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1. Year-end tax planning: Preparing for the tax cliff   CPEDirect

BY Steven F. Holub, CPA
Rarely has there been such a major difference between the laws in effect in one year and the next. The maximum income tax rates next year could be as high as 43.4% on ordinary income (44.6% if the potential impact of reinstated limitations on itemized deductions is taken into account) and 23.8% on long-term capital gains (or 25% if itemized deduction limitations are factored in).

2. Year-end tax planning: Preparing for the tax cliff   CPEDirect

BY Steven F. Holub, CPA
Rarely has there been such a major difference between the laws in effect in one year and the next. The maximum income tax rates next year could be as high as 43.4% on ordinary income (44.6% if the potential impact of reinstated limitations on itemized deductions is taken into account) and 23.8% on long-term capital gains (or 25% if itemized deduction limitations are factored in).

3. Year-end tax planning: Preparing for the tax cliff   CPEDirect

BY Steven F. Holub, CPA
Rarely has there been such a major difference between the laws in effect in one year and the next. The maximum income tax rates next year could be as high as 43.4% on ordinary income (44.6% if the potential impact of reinstated limitations on itemized deductions is taken into account) and 23.8% on long-term capital gains (or 25% if itemized deduction limitations are factored in).

4. Spousal payments are not child support  

BY Charles J. Reichert, CPA
The Tax Court held that spousal support payments received by a taxpayer from her ex-husband prior to the fourth and final support reduction were alimony payments, not child support, since the final reduction was not clearly associated with a contingency related to a child.

5. Spousal payments are not child support  

BY Charles J. Reichert, CPA
The Tax Court held that spousal support payments received by a taxpayer from her ex-husband prior to the fourth and final support reduction were alimony payments, not child support, since the final reduction was not clearly associated with a contingency related to a child.

6. Spousal payments are not child support  

BY Charles J. Reichert, CPA
The Tax Court held that spousal support payments received by a taxpayer from her ex-husband prior to the fourth and final support reduction were alimony payments, not child support, since the final reduction was not clearly associated with a contingency related to a child.

7. Per diem rates updated  

The IRS issued the annual update of special per diem rates for use in substantiating certain business expenses taxpayers incur when traveling away from home (Notice 2012-63). The notice provides the transportation industry meal and incidental expenses rates, the rate for the incidental- expenses-only deduction, and the rates and list of high-cost localities for purposes of the high-low substantiation method.

8. Per diem rates updated  

The IRS issued the annual update of special per diem rates for use in substantiating certain business expenses taxpayers incur when traveling away from home (Notice 2012-63). The notice provides the transportation industry meal and incidental expenses rates, the rate for the incidental- expenses-only deduction, and the rates and list of high-cost localities for purposes of the high-low substantiation method.

9. Per diem rates updated  

The IRS issued the annual update of special per diem rates for use in substantiating certain business expenses taxpayers incur when traveling away from home (Notice 2012-63). The notice provides the transportation industry meal and incidental expenses rates, the rate for the incidental- expenses-only deduction, and the rates and list of high-cost localities for purposes of the high-low substantiation method.

10. Facing the tax cliff  

BY Alistair M. Nevius, J.D.
You can’t pick up a newspaper or go online this fall without seeing stories about the coming “tax cliff” or “taxmageddon”—the time at the end of this year when the current tax rates for income, capital gains, gifts, and estates are scheduled to expire. Mostly overlooked by the news media are a large number of other tax provisions that are also scheduled to expire or have already expired.
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