Taxes

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Ask Republicans—who will win both houses of Congress next month—what to do about inflation, and they’ll reply: “Cut spending.” They might add cut taxes and regulations so the economy can produce more products and services, thereby lessening the pressure on prices. But they usually omit the

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Internal Revenue Service announced today that young workers will be allowed to contribute up to $22,500 pretax to a 401(k) or similar retirement savings plan in 2023, a $2,000 jump from the current $20,500 limit. Those 50 or older will be permitted to sock away

At the most recent meeting of the American Bar Association’s Tax Section, the IRS noted that it was looking into solutions for preventing line-blocking technology from tying up IRS phone lines. The pilot program is going to use artificial intelligence technology to attempt to weed out calls made by these services. The initial roll out

In 2005 a group of financial institutions, consultants, governments, regulators, and analysts met in Zurich to examine the effect of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations on long-term investments. The group concluded that long-term value is created by companies that embed ESG concepts into their strategies. ESG components include: environmental concerns such as climate risk,

Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about benefits lost to the earnings test, how and why non-covered pensions can affect benefits and how spousal and survivor’s benefits are calculated. 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.

The Internal Revenue Service Today announced new inflation-adjusted limits for 2023 that will allow well-off folks to transfer much more to their heirs tax free during life—or at death. One key gifting change is to the annual exclusion: you will be able to give anyone else (and as many people as you want) $17,000 in

Tax Notes contributing editors Robert Goulder and Joseph J. Thorndike examine the new alternative minimum tax and its likely effect on corporate America, all in five minutes. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Joseph J. Thorndike: The Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169) was signed into law last month, and taxpayers are still

The IRS says that taxpayers in disaster areas have more to file their returns to qualify for the penalty relief under Notice 2022-36 for their 2019 and 2020 tax returns. Under Notice 2022-36, penalties for late-filing certain tax returns, as well as penalties for not reporting certain required information on the Form 1065 or Form

Planning can help optimize annual RMDs depending on your goals and cash flow needs. Mandatory withdrawals from retirement accounts begin for most taxpayers at age 72. But retirees who don’t need the money often have questions. For example, what’s the best time of year to take required minimum distributions, how to reinvest it, or if

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Internal Revenue Service has released dozens of inflation adjustments affecting individual income tax brackets, deductions and credits for 2023 and—no surprise—today’s four decade high inflation has translated into some big hikes. Consider the standard deduction, now claimed (instead of itemized deductions) by more than 85%