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25 May 2020

Applicable Federal Rates – June 2020

For the applicable federal rates for the above month, preceding months, and a data table that visually shows trends. . .

17 May 2020

Summary Table for Estate and Trust Deduction Limitations

In the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, new Code §67(g) was added to prohibit individual taxpayers from claiming miscellaneous itemized deductions through 2026. Questions have arisen as to what deductions of non-grantor trusts and estates come under this provision, including deductions that carry out to beneficiaries in the year of termination of the estate or trust. Notice 2018-61 provided some guidance, and now the IRS has issued proposed regulations to provide guidance.

The final treatment of these items is not the easiest thing to follow, as it gets caught up in definitions of adjusted gross income, miscellaneous itemized deductions, and other related provisions. I thought a table that breaks the various deductions into categories and the treatment of the category would be a helpful tool. So here is the table: . . .

22 Apr 2020

COVID-19 RELIEF FOR NONRESIDENTS

Nonresident alien individuals present in the U.S. for too many days in a calendar year may be classified as residents for federal income tax purposes under the substantial presence test. If such individuals are stuck in the U.S. due to medical conditions, those days of presence may be excluded in making the days computations pursuant to statutory provisions.

There are nonresident alien individuals who are in the U.S. during the current COVID-19 crises who are unable to leave due to travel bans and similar limitations, but not due to their own illness. It is uncertain whether the medical exception applies to them.

As a relief measure, the IRS has issued a Revenue Procedure. . .

18 Apr 2020

Surviving Spouse Homestead Limitations Struck Down as Unconstitutional [Florida]

Article VII, Section 6(f)(1) of the Florida Constitution provides ad valorem tax relief to surviving spouses of veterans who died from service-connected causes while on active duty. The provision specifically provides the relief to homestead property of:

“[t]he surviving spouse of a veteran who died from service-connected causes while on active duty as a member of the United States Armed Forces.”

In implementing this provision. . .

12 Apr 2020

IRS Provides Transfer Tax Extensions

Over the past few weeks, the IRS has provided numerous extensions due to the Covid-19 virus outrbreak. These included Notice 2020-17, Notice 2020-18, and Notice 2020-20. Some relief was provided for gift and generation-skipping transfer tax return filings and payments under Notice 2020-20. Late last week, additional extensions were granted in Notice 2020-23 aimed at estate and generation-skipping tax returns and payments. . .

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