Jul 30, 2018 | Firm Updates, International Tax
If you have ever sat down with your attorney or CPA to discuss estate issues, you know that estate planning involves a lot of decision making on your part. Estate planning professionals seem to have a never-ending list of options to choose from: revocable trusts,...
Jul 24, 2018 | Firm Updates, High Technology
If you are the owner of a start-up company, you may be exploring the possibility of applying for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding. These programs for U.S. owned and operated businesses are among the largest...
Jul 18, 2018 | Firm Updates, Small Business
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) introduced a flat 21% federal income tax rate for C corporations for tax years beginning in 2018 and beyond. Under prior law, profitable C corporations paid up to 35%. This change has caused many business owners to ask: What’s...
Jul 17, 2018 | Firm Updates, Small Business
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provides a valuable new tax break to noncorporate owners of pass-through entities: a deduction for a portion of qualified business income (QBI). The deduction generally applies to income from sole proprietorships, partnerships, S...
Jul 16, 2018 | Firm Updates, International Tax
Taxpayers are sometimes unaware they have a foreign filing requirement. In this blog post, we will look at an example in which the client was the beneficiary of a retirement account that was considered a foreign financial asset, even though he had never worked outside...