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  President Trump has unveiled a basic outline for his tax plan, which many of the proposals are similar to those he touted during his campaign. While many of the details are still being negotiated, the basic outline significantly. Read More >>

Enacted in 1981 to encourage innovation, Congress introduced the Research & Experimentation Tax Credit (R&D Credit) for companies that incur research and development costs in the United States. Originally introduced in the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, this. Read More >>

  The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS have issued final and additional temporary regulations (Section 385 Final regulations) providing guidance on the treatment of related party debt. These regulations restrict the ability of corporations to strip income. Read More >>

December 18, 2015 Congress has approved the long-awaited tax extenders bill and is now awaiting President Obama to sign the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (“the Act”) into law. Most provisions of the Act are retroactive. Read More >>

  The IRS recently issued Notice 2015-82 which increased the de minimis safe harbor amount for taxpayers without an applicable financial statement (AFS) from $500 to $2,500.Generally, an applicable financial statement would be one that is either required to. Read More >>

Thousands of companies benefit from an IC-DISC every year, but many exporters still do not take advantage of this beneficial tax incentive. An IC-DISC is available for companies that export goods manufactured in the United States, provide engineering or. Read More >>

  Administrative Relief The IRS released Revenue Procedure 2015-20 (“Procedure”) on February 13, 2015, which provides administrative relief to small business taxpayers.  This Procedure allows small business taxpayers adopting the tangible property regulations to make accounting method changes on. Read More >>

The tangible property regulations have gone into effect for tax years beginning in 2014 and apply to all taxpayers who have tangible property.  We previously released Tangible Property Regulations Advisors to clarify the guidance the IRS provided on the. Read More >>

  In late fall of last year, the Internal Revenue Service released the highly anticipated final regulations regarding tangible personal property. The final regulations provide a myriad of new rules for many taxpayers that became effective Jan. 1 of. Read More >>

The IRS released the highly anticipated final regulations regarding tangible property late last year.  The final regulations provide a myriad of new rules for many taxpayers that became effective Jan. 1 of this year for calendar year-end taxpayers. The. Read More >>