The Consolidated Appropriations Act, also known as CAA or the “Act”, was signed into law on December 27th to give critical aid to individuals and businesses affected by the pandemic. The new $900 stimulus package provides direct payments to individuals, enhanced unemployment, rental assistance, targeted aid for small businesses, and much more. Here we take…
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…
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…
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…