Joshua England
Posts by Joshua England
2020
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09.17
AAFCPAs’ Tax Attorney Provides Practical Tips and Strategies for How to Handle State and Federal Tax Controversy
AAFCPAs’ Partner and Tax Attorney Joshua England, LLM, Esq will share practical tips and strategies on how to anticipate state and federal tax controversy in a live webcast on October 7th, 2020 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET. Josh will be joined by Jon S. Barooshian, Esq., Partner at Bowditch & Dewey, Attorneys. In recent […]
2020
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08.26
IRS Deadline to Return RMDs is Aug. 31
AAFCPAs reminds clients who are IRA owners, beneficiaries or workplace retirement plan participants and received a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) this year that they have until August 31 to rollover or repay the distribution to avoid paying taxes. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, waives RMDs during 2020 for IRAs […]
2020
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07.01
The Current Economy Presents Opportunities in Estate Planning
The current economic environment presents opportunities for high-net-worth individuals to maximize the benefits of estate planning to leverage tax exemptions and insulate your assets. Why is now a good time for estate planning? As you may know, there is both a Massachusetts and federal estate tax. The federal tax is a 40% tax on the […]
2020
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04.17
Webinar OnDemand: Business & Individual Tax Planning Guidance Related to COVID-19 & the CARES Act
OnDemand Webinar – Watch Below The Coronavirus pandemic has spawned a flurry of stimulus legislation and efforts taken by Congress, the Treasury, the IRS, and state & local governments to ease the impact on businesses and individuals. The most sweeping changes have come from Congress’s coronavirus relief package, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security […]
2020
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03.16
Cancelled Fundraising Events, Written Notice Requirements
On March 10, 2020 MA Governor Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in response to the spread of the Coronavirus. The Governor’s administration offered guidance to the public to limit or eliminate attendance at large gatherings. As a result, several of AAFCPAs’ nonprofit clients have made the difficult decision […]
2020
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01.21
How the SECURE Act May Change Your Retirement Savings
AAFCPAs Wealth Management would like to make clients aware that the recent federal government spending package, signed by the president in mid-December, included the SECURE Act, or the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement legislation. The legislation contains significant changes to Individual Retirement Account (IRA) rules, company sponsored retirement plans, and several other changes […]
2020
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01.08
AAFCPAs Promotes Four to Partner to Support Continued Growth
Westborough, MA 1/8/2020 – AAFCPAs is excited to announce the promotion of four additional Partners to our leadership team. Katie Belanger, CPA, Joshua England, LLM, Esq., Courtney McFarland, CPA, MSA, and Michael Pruell, CPA provide best value assurance, tax & advisory solutions, with outstanding service to AAFCPAs’ growing client base of nonprofit organizations, privately-held commercial […]
2019
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12.27
President Signs Law: Repeals Nonprofit Tax, Extends Key Tax Provisions, and Overhauls Retirement Plan Rules
The federal government spending package, titled the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, does more than just fund the government. The Act, signed into law by the President last Friday, December 20, 2019, officially repeals the tax on nonprofit transportation fringe benefits and provides a new flat private foundation excise tax. It also extends certain income […]
2019
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12.20
House Passes Agreement to Repeal Tax on Nonprofit Parking, Transportation Fringe Benefits
AAFCPAs is excited to share with our nonprofit clients and their dedicated employees, on December 17, 2019, the House of Representatives passed an agreement (cited as the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019, originally introduced in June 2019), which includes much welcomed provisions to repeal the tax on nonprofit transportation fringe benefits […]
2019
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11.13
Upstream Trusts May Be Solution to Eliminate Capital Gains
In light of recent increases in limits for federal estate tax exemptions under the Tax Cuts and Job Acts (TCJA), AAFCPAs advises clients to consider the suitability of an Upstream Trust as a strategy for taxpayers who have highly appreciated assets to save money on capital gains tax. Upstream Trusts are a new option that […]