According to IRS Revenue Procedure 2013-13 in addition to claiming the traditional office in home (OIH) or home office deduction on IRS Form 8829 there is now a new simplified option you can consider effective January 1, 2013. Basically this new simplified method if selected allows...
As many of you who follow me and/or this tax blog know I have been actively tracking a handful of select medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado who have been denied the opportunity to deduct ordinary and necessary business expenses by the IRS when arriving at...
If you have been impacted by a disaster in your area like many of my friends most recently here in Colorado due to flooding as defined by FEMA and identified by our President causing you to be unable to meet your tax obligations the IRS may...
Unless you elect different treatment, for shareholder income tax purposes S corporation distributions are applied in the following order: 1. To reduce the Accumulated Adjustment Account (AAA) determined without regard to any net negative adjustment for the tax year but not below zero. According to IRC 1368 if...
A taxpayer came to me looking for a second opinion on how his company's 2011 and 2012 IRS Form 1120-S were prepared, signed and filed because the retained earnings reported on Schedule L was ($100,000) - as in negative - AND the Accumulated Adjustment Account (AAA) on...
If you have ever been a victim of IRS lien or levy action you know first hand that it can be unilaterally devastating on many levels and take literally years if not decades to financially overcome. To add insult to injury it gets all the...
If you chose to represent yourself in an IRS Examination realize the IRS Revenue Agent (RA) or Tax Compliance Officer (TCO) assigned your file is trained very thoroughly to advocate on behalf of the US Government. One method used quite often is to create a (false)...
The IRS has issued final regulations affecting all taxpayers that acquire, produce, or improve tangible property. The final regulations define materials, supplies, de minimus, safe harbor and related repairs as well as the election to capitalize certain materials and supplies among other items. Particularly relevant to my...
This post represents some of my codified thoughts on Accumulated Adjustment Accounts and the Sub-chapter S Corp: IRS Form 1120-S Schedule M-3 Column (a), or in tax speak the AAA. Yes AAA could also be an acronym for Advanced Alcoholics Anonymous and maybe that is relevant...
US citizens are required to carry minimum essential health insurance coverage beginning January 1st 2014. This is also commonly referred to as the 'individual mandate' and some people are exempt from this individual mandate including: Members of recognized religious sects that are exempt from self-employment...