The new Section 199A deduction requires taxpayers to identify the individual trades or businesses they receive income from. The reason for this … [Read more...] about Section 199A Trade or Business Concept Deconstructed
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Section 199A Rental Property Trade or Business Definition
Section 199A potentially gives real estate investors a deduction equal to 20% of their rental income. Some real estate investor with, say, $100,000 … [Read more...] about Section 199A Rental Property Trade or Business Definition
Section 199A Proposed Regulations News
Normally, we don't "do" news type blog posts. This is a how-to blog, obviously. But we rather accidentally stumbled on some news about the Section … [Read more...] about Section 199A Proposed Regulations News
The Section 199A Section 1031 Conundrum
A reader of our “Maximizing Section 199A Deductions” monograph recently e-mailed to ask about the Section 199A Section 1031 connection. His … [Read more...] about The Section 199A Section 1031 Conundrum
Section 199A Changes Investment Portfolio Construction
The new Section 199A "pass-thru" deduction mostly matters to sole proprietors, partnerships, S corporations and real estate investors. In a … [Read more...] about Section 199A Changes Investment Portfolio Construction
Sec. 199A Changes Retirement Planning
Okay, a weird thing about the pass-thru "Section 199A deduction” created by the new tax law. Section 199A changes retirement planning for some small … [Read more...] about Sec. 199A Changes Retirement Planning
Section 199A Technical Corrections Fix Grain Glitch
On March 22, 2018, the President signed into law the Section 199A technical corrections that fix the grain glitch. The bad news with these Section … [Read more...] about Section 199A Technical Corrections Fix Grain Glitch
Section 199A S Corporation Dissolution
Some S corporation owners are starting to ask about Section 199A S corporation dissolution. In other words, should an S corporation dissolve to … [Read more...] about Section 199A S Corporation Dissolution
Real Estate Professional Audit Troubles
Are you worried about a real estate professional audit? You maybe should be if you're using the real estate professional designation to sidestep … [Read more...] about Real Estate Professional Audit Troubles
How to Extend Tax Return Last Minute
If you can’t file a tax return by April 17, 2018—the due date for 2017 returns given that April 15 falls on a Sunday and April 16 is a holiday in … [Read more...] about How to Extend Tax Return Last Minute