Tax Saving Tips for Small Business Owners This article discusses the recently issued Rev. Proc. 2022-32. The revenue procedure also serves to remind every estate planner that the days of the high lifetime exemption will soon be ending starting in 2025, if not sooner with all the uncertainties in Congress and the economy. The author discusses the merits of gift-giving in light of the potential changes. On July 8, 2022, the IRS released a revenue procedure that can be seen as a wake-up call about a tax-saving opportunity that may be overlooked by estates and their fiduciaries. Rev. Proc. 2022-32…
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for State Income Tax Purposes How will the SALT limits impact growth? Demographic trends? In this article, the author looks at current data, considers these issues and other tax matters that complicate residency choices and options. A few years ago Fox News Channel’s commentator and nationally syndicated radio talk show host (both based in New York), Sean Hannity, threatened that he was going to leave New York, a high personal income tax state, for Florida and Texas, no personal income tax states…and that was when there was a full federal itemized deduction for state and local income taxes, state and…
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(…and possibly their valuation consultant?) Rev. Proc. 2014-18 provides a simplified method for certain taxpayers to obtain an extension to elect portability under Code Sec. 2010(c)(5)(A). This method allows a widow or widower to apply a deceased spouses unused exclusion (DSUE) amount to the surviving spouse’s subsequent transfers during life or at death. In these situations, the ability to file and use the DSUE amount is a must.