An IRS tax levy is a seizure of a person’s property or rights to property. The IRS then uses the seized property to pay taxes owed. A levy allows the IRS to confiscate a person’s property, which includes cars, boats, real estate, and other “tangible” property. The IRS can also levy and take a person’s wages, bank accounts, and retirement income including Social Security benefits.
The IRS has been authorized to impose levies since 1954. Generally, the IRS must wait at least 10 days from the date it sends a notice of intent to levy before it can make a seizure. This notice must inform ...
Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Congress is now offering a new 20% deduction for "pass-through" businesses - i.e. businesses that are not corporations. With the corporate tax rate being reduced under the new law to a flat 21%, the 20% deduction for other forms of businesses was designed to give a reduction to these businesses approximating the lower corporate tax rate. If applicable, the 20% deduction can be claimed by the owners of S corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, and even the beneficiaries of trusts. These are business entities that do not pay income tax at the ...
At the end of 2017, President Trump signed into law a sweeping and comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. tax system. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act includes significant changes for business owners. We invite you to attend a special seminar, led by McNair's Tax Practice Group Leader, Erik Doerring, who will discuss these changes and how they will affect you and your business. Topics will include:
- Corporate tax changes/reductions
- Individual tax changes
- The new 20% deduction for pass-through businesses
- Potential business restructuring to take advantage of the new tax cuts
Join us as we break ...
On January 22, 2018, President Trump signed into law H.R. 195 (hereinafter referred to as the "2018 Budget Deal") which ended the federal government shutdown and funds the federal government through February 8, 2018. In addition, the 2018 Budget Deal included a six-year funding extension to the Children's Health Insurance Program. The 2018 Budget Deal also contains a two year delay to the effective dates of the "Cadillac Tax", the medical device excise tax, and an annual fee on health insurance providers. This blog will review the two year delays to the above-referenced taxes and ...
Aside from corporate tax reductions, one of the most important aspects of the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act beginning this year is the new 20% deduction for “pass-thru” businesses – i.e. businesses that are not corporations. With the corporate tax rate being reduced to a flat 21%, the 20% deduction for other forms of businesses was designed to give a reduction to these businesses approximating the lower corporate tax rate. However, this 20% deduction, found in new Internal Revenue Code § 199A, is saddled with exclusions, phase-outs, technical issues, and uncertainties so that many ...
Section 530 Relief
Employers that have workers which the employer classifies as "independent contractors" (Form 1099) risk having these workers reclassified by the IRS as employees. This is a major audit area for the IRS. If the IRS does audit an employer, and reclassifies "contractors" as "employees" this will subject the employer to substantial federal employment tax liabilities, penalties, and interest, and the employer will also be required to treat the "reclassified" contractors as employees going forward.
If an employer is audited by the IRS, the IRS will generally find ...
IRS Voluntary Worker Classification Settlement Program
Employers that have workers which the employer classifies as "independent contractors" (Form 1099) risk having these workers reclassified by the IRS as employees. This classification is a major audit area for the IRS. If the IRS does audit an employer and reclassifies "contractors" as "employees" this will subject the employer to substantial federal employment tax liabilities, penalties, and interest. The employer will also be required to treat the "reclassified" contractors as employees going forward.
If an employer ...
South Carolina assesses a recording fee on deeds to real property. The South Carolina deed recording fee is imposed for "the privilege of recording a deed," and is based on the transfer of real property from one person or business entity to another. The fee is generally imposed on the grantor of the real property, although the grantee may be secondarily liable for the fee. There are specific instances where the grantee, and not the grantor, is directly accountable.
This fee is composed of two fees - a state fee of $1.30 for every $500, or fractional part of $500, of the real property's value ...
IRS Form SS-8 Determinations of Employee Status
Employers that have workers which the employer classifies as "independent contractors" (Form 1099) risk having these workers reclassified by the IRS as "employees." This determination is a major audit area for the IRS. If the IRS does audit an employer and reclassifies "contractors" as "employees" this will subject the employer to substantial federal employment tax liabilities, penalties, and interest. The employer will also be required to treat the "reclassified" contractors as employees going forward.
A worker treated by an ...
Employers that pay wages and other forms of compensation to their employees must comply with federal tax return filing and payment/deposit requirement. Employers that receive services from non-employee contractors and which make payments to these contractors must also separately report these payments. The IRS imposes penalties on employers who fail to timely meet their filing requirements, as well as penalties and interest for not making timely tax deposits and/or payments to the IRS.
- Penalties
Forms 941 and 940
- Subject to limited "reasonable cause" exceptions, the failure to ...