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New E-Filing Requirement for Ohio Employers and School Districts

December 17, 2014 Tax Advisor

  Effective January 1, 2015, Employer and School District Withholding Tax Payments Must be Made Online On November 13, 2014, Ohio finalized a tax regulation requiring all employer and school district withholding tax payments to be made through the. Read More >>

Year-End Tax Planning: Things to Consider Prior to Year End

December 5, 2014 Tax Advisor

As  year-end approaches, it is a good time to consider any tax planning strategies you can make to minimize your taxes – on both your 2014 and future years’ returns.  We have outlined some approaches you can make both. Read More >>

The Tangible Personal Property Regulations: Opportunities in Property Improvements and Repairs and Maintenance

  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 >>

Are You Concerned About Paying Too Much Tax on Your Inherited Stock Sales?

  Have you recently inherited assets and are wondering how to preserve your inheritance in the face of complex tax issues?  Heirs need to be aware of a few estate tax implications associated with inheritance that can work in. Read More >>

The Tangible Property Regulations: Amounts Paid to Acquire or Produce Property

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 >>

Important Changes to the Commercial Activity Tax in 2014

April 10, 2014 Tax Advisor

  Mandatory Electronic Filing and Changes to the Minimum Fee A number of changes to the Ohio Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) became effective Jan. 1. Among those changes is the mandatory online filing of all originally filed CAT returns.. Read More >>

Managing Trust Distributions to Minimize Overall Tax

  Trustees have a small window of opportunity to save potentially thousands in tax dollars if they act quickly by March 6, 2014.  Trust distributions have always been an important planning tool to maximize tax savings for trusts and. Read More >>

As 2013 Came to an End, So Did Many Popular Tax Breaks for Individuals and Business

April 4, 2014 Tax Advisor BMF

  As the world celebrated the beginning of a new year, many here in the U.S. may not have realized that as of midnight, Dec. 31, Congress allowed 55 popular tax breaks, benefiting everyone from teachers and students to. Read More >>

The Tangible Personal Property Regulations: Opportunities in Materials and Supplies

  Late last year, the Internal Revenue Service finally 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 this year.. Read More >>

Ohio’s Board of Tax Appeals Unable To Address Constitutionality of Bright-Line Nexus Standard

March 13, 2014 Tax Advisor

  Allows L.L. Bean to Move On in Fight Against Taxation The Ohio Board of Tax Appeals (BTA) upheld an assessment for Ohio’s Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) against L.L. Bean, Inc., an out-of-state taxpayer with no physical connection to. Read More >>