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3 Stories to Start Your Week: January 25, 2022

 

NY Governor’s Historic Budget Plan

New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced a record-setting $216 billion budget plan for her state which is approximately $4.3 billion more than last year’s plan. This announcement comes as state officials are

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Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts Reporting

 

An American holding a financial account located outside the United States may not come as a shock to some, but the required reporting that comes along with it may be! U.S. Citizens with money in foreign accounts need to

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IRS Pilot Program – Fast Track for Private Ruling Letters

 

The IRS recently announced that they will be pilot testing a program over the next 18 months to expedite requests for rulings and determination letters for corporate taxpayers. This pilot program was released in Revenue Procedure 2022-10, and … Continue reading

 

3 Stories to Start Your Week: January 17, 2022

 

Student Loan Moratorium

The Biden Administration has announced that they extending the moratorium for Student Loan payments, again! The latest extension is set to carry through May of 2022, 5 months later than the already extended deadline which was

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New York’s Eviction Moratorium Ends

 

New York State maintained a strict eviction moratorium as a safeguard for residents during the pandemic. This safeguard was said to have “prevented a cascading crisis in the state with an enormous number of struggling renters” by public officials.

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NY Businesses Escape Billions in Taxes with State Help

 

At the end of last year, there was a large push by New York business owners to use a state-approved system for avoiding the $10,000 federal cap on state and local tax deductions.

This workaround had owners of closely-held

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3 Stories to Start Your Week: January 10, 2022

 

Recovery Rebate Credit and Pandemic Response Updates

The IRS recently updated its guidance on claiming the Recovery Rebate Credit and issued a report this past Friday on how it responded to the COVID-19 pandemic last year. The FAQ document Continue reading

 

NY’s Billion Dollar Small Business Rescue Plan

 

Earlier this week, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced a new Billion Dollar Rescue Plan for small businesses, as many are still struggling due to economic hardship faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. This new rescue plan is wide-ranging

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Pandemic Postponement – Individual Tax Returns

 

Since the start of the pandemic in 2019, the tax industry has had, heard, and experienced more issues than ever before. As we head into a third tax season during the pandemic, let’s take a look into the potential

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Child Credit Cancelled, Protesting Partnership Filing Fees, Unemployment Benefit Implications

 

Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments Cancelled

Over 30 million households began receiving advanced payments for their children in July following Congress’ temporary transformation of the annual tax break. Democrats hailed the expansion of the credit as groundbreaking and boasted

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