2019-03-11 §199A Return Issues

This week we talk about the following:

• Look at some items causing confusion over §199A on discussion forums as returns are prepared

• Treasury announces changes in temporary regulations and subregulatory guidance

• Recipients of sexual harassment and sexual abuse settlements with confidentiality clause allowed to deduct legal fees

• Gambling loss triggered by impulse control problem side effect of prescribed drug not a casualty loss

• Proposed regulations issued for FDII and GILTI

• IRS no longer plans to issue regulations to bar post-retirement lump-sum distributions from defined benefit plans

• Partnerships required to add tax basis disclosures given until March 15, 2020 to provide information to IRS

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