On Monday, February 12, 2024, the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Taxation began mailing applications for the 2023 Senior Freeze Property Tax Reimbursement program, which has been significantly expanded for the 2023 filing season to increase the income eligibility limit substantially and simplify residency requirement for new applicants. The deadline to file 2023 applications Read More…
On Thursday, December 29th, the Internal Revenue Service issued the 2023 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2023, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: Read More…
On September 29, 2022, the IRS issued news release 2022-168 regarding Hurricane Ian. This release extends all tax return filing and tax payment deadlines starting on September 22, 2022 for individuals and business located in any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), until February 15, 2023. As of this date, all counties Read More…
The IRS on August 23, 2022, announced it will grant automatic penalty relief for late-file penalties imposed with respect to certain returns required to be filed for the 2019 and 2020 tax years. Notice 2022-36 provides systemic penalty relief to taxpayers for certain civil penalties related to 2019 and 2020 returns. Penalty relief is automatic, Read More…
Governor Kathy Hochul on August 31, 2022, signed into law a bill (S.B. 9454) that, among other things, accomplishes two important tax changes for New York City (NYC): (1) adopting an economic nexus threshold of $1 million and (2) retroactively allowing the NYC pass-through entity tax (PTET) election to be made for tax years beginning Read More…
Pennsylvania Personal Income Tax has made updates to their provisions regarding IRC Sec 179 expense deduction and IRC Sec 1031 Like-Kind Exchanges. These changes will be applicable for property placed in service and like-kind exchange transactions occurring after December 31, 2022. What is the change to the Sec 179 expense deduction? Currently Pennsylvania limits the Read More…
The Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) is a refundable payroll tax credit for wages paid by an employer whose operations were affected by COVID-19. Employers may use ERTCs to offset the employer’s federal payroll tax deposits. Employers are eligible if they actively carried on a trade or business during the calendar years 2020 or 2021, Read More…
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58), enacted on November 15, 2021, retroactively terminated the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) for the fourth quarter of 2021. This early termination does not apply if the employer is a recovery startup business, the credit continues to apply to wages paid before January 1, 2022. A “recovery start-up Read More…
Under new Tax Law Article 24-A, an optional pass-through entity tax (PTET) that partnerships or New York S Corporations may annually elect to pay on certain income for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. Individual pass-through entity owners electing to pay PTET who are subject to personal income tax may be eligible Read More…
The New Jersey Division of Taxation (Division) on June 3, 2021 unveiled a new combined reporting initiative, designed to help companies voluntarily comply with their historic separate-company return filing requirements for periods prior to 2019. The initiative will run from June 15, 2021 to October 15, 2021. Background on New Jersey Filing Requirements New Jersey Read More…
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