Thursday, December 28, 2017

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Daily update December 28, 2017
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Reporters and researchers are just starting to comb through the huge, rushed-to-passage tax package to figure out the implications. One of the changes, according to the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy, which advocates for a "fair and sustainable" tax system, allows far more wealthy donors in 10 ...
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Below, we'll explain the new tax law's land mine and what you might be able to do about it, at least for 2018. Unfortunately, there's a lot of uncertainty about this law, since it was enacted at the last minute, only days before the end of the year. In fact, even as I was writing this article on Wednesday evening ...
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In 2018, taxes will look very different. The corporate tax rate is falling, federal income tax brackets are moving, and there are big changes to your ability to itemize deductions, including mortgage interest and state and local taxes (SALT). This has led to a flurry of end-of-year activity, particularly in places ...
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Until now, that is. REIT investors will benefit from the tax breaks that "pass through" businesses will receive in the new code. Investors will be allowed deduct 20% of their REIT dividend income, which means their current 39.6% tax bill will drop to 29.6% (according to The Wall Street Journal and Nareit).
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Last week we took a close look at the complicated new tax provision that will allow small-business owners — along with well-compensated professionals, wealthy investors, and even schlubs like me — to deduct 20 percent of their business income. This week, we'll look at some of the other sections in ...
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The tax law that President Donald Trump signed just before Christmas was intended to make U.S. businesses more globally competitive. Its signature feature was a lowering of the corporate tax rate from 35 to 21 percent. While that and other features of the new law may positively impact the desirability of ...
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As they scrambled to finish their sweeping tax bill in late October, House lawmakers arrived at a surprising decision: They wouldn't cut the income tax rate for the wealthy. That choice broke with conservative economic principles, which call for lower rates for high earners to spur investment and boost the ...
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The United States Senate and House of Representatives passed a final version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on December 20, 2017. The act was based on the Trump administration's plans presented back on September 27, 2017. This plan will cut income tax rates and double the standard deduction ...
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It looks like President Donald Trump had a good Christmas this year, after Congress delivered him an enormous gift in the form of a new tax code. On Dec. 22, just before leaving for his holiday at Mar-A-Lago, Trump signed the new GOP tax bill, which means the new tax law will go into effect on Jan.
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It was supposed to be a tax cut for manufacturers. Then it got out of control. World Wrestling Entertainment took it for producing wrestling videos. Regional gas stations claimed it because they mix ethanol with base fuel. Grocery stores asked for it because they spray their fruit so that it ripens. Pharmacies ...
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Under the Republican-sponsored tax bill, signed by President Donald Trump on Friday, the deduction taxpayers can take for the state and local taxes they pay will be capped at $10,000 starting Jan. 1. The limit applies to any combination of property, income and sales taxes. Seeking to duck that cap ...
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These same complaints can be made about long-term defense contracts and commitments, or tax benefits. Some of the largest social welfare programs are administered through the tax code. These programs all serve noble ends in isolation, but the underlying issue is that they are also benefits that ...
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In this season of giving, charity seems to be getting an extra jolt because next year the popular tax deduction for donations will lose a lot of its punch. Traditionally generous Americans may have less incentive to give to charitable causes next year because of the newly minted tax law. The changes that ...
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A change in the tax code is sending some metro-east homeowners rushing to the county treasurer's office before the end of the year to take care of a chore most might put off — paying their property taxes. New tax legislation passed by Congress earlier this month puts a $10,000 cap on the amount of ...
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"Bernie has long supported massive tax increases on everyone – including the middle class – but this Christmas, even this Grinch's heart has grown," Ahrens wrote in a note that linked to Sanders' CNN interview. "When Bernie comes back to town, he should pledge to vote with Republicans in ten years ...
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Barkan and hundreds of like-minded activists had centered their opposition to the tax bill on the cuts it could generate to essential social programs. They feared the tax bill's addition of $1.4 trillion to the debt would trigger pay-as-you-go, or "Paygo," rules ― resulting in across-the-board spending cuts to ...
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Attention Coke and Pepsi fans: Seattle's tax on sugary drinks takes effect on New Year's Day. Joining a handful of other U.S. locales with similar levies, the Northwest City in June enacted a 1.75 cents-per-fluid-ounce tax on the distribution of sodas and other sweetened beverages such as sports drinks ...
