May 6, 2021 | Business Planning, Closely Held Business, Coronavirus Updates, Coronavirus Updates, Employee Benefit Plans, Government Contracting, Hospitality, Medical Practices, Not-for-Profit, Personal Financial Planning, Private Equity-SBICs and Venture Capital, Real Estate, Tax News
The Department of Homeland Security has announced it is “taking action to ensure that American businesses are equipped with the resources needed to recover successfully and contribute to the economic health of local communities.” Citing increased labor...
Apr 22, 2021 | Business Planning, Closely Held Business, Coronavirus Updates, Coronavirus Updates, Employee Benefit Plans, Government Contracting, Medical Practices, Not-for-Profit, Private Equity-SBICs and Venture Capital, Real Estate, Tax News
Reposted from an AccountingToday April 22, 2021 news article. The IRS and the Treasury Department are giving small businesses that received Paycheck Protection Program loans in the first round a way to deduct expenses they couldn’t claim last year. The Internal...
Apr 15, 2021 | Accounting & Audit Updates, Business Planning, Closely Held Business, Coronavirus Updates, Coronavirus Updates, Employee Benefit Plans, Government Contracting, Hospitality, Medical Practices, Not-for-Profit, Personal Financial Planning, Private Equity-SBICs and Venture Capital, Real Estate, Tax News
Even before the pandemic, the Small Business Administration offered Economic Injury Disaster Loans for “losses not covered by insurance or funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for both personal and business” expenses and for...
Apr 8, 2021 | Business Planning, Closely Held Business, Coronavirus Updates, Coronavirus Updates, Employee Benefit Plans, Government Contracting, Medical Practices, Not-for-Profit, Private Equity-SBICs and Venture Capital, Real Estate, Tax News
The IRS has issued Notice 2021-25 providing guidance under the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Relief Act of 2020. The Act added a temporary exception to the 50% limit on the amount that businesses may deduct for food or beverages. The temporary exception allows a...
Apr 6, 2021 | Business Planning, Coronavirus Updates, Coronavirus Updates, Employee Benefit Plans
The IRS is providing some leeway to employee benefit plans offering health flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and dependent care assistance plans (DCAPs). Under the COVID-19-related Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, these plans now have additional...
Apr 1, 2021 | Business Planning, Closely Held Business, Coronavirus Updates, Coronavirus Updates, Employee Benefit Plans, Government Contracting, Medical Practices, Not-for-Profit, Personal Financial Planning, Private Equity-SBICs and Venture Capital, Real Estate, Tax News
Legislation signed in March allows taxpayers who earned less than $150,000 in modified adjusted gross income to exclude unemployment compensation up to $20,400 if married filing jointly and $10,200 for all other eligible taxpayers. The legislation excludes only 2020...