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Making Informed Entity Selection for Real Estate Ownership

Cherry Bekaert

Making Informed Entity Selection Decisions The life cycle of your real estate venture or property management company should be planned with the end in mind. CPAs and attorneys regularly advise clients concerning the appropriate entity for their endeavor. A single member LLC has the same tax impact as a sole proprietorship.

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Augusta Rule Provides Tax Savings for Real Estate Rentals

CPA Practice

The tax savings opportunity is not available to sole proprietorships or single member LLCs who are disregarded entities. Most businesses that file a tax return separate from inclusion in an individual return are eligible. Considering the corresponding regulations that come in to play, what is the practical application?

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CPAs to Clients: The IRS is Coming for Cryptocurrency

CPA Practice

For federal tax purposes, the IRS treats digital assets as “property,” and therefore transactions involving virtual currency are subject to the same general tax rules that apply to property transactions involving stock or real estate. The IRS is looking for unreported assets,” said Lucas Rihely, a tax partner at H2R CPA.

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1031 Exchange Explained: How to Pay Zero Tax on Real Estate Gains

LyfeAccounting

This is the number one way real estate investors accumulate wealth and that is the 1031 exchange. The 1031 exchange specifically comes from Section 1031 in the Internal Revenue Code, and it allows real estate investors to defer paying taxes on real estate gains. What is a 1031 Exchange.

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Sales tax and economic nexus in Puerto Rico

TaxConnex

Designated professional services and B2B services are taxed at a 4% rate. Some of these services are architects and landscape architects; CPAs and tax return specialists; agents, vendors and real estate companies; draftsmen; appraisers of real estate; and engineers and surveyors.

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Friday Footnotes: Work-Life Balance, Does It Work?; Big 4 Firms Slash Job Postings; She Doesn’t Even Go Here! | 2.16.24

Going Concern

Bill would let private CPAs, not state auditor’s office, audit state agencies [ Radio Iowa ] Senator Mike Bousselot, a Republican from Ankeny, IA seems to think letting CPA firms audit government books instead of the state auditor will fix the accountant shortage somehow? Year-on-year growth of 16.4%, including 13.3%

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Did You Miss Your State Tax Deduction?

KROST

If you are a shareholder of an S Corporation, partner/member of a partnership/LLC, you might be able to get some of your state tax deduction back. As you may remember, the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reduced the amount of the SALT deduction individuals can claim on their federal tax return to $10,000 starting with the 2018 tax year.

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