This week we look at the following items:

  • IRS begins to process some returns with retroactively restored provisions for 2017
  • IRS reminds taxpayers that a “home equity” debt can still be acquisition debt and deductible on 2018 return
  • AICPA sends Treasury a letter outlining areas of §199A guidance that are needed
  • Taxpayer ends up failing to do a tax-free division of IRA funds in a divorce
  • The IRS fails in its attempt to have a gain on the sale of land taxed as ordinary income

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Direct download: 2018-02-26_How_Not_to_Divide_an_IRA.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:52am EDT

This week we look at the following items:

  • A method that went unchallenged in two prior audits did not fare well at all in third IRS exam
  • Treasury officials speak on timing of TCJA guidance, Section 199A reasonable compensation and fiduciary income tax issues at ABA Tax Section meeting
  • Treasury Secretary Mnuchin testifies that IRS will issue guidance to shut down S corporation carried interest structure inspired by TCJA
  • Odd result is nevertheless the proper result appellate court informs taxpayer
  • IRS to release W4 online calculator this week

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Direct download: 2018-02-19_Treasury_at_the_Bar.mp3
Category:Federal Tax Update -- posted at: 9:07am EDT

This week we look at the following items:

  • The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2016 includes extenders and other items
  • IRS updates priority guidance for TCJA items, adding 18 TCJA projects
  • Special relief granted to those with pyrrhotite damage, allowing losses to be claimed on 2017 returns
  • Qualified plan and IRA 2018 inflation adjusted figures will not have to change due to TCJA
  • A journal entry did not create a shareholder debt, leading to a denial of multi-million dollar loss
  • Engineer is potentially liable for penalties if positions on cost segregation study are not justified

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Direct download: 2018-02-12_Change_the_Rules_During_Tax_Season.mp3
Category:Federal Tax Update -- posted at: 8:36am EDT

This week we look at the following items:

  • The AICPA sends a letter to Treasury regarding areas needing immediate guidance on TCJA - and the list is long
  • IRS issues interim Form W-4 guidance until they can update the forms for TCJA
  • A new proposed regulation added to the Centralized Partnership Audit Regime (CPAR) guidance
  • IRS updates its maybe again annual disclosure Revenue Procedure, but doesn’t really change anything

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Direct download: 2018-02-05_Questions_and_Some_Answers_on_TCJA.mp3
Category:Federal Tax Update -- posted at: 2:27pm EDT

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