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Form 8300 Jan 31 Compliance Reminder, Steps to Take when Missing a TIN

Form 8300 Jan 31 Compliance Reminder, Steps to Take when Missing a TIN

AAFCPAs would like to remind cannabis business clients of their potential January 31, 2021 Form 8300 reporting obligation. If you filed a Form 8300 in 2020, you must furnish a written statement to each person whose name was required to be included in the Form 8300 by January 31 (i.e. the year following the transaction). […]

Extensions for LIHTC Program

Extensions for LIHTC Program

AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware on January 15, 2021, the IRS issued Notice 2021-12, which further extends the temporary relief from certain requirements for low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) projects. Temporary relief from certain requirements was originally extended earlier in 2020 under Notice 2020-53 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This notice also provides […]

How Will New COVID-19 Legislation Affect Your Taxes?

How Will New COVID-19 Legislation Affect Your Taxes?

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed into law on Dec. 27, provides relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including another round of “recovery rebate” payments to individuals and an expansion of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan program for businesses and other employers. The legislation also includes some tax relief for businesses and individuals. AAFCPAs […]

Tax Provisions and Extenders in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021

Tax Provisions and Extenders in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021

AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware, on December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (The Act), a $2.3 trillion spending bill.  Among the stimulus package and other COVID-19 relief provisions, the Act contained several tax provisions and extenders. AAFCPAs has highlighted below some of the most impactful tax provisions and extenders […]

When 15-Year Depreciation for QIP Might Be Better Than 100% Bonus Depreciation

When 15-Year Depreciation for QIP Might Be Better Than 100% Bonus Depreciation

Earlier this year, Congress finally passed legislation that corrects a drafting error related to real estate qualified improvement property (QIP). The correction is part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The correction retroactively allows real property owners to depreciate QIP faster than before, either 100% the year the QIP is placed […]

Rolling Over Capital Gains Into a Qualified Opportunity Fund

Rolling Over Capital Gains Into a Qualified Opportunity Fund

For clients who are planning to sell a business interest, real estate, or other highly appreciated property, AAFCPAs would like to make you aware of a strategy to “roll over” capital gains into a qualified opportunity fund (QOF). What is a QOF? A QOF is an investment fund, organized as a corporation or partnership, designed […]

IRS Provides Guidance on Safe Harbor Plans

IRS Provides Guidance on Safe Harbor Plans

AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued Notice 2020-86 addressing certain provisions of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act) affecting safe harbor plans, including safe harbor 401(k) plans and certain 403(b) plans. A safe harbor 401(k) plan is similar to […]

IRS Issues Final Regulations on 1031 Exchanges
Regulatory Alert

IRS Issues Final Regulations on 1031 Exchanges

AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware of new IRS regulations which provide guidance related to Section 1031 Like-Kind exchanges. Under the like-kind exchange rules, a taxpayer may defer a gain on a sale of property when they exchange that property for another similar property and certain requirements are met. Under the 2017 Tax Cuts […]

IRS Proposes LIHTC Average Income Test Regulations

IRS Proposes LIHTC Average Income Test Regulations

On October 30, 2020 the IRS published a proposed rule for the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) average income (AI) test regulations. The proposed rule provides that if a project has multiple over-income units, it would not need to meet the next-available-unit rule in any particular order. This proposed rule also provides some flexibility in […]