On February 1, 2019, the IRS published a corrected version of their final regulations for Section 199A (available here). The corrections include a … [Read more...] about Final Section 199A Regulation Correction: Separate v. Separable
Section 199A
Section 199A Qualified Business Income Adjustments
The new Section 199A deduction gets complicated for dozens of reasons. But one nearly hidden complexity? The qualified business income adjustments, or … [Read more...] about Section 199A Qualified Business Income Adjustments
Salvaging Partnership Section 199A Deductions
You have probably already heard the bad news. Partnership Section 199A deductions get limited or even eliminated in many situations. If you’re a … [Read more...] about Salvaging Partnership Section 199A Deductions
Publication 535 Fleshes Out Additional Section 199A Details
A first version of some of the pages in 2018 IRS Publication 535 appeared a few days ago. (See here.) And conveniently the pages provide additional … [Read more...] about Publication 535 Fleshes Out Additional Section 199A Details
Section 199A Qualified Business Income Deduction Danger Zones
Some bad news I’m afraid. The new Section 199A qualified business income deduction creates a number of danger zones for taxpayers and their tax … [Read more...] about Section 199A Qualified Business Income Deduction Danger Zones
Real Estate Broker Section 199A Deduction
If you’re a real estate agent or broker, you may wonder whether the new Section 199A deduction works for you. And the short answer: Probably you … [Read more...] about Real Estate Broker Section 199A Deduction
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
The Retirement Saving Section 199A Deduction Connection
Note: This blog post has not been updated for the Section 199A final regulations that appeared over the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend … [Read more...] about The Retirement Saving Section 199A Deduction Connection
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