Foreign Bank Account Reporting (FBAR) - FinCEN Form 114 FinCEN Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the Treasury Department. Authorized under the Bank Secrecy Act, foreign bank account reporting commonly referred to as “FBAR†is electronically reported to the IRS via FinCen Form 114 separate and...
Back in June 2014 I blogged about the new IRS Regulations governing tangible personal property. These regulations prompted a vigorous debate over the last 7 months between the most astute students of the US Tax Code as to what constitutes the need to file IRS...
This post addresses how to use IRS Form 8082 to report an incorrectly issued K1. The lesson learned is that you always start by requesting in writing that a corrected K1 be issued. I've been working a very complicated file since my last post involving income...
A certain important person in my reality - my wife - is becoming increasingly interested in the business end of biomass refineries. You go girl. Funny but this interest also happens to correlate with a new file I am developing involving a farmer who owns...
Buying or Selling Business Assets - Remember to File IRS Form 8594 & Avoid Future Headaches A complication The US tax law requires both the seller and purchaser of a group of assets that makes up a trade or business to file IRS Form 8594 to report the sale when...
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 1368Â if...
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...
The Internal Revenue Code is a complex beast.  In the lunacy of it all I've been asked to define 'trafficking' as it relates to 26 USC § 280E - Expenditures in connection with the illegal sale of drugs which states as follows: "No deduction or credit shall be allowed...
Please refer to IRC 170 as well as Publication 526, Charitable Contributions (PDF), Publication 561, Determining the Value of Donated Property (PDF), and Publication 1771, Charitable Contributions Substantiation and Disclosure Requirements (PDF) for detailed information on charitable contributions. This is what I've learned about issues involving charitable contributions of artwork that tax examiners...
Determining Tax Basis and Holding Period for Non Passive Activities is one of those 'Secrets of the Golden Flower' that seems to be both completely esoteric and yet oh so real at the same time. Let's take a closer look under the hood, shall we...