Taxes

Wedding photographer Scott Burton of Oxford MS was not charging sales tax on his wedding packages. To a couple facing say a $5,000 tab for his service, you could see tacking on another $350 for the 7% Mississippi sales tax would make a difference. Unfortunately, on audit the Mississippi Department of Revenue (MDOR) determined that

U.S. Tax Court Chief Judge Kathleen Kerrigan discusses the court’s post-COVID transition and case management system, and how the additional funding from the Inflation Reduction Act may be used. 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

The Internal Revenue Service recently announced its inflation adjustments to the standard deduction and federal income tax brackets for 2023. Knowing these numbers can allow you to make some smart tax-planning moves before the year’s end. If you expect to be in a low bracket next year, you may want to try and delay some

City budgets have been recovering from the pandemic recession, helped by significant federal aid. But just when things were looking up, cities now are preparing for a double whammy: less tax revenue from a coming recession, and higher borrowing costs from the Fed’s actions. That means tighter budgets and fewer resources to help our poorest

Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about earning delayed retirement credits (DRCs) while receiving child-in-care spousal benefits, the possibility and advisability of taking spousal benefits before retirement benefits and withdrawing a spousal benefit application. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See

Legal claims about employment are one of the most common kinds of legal disputes. Just about every employment suit or settlement raises tax issues for employer and employee, and there are some common misconceptions. Most plaintiffs use contingent fee lawyers, and many assume that they are only responsible for the net money they collect after

The much criticized syndicated conservation easement (SCE) industry is chalking up a victory this month, but there are probably other ways to look at it. Judge Cary Douglas Pugh of the United States Tax Court has allowed $7,834,091 of a $10,427,435 charitable deduction claimed by Champions Retreat Golf Founders LLC on its 2010 tax return.

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Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about taking retirement benefits after spousal benefits, taking survivor’s benefits before retirement benefits and whether continued income can affect a spouse’s benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See more Ask Larry answers here. Have

On October 6,2022, President Biden issued a statement on marijuana reform that outlined three steps to overcoming what he described as a “failed approach” to enforcing marijuana laws that resulted in Black and brown people being arrested, prosecuted, and convicted at rates disproportionate to their white counterparts. Of interest to the accounting and tax industry