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What Does a Lame Duck Congress Mean for Year-End Taxes?
As 2022 winds down, the same goes for our Senators and Representatives in Congress. And after a midterms election where Republicans took control of the House of Representatives and Democrats maintained control of the Senate, the 117th Congress begins what is known as a lame-duck session, before the new congressional session begins on January 3rd, 2023.
What’s Changing with Section 174 Research Expense Deductions in 2022?
Section 174 of the Internal Revenue Code has undergone a recent and major change, which may have a lasting impact on how your company’s accounting department addresses research and experimental expenditures. Before we dive into the changes, let’s take a quick refresher on Section 174.
5 Big Takeaways from the Inflation Reduction Act
On August 16th, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law, earmarking $740 billion for the reduction of carbon emissions, corporate tax reform, and domestic energy production and manufacturing.
ASC 842 and Why It Matters for Private Companies
The lease accounting standard ASC 842, which was postponed for non-public companies due to COVID-19, also known as Leases (Topic 842), is going into effect for many companies this year. So, what is ASC 842 and what does it mean for your company going forward if you plan on adopting the standard?
Employee Retention Credit Update
Folks in the Restaurant Industry will want to pay close attention to the IRS’s latest update to the Employee Retention Credit.
Michigan Enacts Elective Flow-Through Entity Tax
On December 20th, 2021, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Michigan HB 5376, which creates an entity-level tax for pass-through entities (PTEs) that do business in the State of Michigan. Under this new law, PTEs would declare and pay tax on their Michigan taxable income on behalf of their shareholders or entity level partners, and would deduct these taxes from the federal