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As 2017 starts to wind down, you may want to consider some strategic planning moves that may help lower your tax bill for this year and possibly next. Of course, significantly compounding the planning challenge this year is the. Read More >>

  On November 9, the Senate Finance Committee released a draft of its tax reform bill. Although the bill is not expected to pass in its current form, it provides insight into what certain Republican Senators on this committee. Read More >>

On Nov. 2nd, Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (H.R. 1) which would overhaul and “simplify” the tax code.  We have summarized below some of the more prevalent. Read More >>

  S Corporations offer the benefit of passing income through to shareholders for taxation instead of being double taxed, once at the entity level, and once as a dividend when profits are distributed. To maintain S Corporation status, there. Read More >>

  The IRS recently announced the 2018 cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) that impact retirement plans and the Social Security Wage Base (SSWB). After the largest increase in 20 years in the SSWB from 2016 to 2017, the SSWB increased by. Read More >>

  On September 29, 2017, President Trump signed the Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017 (“Bill”). This bill extends several federal aviation programs set to expire, aviation taxes, and public health programs through March. Read More >>

  The Trump Administration, the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Senate Finance Committee have released a Framework for Tax Reform. The unified framework is intended to be used as the foundation to craft tax legislation and to serve as the template. Read More >>

Summer is almost over and back-to-school shopping is right around the corner.  For the third year in a row, The Ohio Department of Taxation has announced a sales tax holiday to help reduce the back-to-school blow to your wallet.. Read More >>

  President Trump has unveiled a basic outline for his tax plan, which many of the proposals are similar to those he touted during his campaign. While many of the details are still being negotiated, the basic outline significantly. Read More >>

Enacted in 1981 to encourage innovation, Congress introduced the Research & Experimentation Tax Credit (R&D Credit) for companies that incur research and development costs in the United States. Originally introduced in the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, this. Read More >>