Internal Revenue Services’ (IRS) current rules for taxing employees for their personal use of a company vehicle.[1] The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Read More…

UPDATED FEDERAL FORM W-4 WILL BE AVAILABLE

The IRS recently issued a revised Draft Form W-4 (Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate). The final version will be released in November 2019. This form is not applicable until January 1, 2020. The form was revised to reflect more accurately, the changes in the tax code due to the enactment of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Read More…

IRS EXPANDS PENALTY WAIVER; THRESHOLD LOWERED TO 80%

IRS expands penalty waiver for those whose tax withholding and estimated tax payments fell short in 2018; key threshold lowered to 80 percent. IR-2019-55, March 22, 2019 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today provided additional expanded penalty relief to taxpayers whose 2018 federal income tax withholding and estimated tax payments fell short of their total Read More…

DEDUCTIBLE BUSINESS MEAL EXPENSES

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed the law to deny income tax deductions for entertainment, amusement, or recreation expenses.  However, the Act did not directly address the deductibility of business meals at the time of enactment.  In response to this confusion, the IRS has issued interim guidance about the deductibility of business meals, Read More…

TRANSPARENCY IN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Transparency, in the non-profit sense, is defined as the widespread availability of relevant, reliable information about the performance, financial position, and governance of an organization.  Transparency is a trust building tool; the more transparent your organization becomes, the more trustworthy you will be viewed by the public, donors, and regulators.  It is important for non-profit Read More…

IRS PARTNERSHIP AUDITS

When a partnership or an LLC filing as a partnership, files their Federal tax return, there is never any tax due at the entity level.  Instead, all income, deductions, and credits flow proportionally to the partners on their respective Schedule K-1’s.  As a result, if the IRS decided to audit a partnership tax return, taxes Read More…