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The GOP didn't fulfill their promise of simplifying the tax code—you're not going to be able to file your taxes on a postcard any time soon, and experts say changes to business rates will likely lead more people to try to game the system. But they did change the number of tax brackets from seven to...seven ...
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Retirees in Connecticut could get sticker shock after a state law takes effect Monday requiring income taxes to be withheld from pension payments. The tax burden could be even heavier because the highest marginal rate of 6.99 percent could apply if pension recipients fail to fill out a new form.
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With President Donald Trump signing into law the $1.5 trillion Republican tax bill just days before the holidays, U.S. corporations could see an earnings boost between 7% to 10% from a 40% cut in the corporate tax rate. While corporations across the country would stand to benefit, financial firms are ...
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In Hempstead, town Tax Receiver Donald Clavin said "thousands" of people packed his office Tuesday trying to pay their 2018 property and school taxes a year in advance. "This is almost chaotic," Oyster Bay Tax Receiver James Stefanich told Newsday . He said homeowners began lining up in the cold ...
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In December, you'll hear reminders - make your tax-deductible donation before the end of the year. But this new tax law has some charities really worried. The new tax bill increases the standard deduction, and so fewer middle-class Americans will likely benefit from listing individual deductions like ...
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If you make your living in the tax world, you know David Kirk, even if you don't think you know David Kirk. If you've ever applied for a late S corporation election, you know David Kirk. If you've ever computed a client's liability for the net investment income tax, you know David Kirk. And if you've ever been ...
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Barclays has said Donald Trump's US tax changes will knock about £1bn off its profits. The bank said the bill, which was signed into law last week, would make it harder for it to deduct past losses from future tax bills. Barclays said the change had reduced the value of its "deferred tax assets" and would ...
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Publicly traded partnerships, including private equity firms Apollo, Blackstone Group LP and Carlyle Group LP, are taxed differently than corporations. So should they take advantage of the overhauled tax rules to pay less in taxes? Or should they use this chance to change to an Inc. from an LLC or LP, ...
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The Minnesota Department of Revenue has shifted the state's individual income tax brackets for next year based on inflation. For the 2018 tax year, the state's tax brackets will change by about 2 percent from tax year 2017, the Department of Revenue said on Wednesday. The adjustment does not ...
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BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will extend a tax rebate on purchases of so-called new-energy vehicles (NEV) until the end of 2020, a boost for hybrid and ... The finance ministry said in a statement on Wednesday the tax exemption, which was set to expire at the end of this year, will run from Jan.
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WEST COLUMBIA It may be controversial on Capitol Hill, but the tax cut backed by President Donald Trump and passed by the Republican Congress last week led to good news for employees of a Lexington County company on Wednesday. Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corp. announced it would raise ...
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States with high property tax rates, like New York, Connecticut and California, will be the most affected, while the Pioneer Valley, with relatively low estimated property value of $298,562, won't be drastically affected. On Friday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order allowing anyone ...
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Already squeezed by the state's persistent budget woes, nonprofits in Connecticut are bracing for a potential drop-off in donations due to changes in the sweeping tax bill that President Donald Trump signed into law last week. With the doubling of the standard deduction, experts predict far fewer ...
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In theory, this means fewer taxpayers will be able to itemize on their taxes, including taking deductions for mortgage interest. According to Clark Jensen, CEO of Utah Mortgage Loan Corporation, the tax bill should be a good thing for Utah's housing market. "Any time you remove artificial government ...
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IRS Advisory Prepaid Real Property Taxes May Be Deductible in 2017 if Assessed and Paid in 2017
WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service advised tax professionals and taxpayers today that pre-paying 2018 state and local real property taxes in 2017 may be tax deductible under certain circumstances. The IRS has received a number of questions from the tax community concerning the ...
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Tax Forgiveness
Tax Forgiveness. Depending on your income and family size, you may qualify for a refund or reduction of your Pennsylvania income tax liability with the state's Tax Forgiveness program. Retired persons and individuals that have low income and did not have PA tax withheld may have their PA tax ...
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In An Unexpected Outcome, Trump Tax Reform Just Blew Up The Treasury Market
The tax bill also includes the abolishment of taxation (currently 35%) on dividend payments from overseas subsidiaries. However, overseas subsidiaries' retained earnings would be subject to a one-time tax. It is expected that this repatriation tax system would result in reserves held overseas by US ...
