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A little AI can go a long way
48+ min ago (574+ words) Despite breathless pronouncements otherwise, artificial intelligence is not, in fact, the universal tool that can and should be applied to every single thing so that it can take care of everything without you having to think about anything, at least…...
VAR 100 2026 deadline extended to June 5
5+ hour, 25+ min ago (281+ words) Due to high interest, Accounting Today will be extending the deadline for its annual VAR 100 survey by one week. Our new and final deadline is the end of day, Friday, June 5. That's the end of this week." The VAR 100 is…...
Trust distributions: Timing, tax, and practical considerations
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (953+ words) This article explains the basics of trust distributions, focusing on key concepts, relevant rules and elections, and planning choices that can help trustees manage taxes for both the trust and its beneficiaries....
Sec. 163(j) after OBBBA: Leveraging cost-recovery accounting methods
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (32+ words) A variety of capitalization strategies can increase deductible interest expense now that depreciation, amortization, and depletion are again added back to adjusted taxable income in calculating the Sec. 163(j) interest limitation....
Startups and the OBBBA: Rethinking C corporation vs. passthrough
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (20+ words) With enhanced Sec. 1202 gain exclusion, permanency of Sec. 199 A, and other provisions, the calculus for entity choice has shifted....
Practical Sec. 174 A tax planning in the post-OBBBA landscape
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (21+ words) Before adopting the newly reinstated expensing of research and experimental expenditures, taxpayers should first consider the strategy's broader tax effects....
Multigenerational wealth transfer with IDGTs and GST tax planning
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (43+ words) High'net'worth families can preserve wealth across generations by pairing intentionally defective grantor trusts with thoughtful generation-skipping trust exemption planning....
Foreign employers" FICA obligations: Key challenges and compliance strategies
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (27+ words) A foreign employer's duty to comply with U. S. payroll tax rules for employees who work in the United States can give rise to various issues....
Two months, $2. 6 billion: How NASA ETF turned Space X IPO access into a hot retail trade
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (640+ words) Retail investors are rushing into the space investing trade ahead of the Space X IPO, and one ETF has cashed in on the excitement. Tema ETFs' Space Innovators ETF, which launched on March 30 and trades under the ticker symbol NASA,…...
SEC moves to scrap Biden-era rule on climate risk disclosures
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (380+ words) The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to formally kill rules it's now calling a "dramatic overreach" of its own authority that would have required public companies to report greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related risks to their operations. The 2024 rules, which…...