Insights

Favorable economic conditions alongside baby boomers looking to exit their businesses over the next ten years have resulted in an active M&A market.  While there are many exit options, business owners should consider a recapitalization using a private equity firm.

Baby Boomers are retiring in record numbers and many baby boomer business owners will be looking to exit their businesses over the next ten years

In the landmark decision of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., the US Supreme Court overturned the Quill physical presence standard, deeming it “unsound and incorrect.” In turn, the Court upheld South Dakota’s economic nexus law, which requires companies to collect sales tax when their sales or the number of transactions with the state exceed certain thresholds.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) of December 2017 makes several significant changes to the deduction for meals and entertainment related to a taxpayer’s business.

Nationwide, 4.1 million Americans pay more than $10,000 each in property taxes alone, according to ATTOM Data Solutions.  The itemized deductions of many taxpayers stand to be severely limited with the new $10,000 cap on state and local taxes enacted as part of tax reform in December of 2017, especially if multiple personal real properties are owned.

On December 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) into law.  It is the most comprehensive tax reform seen in the United States since President Ronald Reagan’s 1986 Tax Reform Act. 

Included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law in December 2017, is a new tax planning technique for deferring gains from sales. By investing in Qualified Opportunity Funds, taxpayers can defer (and potentially partially avoid) gain recognition on the sale of any property.

ASC 606, the long awaited and much debated new accounting standard for revenue recognition in the United States has now become reality for most public companies.  Adoption of this new standard was required for calendar year public companies effective January 1, 2018, and the results of adoption have now become public with the earnings releases and 10-Q filings for the first quarter ending March 31, 2018.

There is a letter for you.  The return address looks ominous – as the first line reads:  Internal Revenue Service.  You opened it.  Your worst fears were confirmed.  It is the dreaded notice that your individual income tax return is under audit or, to put it in the language used by the IRS, “your return has been selected for examination.” 

ASC 606, the long awaited and much debated new accounting standard for revenue recognition in the United States has now become reality for most public companies.  Adoption of this new standard was required for calendar-year public companies effective January 1, 2018, and the results of adoption have now become public with the earnings releases and 10-Q filings for the first quarter ending March 31, 2018.