Category: Business Tax

Is your construction company ready for the new Revenue Recognition changes coming? Hopefully you have heard something in the last few years regarding the changes coming for revenue recognition.  If not, we’ve got you covered. Construction Contractors may be the industry ...

To capitalize or to expense? Property owners tend to struggle with wanting to expense as much repairs and maintenance (R&M) as possible during the year to maximize tax deductions, and to possibly increase any losses during the year. We assist many clients with determining wh...

If you’ve done any research into employee benefits for your business recently, you may have come across a bit of alphabet soup in the form of “HSA + HDHP.” Although perhaps initially confusing, this formula represents an increasingly popular model for health care bene...

Are meals and entertainment expenses still deductible under the 2018 tax bill?  The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) brings with it many changes in the taxation of businesses and individuals, including a change in the tax deductibility of meals and entertainment (M&E) expenses....

Most employers reimburse their employee business expenses, but did you know that the structure of the reimbursement arrangement can have huge tax consequences. According to the tax rules, the key distinction between a true expense reimbursement and disguised compensation is ...

The new tax law makes major changes to the choice of entity decision. Because C corporations are now taxed at a flat rate of 21% (as opposed to a top rate of 35% under prior law), many business owners wonder whether they should structure or restructure their business operati...

Time to consider a new accounting method? The cash method of accounting, which allows you to recognize sales when cash is received, is attractive to many small businesses due to its simplicity. Due to the new tax law, for tax years beginning after 2017, the ability to use t...

Regardless of its form, every business will be subject to a net interest expense disallowance. Starting in 2018, net interest expense in excess of 30% of your business’s adjusted taxable income will be disallowed. ...

One of the most significant provisions is the new deduction for qualified business income which can be income from a sole proprietorship as well as income from pass-through entities such as partnerships, LLCs, and S corporations. ...

If you own part of a foreign corporation you should read this all the way to the end.  If you don’t own a foreign corporation you probably don’t need to read on because this is going to get ugly and it’s going to be really long, there is just no quick way to attempt t...

The Supreme Court ruled June 21, 2018 on a sales tax case that removed the physical presence standard that has long been the standard for sales tax....