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Hold off before trying to pre-pay your property tax
"Until a tax is accessed, a tax commissioner is prohibited by law to accept any property tax payments without an approved digest and the order to bill and collect is ordered by the Georgia Department of Revenue," Eden said. "Historically the digest is approved by the state in the summer, end of July, so in ...
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Collins pens op-ed explaining tax bill vote
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) explained her vote on the GOP tax bill on Wednesday in an op-ed in a Maine newspaper, after many liberals criticized her support for the measure.
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Your Checklist for 2018 Real Property Tax Prepayment
Sign and include the Notice of Intent (available on our website, below). If you are sending somebody to pay on your behalf, provide a signed authorization allowing that other person to act as your agent. Have a copy of your 2017 tax bill? You can locate your bill by navigating to.
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No, Tax Cuts Don't Kill People
When the Senate passed their tax reform bill earlier this month, Republicans were excited that the new law would cut taxes. Liberals thought it would kill people. As the legislation went through the Budget Committee, protesters inside the Capitol chanted, "Don't kill us, kill the bill." Larry Summers, a top ...
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Sanders Statement on Republican Tax Plan
The Republicans are so desperate to spin their disastrous tax plan that they have resorted to taking comments I recently made completely out of context. Let me set the record straight.
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Atwood Tax
Atwood Tax offers offers tax planning and tax preparation for individuals, partnerships, S-Corporations, C-Corporations, LLCs, and non-profits. Tax laws are complicated and extensive. Let us take on your burden of tax preparation and make sure you get all the deductions and credits you are entitled to.
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Client Portal
Take a look at our Client Portal page. Romeril Tax & Accounting, LLC is a full CPA firm located in New Ipswich, NH.
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UPDATE ON PREPAYMENT OF TAXES
The Town Board met early this afternoon and had a discussion with representatives from the state regarding the Governor's Executive Order allowing partial payments this year for 2018 taxes. I have been working on this issue non-stop since the Governor signed the Executive Order on Friday, along with ...
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India's Tax Sleuths are Looking Into Bitcoin Profiteers' Overall Wealth
India's income tax (IT) department is taking a closer look at the overall wealth of individuals making gains in bitcoin trading through exchanges. After outlining their intent to collect taxes from bitcoin adopters raking in profits from this year's soaring gains, India's official tax authority will reportedly zero in ...
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Globalist Mag: Trump Will 'Game Paychecks' To Win Tax Cut Support
The Trump administration will "artificially" put more money in paychecks to gain support for 2018 midterms, according to globalist publication The Nation. "Trump's team could artificially goose US paychecks in 2018 to make the tax cut look bigger for the working class in advance of midterm elections," ...
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Bernie Sanders Admits: Tax Cuts For 91% Of Middle Class 'A Very Good Thing'
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) admitted in a CNN interview Sunday that President Trump's tax bill giving a tax cut to the vast majority of middle-class Americans is "a very good thing." CNN host Jake Tapper asked Sanders if 91% of the middle-class receiving tax cuts is a good thing despite tax cuts for ...
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Ted Cruz Wins Twitter AGAIN, Schools Bernie Sanders Over Tax Tweet
Senator Bernie Sanders' face after he accidentally said of the GOP's middle class tax cut, "it is a very good thing." Democrats continue to have a messaging problem with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The problem is that the middle class tax cut "is a very good thing," as Senator Bernie Sanders put it on ...
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New Tax Law Takes Aim At Higher Education's Millionaires Club
Chronicle of Higher Education, New Tax Law Takes Aim at Higher Education's Millionaires Club: [The new tax law imposes] a 21-percent tax on annual compensation in excess of $1 million paid to the five highest-paid employees of a nonprofit group — including college presidents, chancellors, and ...
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Romeril Tax & Accounting, LLC
Take a look at our Home page. Romeril Tax & Accounting, LLC is a full CPA firm located in New Ipswich, NH.
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Bernie Sanders Fakes Compassion for Middle Class Over Tax Reform, Ted Cruz Calls Him On It
Bernie Sanders tax plan sunk him during the election and continues to submerge him up to his cotton cloud hair. Using his normal faked compassion, he complains about the poor (literal and rhetorical) middle class being taxed too much under the new tax reform. But he still can't explain how he's going ...
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TRAIN
News & Views. 27/12/17. THE TAX REFORM FOR ACCELERATION AND INCLUSION (TRAIN) ACT. Republic Act (RA) No. 10963, entitled "AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 5, 6, 24, 25, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 51, 52, 56, 57, 58, 74, 79, 84, 86, 90, 91, 97, 99, 100, 101, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 114, 116, ...
