AICPA, ABA Urge Extensive Changes to Proposed Transition Tax Rules
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Taxation are urging the IRS to make extensive changes to proposed “transition tax” rules. Transition Tax The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) ( P.L. 115-97), enacted…
Read morePractitioner’s Corner: Proposed IRS Rules on Opportunity Zones Provide Clarity, But Gaps Remain
Last year’s tax reform created a new Opportunity Zone program, which offers qualifying investors certain tax incentives aimed to spur investment in economically distressed areas. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has predicted that the Opportunity Zone program will create $100 billion…
Read morePractitioner’s Corner: Proposed Regs for Tax Reform’s Business Interest Limitation Expected Soon
The IRS is expected to soon release proposed regulations for tax reform’s new business interest limitation. “They are so broad that nearly every domestic taxpayer will be impacted,” Daniel G. Strickland, an associate at Eversheds Sutherland, told Wolters Kluwer. The first set…
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