Why should you consider a transactional approach to business and investment planning? What is the best strategy to protect your assets while structuring gains and losses to minimize tax exposure? Key Takeaways Regarding a Transactional Approach to Business and Investment Planning: Most savvy business and investment professionals approach business and...
Is there a Target on Short-term Rental Homes for New Taxation?
Is the target on short-term rental homes for new taxation? What about rental properties in general? When is income from a short-term rental presently taxable? Presently, homeowners can generally earn tax-free income if their home is a short-term rental for 14 days or less in a given tax year, based...
ABCast Episode 23 – What Can A Tax Attorney Do For You?
Episode 23 - What Can A Tax Attorney Do For You provides insight an answers into why you should have a tax attorney in your inner circle of advisors. Your tax attorney should provide resolution of tax issues, transactional planning including ...
Is it Time to Rethink Your Offshore PFIC Investment(s)?
Is it time to rethink your offshore PFIC investment(s)? What is a PFIC and why should you be concerned about the impact it will have upon taxation? Why should investment in a PFIC concern you as a US taxpayer? A Passive Foreign Investment Company or PFIC is a foreign corporation...
IRS to Leave More in Our Paychecks in 2024
Is it possible for the IRS to leave more in our paychecks in 2024? What has changed for the 2024 federal income tax brackets and how will these apply to the tax return(s) you’ll file in 2025? The IRS released a new bulletin, IR-2023-208, earlier this month that provides good...
Insights on Transactional Planning
In Episode 4 of our ABCast Podcast Janathan Allen discusses transactional planning. There were several interesting insights on transactional planning which can help to understand the need for transactional planning. In the episode, Jan describes the process of transactional planning in this way: The first step of transactional planning is...
ABCast Episode 18 – International Tax Strategies and Forms
ABCast Episode 18 - International Tax Strategies and Forms provides insights for any US taxpayer with offshore interests, and any international person or expat with US interests. Jan begins the conversation with an interesting observation: "I think the perception is that Americans don't realize that once they leave our shores and...
ABCast Episode 17 – Real Life Scenarios Part 2
We are pleased to announce the release of ABCast Episode 17 - Real Life Scenarios Part 2. In our conversation regarding real life scenarios to avoid and to attain, Episode 17 - Real Life Scenarios Part 2 begins with a comprehensive conversation regarding cryptocurrency and Non-Fungible Tokens or NFTs. Janathan...
ABCast Episode 4 – Transactional Planning
The latest episode of ABCast "Transactional Planning" has dropped and is available for you to listen to and enjoy. In Episode 4 - Transactional Planning Jan discusses the concepts of transactional planning and provides some specific examples of how transactional planning not only protects your assets but minimizes tax exposures...