

Real-time Record Keeping Helps with Passive Activity
A taxpayer and his spouse lost their argument in Tax Court and could not deduct passive activity losses (PALs) from several activities...


Is Your Ranching Activity for Profit?
Rebuffing the IRS, the Tax Court found that a taxpayers’ ranching activities was an endeavor to be engaged in for profit. The taxpayer...


Court Opinion: Foreign Taxes Paid Were Compulsory
Coca Cola Company and Subsidiaries win a small victory in Court prior to the start of the New Year. The Tax Court, in a division opinion,...


Extension Given for Entities with Missed Deadlines under the Surface Transportation Act of 2015
Again the IRS has granted an extension relief for partnerships and certain other entities that missed new deadlines under the Surface...


Standard Mileage Rate Deduction Increased for 2018
The IRS released the 2018 optional use standard mileage rates used in the calculation of deductible costs in operation of an automobile....


Primary Tax Benefits with Donor Advised Funds
Recapping on what the donor advised fund or DAF is, the IRS website states that, a donor advised fund is a separately identified fund or...
History Word Lesson: Bank Holiday
History Word Lesson: Bank Holiday Being in the Holiday Season, I would appreciate the moment to define a term used in the financial...


Cryptocurrency and the Effect on Our Taxes
Today cryptocurrencies have become a global phenomenon known to most people. While still somehow geeky and not understood by most people,...


Primary Tax Benefits with Donor Advised Funds
Primary Tax Benefits with Donor Advised Funds Recapping on what the donor advised fund or DAF is, the IRS website states that, a donor...


IT'S HERE!
IT’S HERE!!! The Tax Cut and Jobs Act is officially here!!! My phone rang off the hook today, along with emails blowing up my inbox, and...
































