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How Inflation and Supply Chain Disruptions Can Increase Your Business’ Tax Bill

Withum

Unfortunately, a deteriorated supply chain and increased inflation most likely will increase the tax bill for businesses that use the LIFO method of accounting. Utilizing LIFO when costs are rising due to inflation is generally advantageous for income tax purposes because sales prices are offset by higher inflated purchase costs.

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IRS Issues Favorable QSBS Tax Ruling for Businesses

Withum

The taxpayer in PLR 202221006 (March 3, 2022) is a pharmaceutical distributor that engages in the retail sale of a limited number of drugs. Conversely, if the business is not a QTB, then the shareholder will owe federal income tax of roughly $2,380,000 ($10 million times 23.8%).

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Will Congress Say Bah Humbug To Small Businesses?

Withum

While all this start and stop is understandable in a deeply divided Congress, business owners remain stuck with dysfunctional tax law that is forcing them to make high, unexpected tax payments on their research and experimental (“R&E”) expenditures while paying 20-year high-interest rates to finance their increasing tax bills.

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Andersen Expands Presence in SoCal, Adds New Offices in Des Moines and Pittsburgh

CPA Practice

Peter DeGregori , founded Vertical Advisors, LLP in 2007 to work closely with middle-market business owners and privately-held companies and provide integrated and innovative tax, business and financial advisory services. Brad Smerage was a Partner at Hamilton Juffer + Associates and has over 25 years of tax experience.

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The Rundown | 2023 Mid-Year Report

Cherry Bekaert

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued only two new Accounting Standard Updates (ASUs) and the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has not issued any new GASB Statements in 2023. Standard setters have been relatively inactive this year.

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Friday Footnotes: EY Pulls Out of Winston-Salem; Clients Exposed in Data Breach; Deloitte Olympians | 7.14.23

Going Concern

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. The Office Ernst & Young out of Triad market after closing Winston-Salem office [ Triad Business Journal ] The Triad now has offices for only two of the Big Four global accounting firms.

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Year-End Tax Planning Strategies for Businesses

KROST

Currently, a de minimis safe harbor under the repair regs allows taxpayers to deduct certain items costing $5,000 or less (per item or invoice) and that are deductible in accordance with the company’s accounting policy reflected on their applicable financial statement (AFS). Accelerating income and postponing deductions.