CLE Presentation by Shamsey Oloko
The $10,000 SALT Limit and the Rental Real Estate
The $10,000 SALT Limit and the Rental Real Estate
Under the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, State And Local Tax (SALT) deductions are limited to $10,000. How does this affect the individual taxpayer?
QUESTION: Are SALT payments made on my rental real estate subject to the $10,000 cap?
ANSWER: Generally, under the old law, all SALT payments were deductible. However, the new law caps deductible SALT at an aggregate of $10,000 for individual taxpayers.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT
January 2018
AN ANALYSIS OF THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT
On December 22, 2017, after much, well-publicized legislative skirmishes, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 1, otherwise known as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” Provisions affecting individuals are generally effective beginning December 31, 2017 and expire on December 31, 2025. Most business-related provisions are permanent and are effective beginning December 31, 2017.
This new law is, by all accounts, the most significant revisions to the U.S. tax code since 1986, affecting almost all individual and business taxpayers. Our firm’s general assessment of the new law will therefore be a two-part series: this first part covers changes to individual taxpayers, and the second part will cover changes to business taxpayers.
Hobby v. Business Loss – Ramifications Of The Herb Vest, TC Memo 2016-187
The rules for reporting the income and expenses associated with a “hobby” or “pastime” is dependent upon whether or not the activity has the genuine purpose of making a profit. The Herb Vest case is an interesting Tax Court Memorandum decision regarding a wealthy taxpayer’s attempt to deduct from gross income, expenses related to the investigation of his father’s mysterious death. Among several issues discussed in the case, the Tax Court discussed not-for-profit activities and the factors considered in determining profit objective.
The (Trump’s) Net Operating Loss (NOL), Explained
At the beginning of October, the New York Times released pages from Donald Trump’s Connecticut, New Jersey and New York 1995 tax returns, apparently reflecting that the Donald declared “other income” of negative $916 million and was prepared to forego any federal income tax liability for up to 18 years by carrying forward this “net operating loss” (NOL). So what is a net operating loss?
Seven Things You Can STILL Do, Before Year-End, To Reduce Your 2016 Taxes.
2017 is almost here. It’s never too early to plan ahead when it comes to reducing your taxes. An experienced and knowledgeable tax professional can help any individual or business make the right year-end savings moves with important advice and assistance. Since tax planning is mostly about timing, here are a few, last minute things you can do before the end of the year to reduce your 2016 tax bill.
*Defer income to 2017
Tax Treatment of Income from Hobbies
Countless Americans take pleasure from hobbies that also generate income. Collectibles of all types have skyrocketed in popularity, as well as income potential, in the last fifty years. Whether its dolls, baseball cards, stamps, coins, or Star Trek action figures, all types of hobbies have the potential to generate some amount of income, which, of course, is taxed by Uncle Sam.
The rules for reporting the income and expenses associated with a “hobby” depends upon whether or not the activity in question is a hobby or business. There are deductions that hobbyists may claim but they, like most everything, are subject to special rules and limits imposed by the Tax Code.
Losses, Expenses and Interest between Related Taxpayers – Know The (Tax) Code: 26 U.S.C. §267
Congress, aware that related parties could create fictitious tax losses lacking economic substance based upon the related parties continued enjoyment of the property subject to the loss, enacted § 267 of the Internal Revenue Code to disallow certain losses and deductions on transactions between related taxpayers.