Famiglio & Associates

In the current financial and tax environment, too many "sound planning strategies" steer you into regrettable and avoidable tax situations If you need better tax advice with your: Estate PlanningEmployee Benefits PlanningCreative Pension & Retirement Plan Consulting

• Topics: Real Estate, Cost Segregation Study, Cost Seg Business and individual taxpayers that acquire nonresidential real property or residential rental property have an opportunity to reduce the depreciable lives on assets which are building components Certain assets may qualify for shorter lives and recovery periods under MACRS depreciation The reduction of the asset lives provides accelerated deductions to offset income

• Topics: Florida, Payroll, Employees, Independent Contractors, Child Support, Airbnb, Vbro, Construction, Real Estate, Landlords, Small Businesses As of October 1, 2021, Florida businesses are required to inform the state of all new or rehired employees, and independent contractors paid more than $600 00 While previously small businesses were exempt from reporting their employees, the law was expanded under Florida Statute § 409 2576

Now, small businesses need to report such hires and contractors to State Directory of New Hires within 20 days The law’s intention is to enhance enforcement of child support payments; however, the law establishes that the State may share information with the following state programs:

• Topics: Sarasota, Federal, CPA, COVID-19, Coronavirus, 2020, 2019 The US House of Representatives approved Families First Coronavirus Response Bill could provide $15 million to worth of tax credits for paid sick, family, and medical leave Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stated that "this bill will provide significant relief to small businesses that cannot afford the employee costs associated with coronavirus

The bill provides a dollar for dollar reimbursement for coronavirus related sick leave costs To protect businesses concerned about cash flow, the Treasury will use its regulatory authority to advance funds to employers in a number of ways," Furthermore he added "Employers will be able to use cash deposited with the IRS to pay sick leave wages Additionally, for businesses that would not have sufficient taxes to draw from, Treasury will use its regulatory authority to make advances to small businesses to cover such costs " Note, as of March 17, 2020 this bill has not passed the US Senate

In summary the bill provides the following tax credits: Taxpayers who use their home for business may be eligible to claim a home office deduction It allows qualifying taxpayers to deduct certain home expenses on their tax return This can reduce the amount of the taxpayer’s taxable income Here are some things to help taxpayers understand the home office deduction and whether they can claim it:

• Topics: Individual, extension request, extension, 2023, 2022, 1040 For existing clients who wish to request an extension, please fill out the following document:

• Topics: 2017, 2018, CPA, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Trump, Tax Reform

• The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed by President Trump on December 22 The Act makes sweeping changes to the U S tax code and impacts virtually every taxpayer For businesses, tax benefits include a reduction in the corporate tax rate, increase in the bonus depreciation allowance, an enhancement to the Code Sec 179 expense and repeal of the alternative minimum tax Owners of partnerships, S corporations, and sole proprietorships are allowed a temporary deduction as a percentage of qualified income of pass-through entities, subject to a number of limitations and qualifications On the other hand, numerous business tax preferences are eliminated

• Topics: Tax, Organizer, Individual, CPA, 2023, 2022

• Topics: viruses, Ransomware, Organized Crime, Information Security, Hackers, Extortion, CPA, Businesses, Blackhat, Bitcoin In 2014, consumers were subjected to security breach after security breach as major retailers and service providers disclosed that they had involuntarily shared your personal data While this is an extremely dangerous trend, the majority affected could move on with only being inconvenienced However, over the past few years, a new form of digital extortion has arisen that has damaged unprepared small businesses—Ransomware

Ransomware is state of the art extortion that combines: Your Data, Bitcoin, Software Insecurity, Cryptography, Phishing Attacks, and Organized Crime Ask yourself, would your business survive if you lost 100% of your data and backups? Could you afford a $1,000 00 to $100,000 00 ransom? Likely law enforcement will not be able to help

• Topics: OVDI, Offshore, FBAR, FATCA The IRS has announced changes to two of its offshore voluntary compliance programs; namely, the streamlined filing compliance process and the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) These programs are part of a wider effort to stop offshore tax evasion, which includes enhanced enforcement, criminal prosecutions, and implementation of third-party reporting via the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) The changes
• Topics: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Individual Mandate
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The premium tax credit is a refundable tax credit that helps eligible people with moderate incomes afford health insurance purchased through the Health Insurance Marketplace

You can choose to have all or part of the credit paid in advance to your insurance company to lower what you pay for your monthly premiums, or you can claim the credit when you file your tax return If you choose to have the credit paid in advance, you must reconcile the advance payments with the actual credit you compute when you file your tax return