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The IRS issued its 2019 Report with an opening message that, "Our people are the strength of the IRS and we want to do more!" The report provides insight into the extent of the IRS' efforts in helping people throughout the country, and plans to increase efforts in...
We are used to the IRS advising individuals of how to protect against identity theft, but now businesses are a target of the same threat. As a result, the IRS has increased efforts in cybersecurity to protect the latest targets on business owners. It is crucial that...
The IRS issued its Criminal Investigation Division's annual report regarding its activities and successes in thwarting tax crimes over the past year. Primary areas of investigation included cybercrimes involving cryptocurrency, employment tax, international tax...
As recently discussed here, the current state of the law allows business owners in the cannabis industry to take certain deductions on their state income tax returns, but not on their federal tax returns. That may soon change. The House Judiciary Committee approved...
The California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) recently reversed a Franchise Tax Board (FTB) proposed assessment of a Texas-based independent contractor working for a California-based company. The OTA found that income reported to the contractor on a Form 1099-MISC did...
Following the California Supreme Court decision in Dynamex Operations v. Superior Court, 4 Cal. 5th 903 (2018), which identified the "ABC Test" for worker classification for the purposes of California's wage and hour determinations under the IWC Wage Orders, and now...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced changes to tax rate schedules and certain tax provisions to adjust for inflation in tax year 2020. The standard deduction for taxpayers who are married filing jointly will increase to $24,800; for taxpayers who are...
The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) recently published its updated lists of California's top 500 individual and top 500 business tax debtors, who now collectively owe the state more than $581 million in income tax. Since October 2007, this list is updated twice annually....
While the federal penalty for failure by individuals to access health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) was eliminated by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, several states, including California, have instituted...
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed AB 37 into law, which legalizes licensed state cannabis businesses including marijuana growers, processors, and sellers to take deductions for their business expenses on state income tax returns. It exempts these...
