Current Federal Tax Developments for the week of February 24, 2020: Meals and Entertainment After TCJA

  • Proposed regulations can be relied upon in the interim, as well as continued reliance on Notice 2018-76
  • Separate invoicing rule for food/beverage first released in Notice 2018-76 is also in the proposed regulations
  • Definition of entertainment stays similar to older definition, but does not include business meals
  • Adopts Notice 2018-76 rules for business meals
  • Detailed guidance on meals related exceptions to 50% disallowance found at §274(e)

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Direct download: 2020-02-24_Meals_and_Entertainment_Guidance.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:35pm EDT

Current Federal Tax Developments for the week of February 17, 2020: The Week of Fortnite and Schedule 1

  • IRS urges tax professionals to make use of multi-factor authentication
  • V-bucks and Roblox removed from list of convertible virtual currencies on FAQ
  • Challenge to validity of regulations on disclosing basis in appraisal found wanting by the Tax Court

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Direct download: 2020-02-17_The_Week_of_Fortnite_and_Schedule_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:38pm EDT

This week we look at:

  • Regulations implementing changes to FAVR and cents-per-mile methods finalized by IRS
  • OIRA finishes review of final §163(j) regulations, starts review of additional proposed regulations
  • Tax Court finds that language in deed fails to comply with regulations for qualified conservation easements
  • Form 1023 now goes fully online--but only after 90 days when applicants can still use paper

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Direct download: 2020-02-10_Waiting_on_163j_Regulations.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:17pm EDT

This week we look at:

  • Special agent in charge of Los Angeles CID talks about their potential use of the virtual currency question on Schedule 1, Form 1040.

  • Taxpayer wins on claim LLC was not a sham, but finds the result is actually worse when court rules amounts paid to law firm were start-up expenses under §195 TAM rules that taxpayer did not have an intangible related to synergistic benefits that could be written off.

  • Taxpayer could not use claim of right provision under §1341(a) to claim a deduction related to gain recognized in prior year when trustee of grantor sold stock that trustee was barred from selling by the trust agreement.

  • IRS and taxpayer agree that a regulation on the books since 2001 mandates a result different from what the court had arrived at when agreeing with IRS position on §7502(a) and late filed returns asserted originally in the case.

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Direct download: 2020-02-03_Western_Wisconsin_Week.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:38pm EDT

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