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Last-Minute Strategies for Businesses that Deferred Filing Tax Returns

June 30th, 2020|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, Covid-19, Tax, Tax Credits, Tax Cuts, Tax Deductions, Tax Preparation, Tax Return|Tags: , , , , , , , |

During the COVID-19 crisis, some key tax deadlines were postponed until July 15, 2020. If your business and/or personal federal income tax return is still awaiting completion, you may have [...]

What Qualifies as a “Coronavirus-Related Distribution” From a retirement Plan?

June 23rd, 2020|Categories: Coronavirus, Covid-19, Retirement Plan|Tags: , , , , , , , |

As you may have heard, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act allows “qualified” people to take certain “coronavirus-related distributions” from their retirement plans without paying tax. So [...]

CARES Act Provides 4 Possible Reasons to File an Amended Return

April 30th, 2020|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, CARES Act, Tax, Tax Cuts, Tax Deductions, Tax Planning|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act delivers good news to individuals and businesses, including valuable tax-relief measures. Some of that tax relief is retroactive. These provisions [...]

Taxpayers Should Know the Difference Between Standard and Itemized Deductions

February 12th, 2020|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Services, Tax, Tax Credits, Tax Cuts, Tax Deductions, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation, Tax Return|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Information from irs.gov Should you file using the standard deduction, or should you itemize your deductions? Deductions reduce the amount of taxable income when filing a federal income tax return. [...]

QBI Deduction Safe Harbor Rule for Rental Real Estate

February 10th, 2020|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, C Corporation, Partnership, S Corporation, Services, Tax, Tax Credits, Tax Cuts, Tax Deductions, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation, Tax Return, TCJA|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) introduced a new deduction for individuals, estates and trusts that own interests in so-called "pass-through" business entities for 2018 through 2025. The deduction can [...]

4 New Law Changes That May Affect Your Retirement Plan

January 30th, 2020|Categories: Accounting, Services, Tax, Tax Deductions, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation, Tax Return|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

If you save for retirement with an IRA or other plan, you’ll be interested to know that Congress recently passed a law that makes significant modifications to these accounts. The [...]

New Tax Provisions Passed by Congress

January 9th, 2020|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, Services, Tax, Tax Deductions|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

As part of a year-end budget bill, Congress just passed a package of tax provisions that will provide savings for some taxpayers. The White House has announced that President Trump [...]

IRS Updates Per-diem Guidance for Business Travelers and their Employers

January 2nd, 2020|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, C Corporation, Partnership, S Corporation, Services, Tax, Tax Deductions, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation|Tags: , , , , , |

Information form IRS.gov On November 26, 2019 the Internal Revenue Service issued guidance for business travelers, updated to include changes resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Revenue [...]

Expanding a Corporate Business with a Tax-Free Merger

December 20th, 2019|Categories: Accounting, Burns Firm, Business, Merger & Acquisition, Tax, Tax Deductions, Tax Planning, Tax Preparation, Tax Return|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

If a corporate business is seeking to quickly expand, it may be considering one of these options: Gaining control over another corporation's business (the target) indirectly via a merger transaction [...]

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