Taxes

Tax Notes reporters recap some of the weirdest stories they encountered in 2022, from the tax troubles of reality stars to a fight over a rather large tax bill for Christmas trees. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Happy holidays from Tax Notes. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief

As cities struggle with post-pandemic growth, a recent Route Fifty story says Midwestern cities are “reaching beyond traditional incentives,” instead “promoting quality of life benefits.” But two of the cities cited depend either on government spending, or on their status as a wealthy suburb in a metro area. That’s very traditional—and inequitable—for growth, and isn’t

I have been a tax writer of sorts for thirteen years. What I write about is stuff that I find interesting. And I have to tell you that 2022 does not rate that high for interesting. Still there were a few things worth remembering. On reflecting on what I find interesting I realized that it

Congress has passed legislation benefitting savers who have Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and other qualified retirement plans. This legislation improves some of the goodies contained in the original SECURE Act passed at the end of 2019. The original SECURE Act changed the “required beginning date”, the age at which required minimum distributions (RMDs) from IRAs

by Tax Notes State editor Doug Sheppard The hiring of Sharonne Bonardi as executive director of the Federation of Tax Administrators in January 2022 reflected a pattern from throughout her career: She was the first person of color and second woman to earn the role as the head of the nation’s only association supporting the

During the 2022 proxy season, an old question resurfaced: Are investors receptive to corporate tax transparency proposals, and to what extent? Investors tested this question on proxy ballots at Amazon AMZN , Cisco, and Microsoft MSFT , and the results showed that tech shareholders are warming up to transparency, although they haven’t fully embraced it.

Call it a holiday miracle. The IRS has decided, in the absence of Congressional action, to delay for one year the implemtation of a law that requires payment and e-commerce platforms like PayPal PYPL , Venmo, CashApp, eBay EBAY and Etsy to file Form 1099-K (to taxpayers and the IRS) for anyone receiving over $600

The Internal Revenue Service announced a delay in reporting thresholds for third-party settlement organizations set to take effect for the upcoming tax filing season. As a result of this delay, third-party settlement organizations will not be required to report tax year 2022 transactions on a Form 1099-K to the IRS or the payee for the

Kenneth M. Brooks v Com may be the final decision this year in the IRS battle with dubious conservation easement deductions. The IRS disallowed the deduction on three separate grounds independent of valuation. There was not a proper acknowledgement by the donee, failure to provide “baseline documentation” to the donee and reporting the wrong basis

As holiday shoppers and travelers struggle with severe shortages of retail and hospitality staff, parents are dealing with another shortage—a lack of men to portray Santa Claus. The “Santa Shortage” tells us a lot about the post-pandemic labor market but also illustrates how so-called “shortages” often reflect deeply embedded racial and gender divisions. Let’s start