Taxes

John McGowan of HubSync discusses artificial intelligence and its role in the tax field. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International. This week: Friend or foe? Artificial intelligence has been a bit of a hot
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Google, Meta, and several tax prep companies, including H&R Block and TaxAct, are fielding an escalating number of U.S. lawsuits alleging that they allowed tracking pixels to unlawfully collect taxpayers’ confidential information as they filed their federal income tax returns online. The claims, which were first reported in November 2022 by investigative news outlet The
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I hate having the first thing I hear about a fantastic scheme to be that the IRS is onto it. That is what happened with the “copyrighted non-grantor irrevocable complex discretionary spendthrift trust” which sprinkled tax fairy dust on your assets so that no taxes need be paid on capital gains and other investment income.
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Users of tax prep websites in seven states have filed a class action lawsuit against Google GOOG , LLC, claiming the company engaged in wiretapping. According to court documents, the company’s actions allegedly resulted in the involuntary transmission of sensitive personal information including income, refund amounts, filing status, and scholarship information. Google Analytics According to
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A recent tax case is one of the saddest ever and shows how the tax law often has intended consequences. The taxpayers were a married couple who inherited a business from the husband’s brother. After a couple of years, the husband discovered the business manager was stealing. He fired the manager and put his stepdaughter,
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Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin This segment of What’s Ahead lays out the telltale signs for a possible Reaganesque candidate emerging from tomorrow’s Republican debate. Reagan projected an exciting, optimistic view of the future, while effectively eviscerating the destructive policies and principles of his opponents. He never came across as acerbic
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Section 871(m) treats payments under equity derivative contracts that reference U.S.-source dividends as if they are equivalent to U.S.-source dividends, potentially triggering a U.S. withholding tax. Reg. section 1.871-15(q) interprets section 871(m) to exempt qualified derivatives dealers (QDDs) from tax and withholding requirements if overwithholding would occur. Published September 12, 2022, Notice 2022-37, 2022-37 IRB
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The Basics of ERC A recurring concept in the media is the Employee Retention Credit. The ERC is a refundable payroll tax credit that can be as high as $5,000 per employee in 2020, and even as high as $21,000 per employee in 2021. Employers qualify as an eligible employer under three circumstances: (i) Recovery
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On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which affects tax, energy, and healthcare laws. Its tax measures primarily include: a corporate alternative minimum tax; an excise tax on corporate stock repurchases; increased funding for the IRS; extensions of Affordable Care Act credits; and green energy credits. Corporate AMT The IRA imposes
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