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Ridley Scott Won't Join Anti-Trump Hollywood Bandwagon, Supports GOP Tax Bill
Speaking to the Denver Post about his new film, "All the Money in the World," director Ridley Scott showed he is definitely not the typical Hollywood type as he openly supported the GOP's tax reform efforts.
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Tax Plan Jitters Cause Sudden Collapse In Manhattan Apartment Prices In 4Q
Apparently the combination of a massive flood of excess supply in the form of new luxury developments and a Trump tax plan that penalizes people living in expensive cities by capping SALT, mortgage interest and property tax deductions was simply too much for the Manhattan real estate market to ...
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Prepayment of property taxes not allowed under Washington law
Vancouver, Wash. - Under Washington law, the Clark County Treasurer's Office cannot accept prepayment of 2018 property taxes before the end of 2017, Treasurer Doug Lasher said Wednesday. Some tax experts and others are urging people to pay at least some of their 2018 property taxes before the ...
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People Rushing to Pay Off Property Taxes Ahead of New Tax Law
It would be unheard of for Olmsted County. The Property Records Office says the reason behind the rush changes in the new tax law.
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Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week is Jan. 29-Feb. 2, 2018
Are you looking forward to getting your tax refund in the new year? Tax identity thieves may be looking forward to getting your refund too. That's why the FTC has designated January 29-February 2, 2018 as Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week. Tax identity theft happens when someone uses your Social ...
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New Tax Bill: 2 Things To Strongly Consider Doing Before January 31
With the recent passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Congress passed on 12/20; President signed on 12/22) there are significant changes to the deductible amount of state income, property tax and real estate tax used in calculating itemized deductions beginning in tax year 2018. Under the new law, ...
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Joy Villa on the prospect of Trump going after Scientology's tax-exempt status
There was some confusion after Yashar's story about whether Trump could actually do something about Scientology's tax exempt status even if he wanted to. But we had previously researched that situation and pointed out that yes, one of the three people in the country who could, by law, order an ...
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Why Homeowners Are Scrambling To Prepay Their 2018 Property Taxes
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Homeowners around the country are doing something unusual this week - rushing to pay their 2018 property taxes well before they're due. They hope to put off one effect of the tax overhaul that President Trump signed into law last week. It limits the amount of state and local taxes ...
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Bosch Tax Services
You'll benefit from 18 years of tax preparation and planning experience. Talking with each client allows us to ensure we utilize all deductions and maximize tax benefits. We're dedicated to our clients, keeping current on tax law so we're always ready to serve you. Find out more ...
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Foot Locker UK - 2017 Tax Strategy
Foot Locker UK — 2017 Tax Strategy. The Foot Locker, Inc. Code of Conduct requires all of its employees throughout the world to always operate with honesty, integrity, and fairness in everything that they do. Our business has a strong focus on corporate responsibility. Consistent with these values and ...
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Tax moves you may want to consider before the end of 2017
You probably already know that big changes in the tax code are going to take effect starting January 1, 2018. What you may not know is that there are still a number of things you can do over the few couple of days to potentially leverage those changes to your own benefit.
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Will the GOP Get Credit for Tax Reform?
The ARRA also included a one-year, $800 tax break for 95 percent of working families — a detail that was forgotten as quickly as the money was spent. A year after the bill's passage, only 12 percent polled believed their taxes had been reduced, and twice that many, 24 percent, thought their taxes had ...
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New Federal Tax Bill Provides Immediate Payoff for Fifth Third Bank Staff
A quick scan of the headlines shortly after Congress completed the new tax bill before going into its Christmas recess showed a wide range of reactions to the news, but you can likely count some Fifth Third Bank employees as among those at least favorable to the results of the changes being made by ...
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Special Report: Beat the Tax Law Change by Prepaying State Taxes
The recently passed tax bill signed by the President is the largest change to the way Americans and businesses are taxed in over 20 years. Starting January…
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Lakewood Tax Collector's Office will accept pre-payment for 2018 property taxes
Earlier this week, we reported from the Jackson Township's Mayor with regards to pre-payment of the 2018 property taxes. The Lakewood Tax Collector's Office today said it would accept 2018 pre-payment as well, though there's no official guidance available as to whether the pre-payment will serve to ...
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