Taxes play an important role in the structure of a fund. There are various categories of investors that have different tax implications which will impact the structure of a tax efficient fund. One such group of investors are tax-exempt investors and the planning around Unrelated Business Income Tax (“UBIT”)…
For calendar years beginning after December 31, 2022, the third-party payment organizations are required to report payments in settlement of third-party network transactions with any participating payee that exceed a minimum threshold of $600 in aggregate payments, …
We hope you and your family are healthy, safe, and enjoying the holiday season to end 2022. We would like to take this opportunity to update you on exciting developments at Klug Counsel PLLC. We are excited about new members and practice areas that have been added to the firm and the creation of a related entity that will allow us to better serve our clients with accounting and finance support.
Every year, the estate and gift tax “basic exclusion amount” (commonly known as the “estate and gift tax exemption amount”) is adjusted for inflation. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in 2017 doubled the estate and gift tax exemption amount from $5 million to $10 million, adjusted for inflation. The amount is set to go back to $5 million, adjusted for …
On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. As part of the significant changes made by this legislation, the IRS will receive a budget increase of nearly $80 billion over the next ten years to improve four areas: enforcement, operations support, business system modernization, and taxpayer…
Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) have finalized regulations that eliminate the requirement that an Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) 754 election statement to adjust the basis of partnership property be signed by one of the partners of the partnership to be valid.
The Treasury Department (“Treasury”) and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) are likely to delay a January date for crypto brokers and exchanges to begin tracking and reporting data such as customers’ capital gains and losses. The move will delay when the IRS receives the same kind of data from crypto transactions as it receives for stocks…
Many investors in cryptocurrencies have seen their investments lose significant value in recent months. U.S. taxpayers who have losses from their digital asset investments or have had them stolen can deduct losses.
For individual taxpayers, typically the loss from the sale of crypto assets will result in a capital loss. Capital losses can offset capital gains, …
The recent decline in market prices for Bitcoin has taken a toll on miners, who have seen their profits slashed. According to data from BitInfoCharts, the average daily revenue for a Bitcoin miner has declined from around $13,000 at the beginning of 2018 to just $4,000 by mid-November. This sharp drop in income has forced many miners to abandon…
The Treasury Department is looking to require information reporting on digital asset transactions similar to other financial instruments, such as stocks and bonds. In an April 7 speech at American University outlining the Treasury’s digital asset policy, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said: that “appropriate guardrails” are needed in order to safeguard against the exponential growth of new digital assets like cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens.
