Taxes

Last week, President Biden reportedly told a group of lawmakers who urged him to cancel at least $10,000 of student debt for every borrower through executive action, “you’re going to like what I do on that.” Although there are some worthwhile forms of debt forgiveness, these reports are cause for concern. Broad debt cancellation would

A good deal of the narrative and debate over working from home focuses on workers—what do they get, why do they want it, how they are choosing it. But to work from home, someone has to pay you. Does telework signal a change in the power relationship between employers and employees? Economist Teresa Ghilarducci told

President Biden’s budget proposes to repeal step up in basis on death. This is an income tax rule, not an estate tax rule. For generations, decedents and their heirs could avoid income tax on any increase in the value of assets during the decedent’s lifetime. The higher value can be subject to estate tax, but

Are higher taxes coming to go along with inflation? It sure looks that way. And while some of the spin is being directed at the Billionaire’s tax—that actually kicks in at a tenth of a billion dollars—there are plenty of other tax hikes proposed for more modest earners too. Here’s what is in store for

In the months and weeks leading up to the IRS’s filing deadline, an old narrative swiftly emerged: Some taxpayers are still largely in the dark on the proper tax treatment of digital assets and virtual currencies. The IRS’s position is that virtual currencies are treated as property for tax purposes, but that blanket position fails

The world of estate tax planning can be complicated and confusing. While planners can navigate the situations that taxpayers face by way of planning strategies, financial projections and illustrations, the IRS’s assault on various planning strategies in court cases, Treasury Regulation pronouncements and Proposed Regulations can result in unpredictability, and make the day-to-day life of

As President Biden and congressional Democrats make another push to reach a compromise on a social spending, climate change, and tax bill, a key issue is what they’ll do with the Child Tax Credit (CTC). The Tax Policy Center analyzed five options that show how lawmakers could partially restore the expanded 2021 version of the

New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams has officially dropped his first budget for the 2023 fiscal year starting on July 1—$99.7 billion. Although there will be ongoing debates about spending, the budget is relatively modest. The big issues facing the city’s future—crime, housing costs, and reviving the office economy—aren’t easily addressed by increasing or cutting

By Nellie Akalp The deadline for existing limited liability companies and C Corporations to elect S Corporation tax treatment for the tax year 2022 was March 15. So, what happens if a business missed the S Corp deadline? Can it still change its LLC or C Corp tax treatment from its default status to that

The Austrian tax code is about to make a dramatic change. In less than three months, the country will commence with their announced plans to reform the country’s tax system in an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions, and that could forever change the perception of these types of taxes. In its most basic terms,