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Final Regulations Allow Truncated TINs on Forms W-2 Furnished to Employees

Final Regulations Allow Truncated TINs on Forms W-2 Furnished to Employees Final regulations allow employers to voluntarily truncate employees’ social security numbers (SSNs) on copies of Forms W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, furnished to employees. The truncated SSNs appear on the forms as IRS truncated taxpayer identification numbers (TTINs). The regulations also clarify and provide […]

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CFC Partners Required to Increase E&P for Subpart F Inclusions

CFC Partners Required to Increase E&P for Subpart F Inclusions The upper-tier controlled foreign corporation (CFC) partners of a domestic partnership were required to include in gross income their distributive share of income inclusions under subpart F from lower-tier CFCs, and increase earnings and profits (E&P) by the same amount. Regulations under Code Sec. 964provided preliminary […]

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Safe Harbors Provided for Business Payments Made in Exchange for SALT Credits

Safe Harbors Provided for Business Payments Made in Exchange for SALT Credits The IRS has provided safe harbors for business entities to deduct certain payments made to a charitable organization in exchange for a state or local tax (SALT) credit. A business entity may deduct the payments as an ordinary and necessary business expenses under Code […]

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Senate Finance Committee Approves IRS Commissioner Nominee

Senate Finance Committee Approves IRS Commissioner Nominee The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) advanced President Donald Trump’s nomination of Charles Rettig for IRS Commissioner. The SFC approved the nomination on July 19 by a 14-to-13 party line vote. Qualified Nominee Several SFC Democrats and Republicans praised Rettig’s qualifications to serve as the next IRS Commissioner. SFC […]

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Trump, House GOP Lawmakers Discuss Tax Cuts 2.0

Trump, House GOP Lawmakers Discuss Tax Cuts 2.0 President Donald Trump and House GOP tax writers discussed “Tax Cuts 2.0” in a July 17 meeting at the White House. The next round of tax cuts will focus primarily on the individual side of the tax code, both Trump and House Ways and Means Chair Kevin Brady, R-Tex., […]

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Ways and Means GOP, White House Crafting Tax Cut 2.0 Outline

Ways and Means GOP, White House Crafting Tax Cut 2.0 Outline House Republicans and the Trump Administration are working together to craft a tax cut “2.0”outline, the House’s top tax writer has said. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Tex., told reporters during the week that House tax writers and the White House are […]

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Tax Preparer’s Obstruction Conviction Vacated

Tax Preparer’s Obstruction Conviction Vacated The Fifth Circuit vacated a tax preparer’s conviction for obstructing tax administration. The conviction was no longer valid in light of C.J. Marinello, SCt., 2018-1 ustc ¶50,192. Marinello Under Code Sec. 7212, it is a crime to corruptly or by force or threats obstruct the due administration of the Internal Revenue Code. In Marinello, the U.S. Supreme […]

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National Taxpayer Advocate Releases Mid-Year Report

National Taxpayer Advocate Releases Mid-Year Report National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson has released her mid-year report to Congress. The report contains a review of the 2018 filing season, and identifies the priority issues the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) will address during the upcoming fiscal year. It also includes the IRS’s responses to each of […]

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