Tax planning

With the passage of so much tax legislation over the past several years, there is tremendous opportunity for savings and planning.

Advisors are urging clients to make tax-planning moves this year to preserve the preferential capital gains rate and turbocharge business deductions.

Guidance from the IRS can be confusing, explains Bloomberg’s Alexis Leondis.

Yet another IRS change to tax rules amid the COVID pandemic is complicating tax-planning opportunities for financial advisors this filing season.

Collecting all unpaid income tax from the top 1% would boost revenue to the U.S. Treasury by $175 billion a year.

“Even the easy returns are not simple right now,” a CPA says.

Estate planners are keeping a close eye on the department’s agenda, anticipating the possible revival of several regulatory projects shelved by the Trump administration.

It’s not just $1,400 checks. Here’s what advisors need to know about other financial perks in the massive stimulus package.

Roth conversions and backdoor Roths ease COVID financial pain for wealthy earners this tax season

A Biden proposal to change the tax deduction for contributions to a tax credit could have serious implications.

All trusts named as beneficiaries before the SECURE Act may need to be updated, says one analyst.

Bitcoin and other digital currency investors face tax headaches and IRS scrutiny this filing season.

A COVID-wrecked economy has changed the calculus for some financial planners.

The agency’s commissioner is upbeat, but tax preparers and financial planners worry that this year could be especially chaotic due to the COVID pandemic.

Unexpected windfalls and limitations may accrue to WFH clients — and their financial planners.

Some business owners can get hurt by workarounds to the $10,000 limit for state and local tax deductions.

Your clients may have heard conflicting advice — they must change their IRA beneficiaries, spend down their IRA as soon as possible, dismantle their trust, or immediately convert their traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, Sophia Duffy writes.

Experts have identified a dozen credits, deductions and more as worth particular attention this year.

The simplest method involves having one traditional IRA and one Roth IRA, making one annual non-deductible contribution to the traditional IRA, and converting it before any gains or interest accrues.

Tax professionals are starting to hear questions from their clients ahead of the official start of tax season about a variety of issues related to COVID-19.