
Retirement Plan Options
If you are self-employed or own a business, consider setting up a retirement plan if you don’t already have one. New accounts for retirement plans, such as all 401(k)plans, profit-sharing, and defined benefit plans must be established on December 31st, 2020. Many can be funded by the income tax return filing due date. Make sure you all take…
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Qualified Business Income Tax Deduction
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act introduced a non-corporate tax deduction called Section 199A Qualified Business Income (QBI) Deduction to incentivize taxpayers to set-up businesses as pass-through entities. The QBI deduction provides taxpayers a deduction of up to 20% of their qualified business income (net profit) from a pass-through entity for tax years 2018 to…
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Opportunity Zone Investments
Opportunity Zones is a new community development program used to incentivize investments for distressed low-income communities by offering tax benefits to investors. It was established by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Businesses or individual investors can invest capital gain amounts in Opportunity Zones through a Qualified Opportunity Fund (QOF). The reinvestment of…
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Opportunities for Enhanced Cash Flow and Debt Management
CARES Act income tax provisions provide much needed economic relief to small business nationwide. It temporarily lifts some of the restrictions imposed by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that limited tax benefits for deductions and losses. The TCJA tax reform disallowed carryback of NOLs, allowed the NOL to only offset 80% of taxable income, limited…
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