The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a new tax-planning strategy called “Qualified Opportunity Funds.” It was designed to provide a new qualified-opportunity-fund tax-deferral strategy that can also eliminate some capital gains and make others tax-free. Our take on qualified opportunity funds? We believe they do provide an ability to defer (and possibly eliminate) some … [Read more...]
Entertainment facilities survive the TCJA tax reform
As you may know, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax reform decimated a host of valuable entertainment tax deduction. However, entertainment facilities luckily dodged a bullet and are still 100-percent tax deductible if you follow the IRS’s rules. What are they? You’ll find out when you read my new information-packed article titled Tax Tips: Entertainment Facilities after the … [Read more...]
De minimis or 179 expensing, or bonus depreciation?
Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, you now have three ways to write off the entire cost of certain business assets. Which is the best method for you to use? Let’s take a look … Behind door #1 is bonus depreciation. You can use it to deduct 100-percent of the cost of certain business assets. Behind door #2 is the de minimis safe harbor for certain assets costing … [Read more...]
Tax reform sticks it to business startups that lose money
There’s a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that we believe is terribly unfair to business start-ups and struggling business owners. You see, the rule prevents you from using all your business losses against non-business income if the losses are considered to be too large. (That determination is made by Congress.) If you want to find out how this onerous new law can … [Read more...]
Seven answers to your Section 199A questions
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act added a new tax code Section 199A that gives business owners of pass-through businesses a possible 20-percent tax deduction on business income. Sounds good, And it is good. But as you can imagine, some important questions arise that need definitive answers. In this issue of the Tax Reduction Letter we’re going to ask the questions that our … [Read more...]