While nothing may be as certain as death and taxes, nothing is as confusing as estate taxes on death. The estate tax is the single highest tax rate a person (or rather their state) will ever pay, currently capping out at a federal rate of 40% on assets over $12.06...
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The EU Joins in Creating Consumer Protection for Crypto Users
The European Union (EU) executed its Marketplace in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) on June 30, 2022, which provides the regulatory framework for digital assets in the EU bloc when the asset, or token, has an issuer. Coins that have no issuers, like Bitcoin, will have other...
Governor Signs Bill Regarding the Cannabis Industry
Assembly Bill No. 195, published July 1, 2022, makes a number of important changes to streamline administration and transparency of California's cannabis industry. One such amendment was made which discontinues cultivation tax beginning on January 1, 2023, and...
Finally, the Answer on Worker Classification in the California Trucking Industry
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court denied the request to hear the appeal of a case which ultimately resolves the worker classification rules for truckers in California that had been challenged since September 2019 when Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) was enacted to codify the...
Cannabis Businesses May Benefit from California Budget Deal
The Governor and legislative leaders agreed on a variety of provisions in the 2022-2023 budget agreement including one that would help cannabis business owners. AB 195/SB 195 would repeal the cannabis cultivate tax, revise the cannabis excise tax to be collected at...
FTB First Time Penalty Abatement Proposed
The FTB may be getting on board with the IRS by offering a first-time penalty abatement for qualified taxpayers. The relief would begin with tax year 2022 and provide one-time relief of failure-to-file or failure-to-pay penalties. This is just one of the provisions...
Made an Error on Your Tax Return? Correct it Online
The IRS announced recently that errors on more types of tax returns can now be corrected electronically, which helps the IRS reduce the current backlog of amended returns more quickly. New forms that may be amended electronically include Forms 1040-NR, U.S....
National Taxpayer Advocate Issues Report to Congress
Erin Collins, National Taxpayer Advocate, issued her mid-year report to Congress. Ms. Collins shares her great concern over the IRS’ backlog, and the long delays taxpayers face. Part of the problem is the number of returns requiring manual processing. At the end...
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in a Tax Case
Taxpayers with significant FBAR non-willful penalties may breathe a sigh of financial relief if the U.S. Supreme Court decides the FBAR non-willful penalty is per form, not per account. Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Bittner, Alexandru v. U.S....
IRS Inventory Report – 2021 Returns Completed
The IRS has been working hard to catch up on the processing of 2021 income tax returns and related correspondence that were delayed due to the pandemic and staffing shortages. More than 4.7 million original individual income tax returns were filed in 2021; by the end...
