Tax planning

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.