Lee B

I assume you have an accounting program. Won't it do Accounts Receivable?

Once in awhile I get a text in Chinese. Fortunately I don't understand it so I delete it

I am sure everyone needs some more celebrity news "Kim Kardashian will pay $1.26 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that she broke U.S. rules by touting a crypto token without disclosing she was paid for the promotion. The SEC said Monday Kardashian was paid $250,000 to post on her Instagram account about EMAX tokens, a crypto asset offered by EthereumMax. Kardashian didn't admit or deny the regulator's allegations as part of the settlement, in which she agreed not to tout any digital assets for three years."

The only other option would be to pay Drake to host the program so that both of you have online access. I considered that option several years ago when their fee for hosting was $50 per month but now I believe Drake's fee to host the program has doubled so that's too expensive for me.

I know the 10 % limitation on C Corporation Charitable Contributions was lifted to 25% for 2021. I have been searching to see if the 10% limitation was also lifted to 25% for 2022, but I am not finding any positive confirmation of that so I am tentatively assuming that the 10 % limitation is back in effect for 2022. If anyone has a source confirming the 10 % or the 25% limitation I would like to know. Thanks in advance Lee

If this client is an investor, is there any substantiation for that assertion? All of us can create various scenarios of what might be but . . . .? If there is no paperwork, then there needs to be some written notes about what P and C's verbal intentions were, that they both agee with.

My advice to my clients will be for them to contact their fiduciary and follow their advice. After all the fiduciaries are the ones with the high paid legal and tax advisory staff. They are also are the ones who issue the 1099 Rs.

This is the title of a 2 hour online class sponsored by the OSCPA being held on Monday

From The Tax Advisor: Regs. Sec. 1.266-1(b) allows the taxpayer to capitalize the following into the cost or adjusted basis of the relevant property. In the case of unimproved and unproductive real property: Annual taxes; Mortgage interest; and Other "carrying charges." I used this election for a number of years to capitalize these expenses on some vacant commercial property owned by two partners for Investment Purposes only. Fortunately in my situation there was a partnership with good recordkeeping. In your situation it would be hard to decide how to handle everything unless they could provide you with detailed activity going back to 2004. I am really glad it's not my client.

An online search found a long list of articles about this situation. A quick skim of the articles reveals a number of variables that need to be considered.

So the Partner and not your client reported all of the rental income and deducted the Mortgage Interest and the Property Taxes for 2011- 2014. Does that mean that for 14 years no one deducted the property taxes and mortgage interest?

So has this house remained investment property with no income for 18 years and no one deducted mortgage interest or property taxes?

The definition is "a 4 wheeled vehicle with a GVW of less than 6,000 pounds."

"Separate books and records are maintained to reflect income and expenses for each rental real estate enterprise. For rental real estate enterprises that have been in existence less than four years, 250 or more hours of rental services are performed per year. For other rental real estate enterprises, 250 or more hours of rental services are performed in at least three of the past five years. The taxpayer maintains contemporaneous records, including time reports, logs, or similar documents, regarding the following: hours of all services performed; description of all services performed; dates on which such services were performed; and who performed the services. The taxpayer or RPE attaches a statement to the return filed for the tax year(s) the safe harbor is relied upon," I have two clients that could potentially qualify for this safe harbor. However they are both recordkeeping challenged. They don't keep separate "Books and Records" for each property. They also don't keep contemporaneous records of their hours. I have had both of these clients for way over 20 years, but they both have reached the age where they aren't going change how they do things.

WASHINGTON — "The Internal Revenue Service today warned taxpayers of a recent increase in IRS-themed texting scams aimed at stealing personal and financial information. So far in 2022, the IRS has identified and reported thousands of fraudulent domains tied to multiple MMS/SMS/text scams (known as smishing) targeting taxpayers. In recent months, and especially in the last few weeks, IRS-themed smishing has increased exponentially. Smishing campaigns target mobile phone users, and the scam messages often look like they’re coming from the IRS, offering lures like fake COVID relief, tax credits or help setting up an IRS online account. Recipients of these IRS-related scams can report them to [email protected]." I was reading this morning that the US was the Number 1 target of Ransomware Hackers. I have read that quite a few mid sized governmental agencies and nonprofits have been have been hacked and held ransom this year.

The interactive tax assistant is a good resource for this kind of question. rhe

I don't have any clients effected by this relief. However, September 30th seems to be a date selected by the IRS for determining who gets the automatic penalty refunds. I haven't seen any guidance for what happens for post September 30th filings?

Follow the link I provided and read page 5 & 6

Exactly, I have a client who spent a lot of money on an Estate Plan, a Family LLC and a Trust with multiple page instruction letter from the Attorney that he didn't understand. Since the Attorney made him uncomfortable he wouldn't ask questions. So he tends to regard all these documents as just paperwork, which leaves me in the position of refereeing and trying to keep him between the lines. Really don't enjoy being in this position, since estates and trusts are not my area of expertise!

Pub 4681 is fairly well written and has some detailed examples. It's always been my go to reference for these issues.

Years ago I had a S Corp with a September 30th year end, which requires you to make a tax payment so that your client can't use the year end change to defer payment of their taxes. The Tax Advisor has a very good explanation: https://www.thetaxadviser.com/issues/2009/apr/scorporationtaxyearrules.html

Are you saying that the value building now with the new roof is less than the value of the building with the old leaking roof with rafters that were failing?

For what's it worth this is from the website of a CPA Firm "Brokerage services Defined as an SSTB: The performance of services in the field of brokerage services includes services in which a person arranges transactions between a buyer and a seller with respect to securities (as defined in Section 475(c)(2)) for a commission or fee. This includes services provided by stock brokers and other similar professionals but does not include services provided by real estate agents and brokers or insurance agents and brokers."

IRS FAQ # 5 "For taxpayers with taxable income that exceeds the threshold amount, specified service trades or businesses (SSTBs). An SSTB is a trade or business involving the performance of services in the fields of health, law, accounting, actuarial science, performing arts, consulting, athletics, financial services, investing and investment management, trading or dealing in certain assets, or any trade or business where the principal asset is the reputation or skill of one or more of its employees or owners. The principal asset of a trade or business is the reputation or skill of its employees or owners if the trade or business consists of the receipt of income from endorsing products or services, the use of an individual's image, likeness, voice, or other symbols associated with the individual's identity, or appearances at events or on radio, television, or other media format."

Based on your post it sounds like the new roof extended the life of the building.