Meals and Entertainment Deduction – What’s Changed?
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) made sweeping changes to numerous sections of our tax law. Many new provisions have been widely discussed, [...]
To Itemize, or Not to Itemize: That Is The Question
The largest change to individual tax compliance resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affects the calculation of various itemized deductions. Clients and friends have expressed confusion and even repeated some common misconceptions about the changes.
How Pass-Through Income Will Be Taxed in 2018
Pass-through and self-employed business owners stand to gain from a key provision in the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Act creates a new deduction of Qualified Business Income (or “QBI”), under IRC Section 199A, effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2026.
Tax Reform’s Impact on Payroll
Soon after passage of the new tax reform law, the IRS announced that it is developing salary and wage tax withholding guidance to be issued sometime in January, 2018. The IRS said that use of the new 2018 withholding guidelines will allow taxpayers to begin seeing the changes in their paychecks as early as February 2018. Until then, employers and payroll service providers should continue to use the existing 2017 withholding tables and systems.
What You Need to Know About the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Today, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law. While the House and the Senate originally had measurable differences in their respective [...]
How to Prepare for the Potential Tax Reform Bill
On Friday afternoon, the combined House and Senate Conference Committee unveiled a reconciled tax bill (The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) that would significantly overhaul [...]
Proposed Tax Plan Includes New Excise Tax on Private Universities
At the organizational level, the proposed changes are pretty bare. The major change comes in the form of a new excise tax applied to private colleges and universities, especially those with very large endowment funds.
Charitable Deduction Benefit Declines in Proposed Tax Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee have released its first bill of the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act." While we still may be a ways out of a final bill, PBMares will keep everyone in the non-for-profit world on any changes that will affect them every step of the process.
Congressional Tax Reform Bill Full of Changes
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Impacts Businesses and Individuals Congressional Republicans have been working on a bill to simplify the tax code and reduce the [...]
Trump Tax Reform Plan: How It May Affect You and Your Company
One of the topics talked about all year is how our tax system needs to be greatly improved and just this week, President Trump and [...]