The alternative minimum tax (AMT) is a separate federal income tax system that bears some resemblance to the regular federal income tax system. The difference is that the individual [...]
The Social Security Board of Trustees recently released "The 2025 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust [...]
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) includes a number of beneficial changes that will help small business taxpayers. Perhaps the biggest and best changes are liberalized rules for [...]
As 2025 began, individual taxpayers faced uncertainty with several key provisions of the tax law that were set to expire at the end of the year. That changed on July [...]
They say age is just a number — but in the world of tax law, it’s much more than that. As you move through your life, the IRS treats [...]
The IRS and closely held C corporations often disagree about the reasonableness of compensation paid to shareholder-employees. The company wants to classify payments to shareholder-employees as deductible compensation expense. [...]
College can be expensive. According to the College Board, the average sticker price for tuition and fees at private colleges was $43,350 for the 2024–2025 school year. The average [...]
Real estate values have surged in many areas. You might be considering selling an appreciated investment or business property that you think has topped out. But an outright sale [...]
Let's say you have an unincorporated sideline activity that you think of as a business, including an activity involving horses. If you have a net loss (deductible expenses exceed [...]
The IRS has an Employee Plans Team Audit (EPTA) program to enforce the tax rules for employee benefit programs in large companies. According to the tax agency, one of [...]
The treatment of research and experimental (R&E) expenses is a high-stakes topic for U.S. businesses, especially small to midsize companies focused on innovation. As the tax code currently stands, the [...]
Choosing the right business entity is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs make when launching or restructuring a business. The type of entity selected affects how the business [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives passed The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act on May 22, 2025, introducing possible significant changes to individual tax provisions. While the bill is now being [...]
The current federal gift tax regime is favorable by historical standards. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) significantly increased the unified exemption for 2018 through 2025 with annual inflation [...]
Do you believe you don’t need to worry about estate planning because of the current federal estate tax exemption ($13.99 million per individual or $27.98 million for married couples in [...]